Bayern Munich

Klinsmann: Lahm Will Start, Poldi A Doubt

Looking ahead to this weekend's match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich boss Jürgen Klinsmann has given an assessment of the fitness of his squad.

Nov 12, 2008 9:56:28 PM

Jürgen Klinsmann, Trainer Bayern München: Pressekonferenz (firo)

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Philipp Lahm, who has been out of action for the past three weeks as a result of a partial fracture of the tarsal bone, was one of the most energetic performers during the practice match between the first team and the reserves, thus successfully convincing his coach that he is ready to be thrown back in the fray.

"Lahm needed to get a feel for the rhythm of a match. We're planning for him to start on Saturday," commented Klinsmann.

The ex national team boss also expressed belief that Bastian Schweinsteiger will have recovered from his shin injury ahead of the next match, though he was less optimistic about the prospects of Lukas Podolski shaking off his back problems in time, saying only: "We'll have to take each day as it comes."

Klinsmann also commented to fcbayern.de about his feelings on the internal practice match against the reserves, which the senior squad (featuring American guest Landon Donovan) won handily 6-1.

"It was very positive," he enthused. "In contrast to the Schalke match, we wanted to push up quickly as far as the halfway line, and also play an intensive pressing game up front."

Derek Wanner, Goal.com