Two key Borussia Dortmund stars took part in training on Wednesday ahead of the Europa League knockout playoff first leg against Rangers.
21-year-old talisman Erling Haaland and talented attacking midfielder Gio Reyna have both been doubts for the match at various stages over the past week.
UPDATE: Haaland has been ruled out of the match by Dortmund manager Marco Rose but Reyna is in contention to face Rangers [Football Scotland]
Haaland missed Dortmund’s last two Bundesliga matches with a groin problem, while Reyna missed the weekend win over Union Berlin due to illness.
The former was declared a ‘significant doubt’ as recently as yesterday [Bundesliga.com], but it looks like they are both now in contention to feature.
Just before 4pm on Wednesday afternoon, Dortmund’s official Twitter account invited followers to watch part of their final training session live on YouTube and in a teaser clip posted at the same time, Haaland could be seen walking out onto the pitch.
Then, just a few minutes later, Dortmund’s English language account tweeted footage of Reyna emerging from the changing rooms.
Both players went on to take part in the stretching and drills.
Haaland and Reyna could face Rangers in Dortmund
It’s clearly a blow for Rangers’ chances of a positive result that both of these players could be involved.
Haaland is widely recognised as one of the best strikers in the world right now and he’s scored 23 goals in 20 appearances across all competitions this season.
Reyna has missed most of the current campaign due to injury, but he showed big potential last season and scored in two of Dortmund’s opening three Bundesliga fixtures back in August.
It remains unclear whether or not either player will be deemed fit enough to start, though, so Rangers’ defence may not have to deal with them for the full 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, one Rangers star has been ruled out of the match through injury and another declared fit to return.
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