Midfielder Ellyes Skhiri of 1. FC Köln continues to make small steps towards a comeback.
For someone who occasionally works his muscles on the ergometer even during the half-time break, it’s a start, nothing more. For the fans of 1. FC Köln, however, it is more than a glimmer of hope: Ellyes Skhiri, FC midfielder injured in the fibula, did his rounds around the training ground on Wednesday, where his colleagues got down to business.
“He’s on a very good path,” explained coach Steffen Baumgart, “we hope he’ll gradually get back in.” The window of opportunity is wide open on this, there is no pressure at all. The international match scheduled after the coming matchday is to be used to further integrate the Tunisian into normal training. Whether it will then already be enough for the league match in Mainz remains to be seen.