Munich - At training on Tuesday in Munich, he has contributed time, the "bodice" of the master player. Lukas Podolski (22) rushed to the side of the top-scorer Luca Toni - and this is likely to be on Thursday in the UEFA Cup the case. Well then! Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has reacted: Poldi kick out Klose.
The ex-Cologne is under slight injury problems on Thursday returned to training. And even better: the striker has the best chance to stand on Thursday in the quarter-finals in the UEFA Cup against Getafe in the starting lineup on.
Poldi, long time is Benchwarmers, currently in really good shape. In contrast to the ailing national team colleagues Miroslav Klose, who is also still affected by a stomach muscle strain. The 29-year-old in training yesterday was one game only on the B-team.
Podolski had recommended at the weekend's 1-1 draw in Nuremberg with his first Bundesliga goal in over a year for use in the UEFA Cup. In the match in Switzerland (4:0), he had previously excelled as a scorer and is also presented and demonstrated increasing donor form. The Knöchelblessur, which he had contracted, is apparently cured again.
And Poldi shall advocate. Mate Bastian Schweinsteiger on Tuesday praised the development of Podolski at Bayern, "He moves better and is getting stronger." Even Hitzfeld had said after the game in Nuremberg, Poldi now would be "on par" with Toni and Klose.
In the UEFA Cup, the ex-Cologne also met five times already this season. Manage Poldi on Thursday, the sixth or even seventh trick, he would first have safe for a long time his place at Bayern.
