Dortmund not taking any chances with US midfielder Gio Reyna
BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund will not be taking any possibilities with Gio Reyna.
The American midfielder was surprisingly not noted of Dortmund’s squad for its 1-0 win at Hertha Berlin on Saturday within the Bundesliga regardless of making his long-awaited return from harm the week earlier than.
Dortmund coach Edin Terzić mentioned the 19-year-old Reyna’s omission was purely a precautionary choice.
“He truly educated very effectively this week. We’ve got a really particular program tailor-made to him, so we ensure that we regularly construct him up. He simply didn’t really feel good anymore earlier than the sport,” Terzić mentioned post-match. “And when he feels that, then there’s no level in risking the following setback.”
The earlier Saturday, Reyna’s first aggressive look since April 8 was the final half hour of Dortmund’s 3-2 loss at dwelling to Werder Bremen. He reinjured his proper hamstring in April.
“Gio’s is a particular scenario,” Terzić mentioned. “Gio has been combating accidents for nearly a yr now. He stored preventing again and was then shortly upset once more when the accidents stored returning.”
Reyna, the son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna and girls’s nationwide workforce participant Danielle Egan, was restricted to only 10 league matches and 439 minutes for Dortmund final season, making solely six begins.
He injured his proper hamstring final September in the US’ opening World Cup qualifier at El Salvador. He didn’t return to the sphere till Feb. 6, then damage his leg in his third sport again and was out till March 13.
After taking part in a full match for Dortmund in opposition to Cologne on March 20, Reyna reported again to the U.S. workforce and made three second-half appearances in World Cup qualifiers from March 24-30 for a complete of 106 minutes.
He made solely two appearances for the remainder of the season for Dortmund, and one up to now this season.
“We’ll proceed to construct him up fastidiously, within the hope that he’ll begin coaching with us once more subsequent week,” Terzić mentioned. “We simply must study from the previous. We had a lot time with gamers out and it’s about decreasing the accidents first, and likewise the time that the fellows are injured. Higher to go with out for one or two video games than threat going with out somebody for months.”
Dortmund is dealing with a busy schedule with 5 video games in 16 days beginning with Hoffenheim within the league on Sept. 2 earlier than it hosts Copenhagen for its Champions League opening sport on Sept. 6. Visits to Leipzig and Manchester Metropolis comply with earlier than the derby at Schalke on Sept. 17.
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Ciarán Fahey, The Related Press
