Leverkusen - This comeback begrudge him probably every football lover! Fun Footballer Bernd Schneider is finally back.
More than a year - exactly 391 days after his last Bundesliga use and shortly following spinal surgery - is the "white Brazilians" Saturday against Bielefeld (20.30 clock, LTU-Arena Düsseldorf, Germany) for the first time back in the first team squad.
"He has shown something that shows his age and after such a career not many," says Bayer coach Bruno Labbadia full of praise for the 35-year-old midfield magician: "He was not too good to gather with the amateurs playing practice , that speaks for his character. "
However, Labbadia also stressed to raise the bar for Schneider still too high: "We should not expect too much, have to wait and see how he is now again used to play our tempo. We are happy simply that he is at it again. "
