Marco Reus could have been one of the stars of this summer's World Cup were it not for a serious injury he sustained in Germany's final warm-up match against Armenia on 6 June. The 25-year-old was diagnosed with a tear to the anterior ligament above his left ankle and an osseous ligament avulsion on his heel bone, forcing him to miss the tournament and watch his team-mates celebrate victory in Brazil on television from some 9,600 kilometres away.
Now after almost seven weeks on the sidelines, Marco Reus is back in training and feeling good. "So far, all my recovery is going to plan; I'm even slightly ahead of schedule", the Dortmund star told German sports magazine kicker.
Despite this positive news, Reus knows he still has some way to go to catch up with his team-mates: "Some of the lads are almost a month into training and have really started to make progress." The attacking all-rounder added that he wants to be fully fit ready for a busy season: "I also want to continue to improve, so first I've got to lay the physical foundations for that. There's no point putting pressure on myself; things usually go wrong if I do that."
"It was a lovely gesture from Mario"
Reus was completely focused on his recovery plan during the World Cup, even working with a Dortmund physiotherapist while on holiday, and this resolve to return also meant he turned down an offer to fly out to Rio for the World Cup Final. Nevertheless, he was in the Maracana stadium in spirit when the scorer of the winning goal, Mario Götze, held up a Reus shirt on the pitch and during the trophy presentation to symbolise the Dortmund man's part in their World Cup triumph. For Reus, it was "a lovely gesture from Mario and something I wasn't expecting."
This gesture in front of millions of television viewers also provided a little help in getting over the disappointment of missing both the tournament and the title win. “It’s tough to take,” the former Gladbach player admitted. “It’s a dream shattered for me. The first few days were extremely hard, but luckily I had my family and lots of friends around me. It also helped that I’m actually a cheerful person who always tries to think positively.”
Reus has left his coaches, team-mates and visitors to training at BVB in no doubt of his positivity as he continues to make his return, and will be looking to impress this fact upon Bundesliga opponents again very soon.
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Marco Reus could have been one of the stars of this summer's World Cup were it not for a serious injury he sustained in Germany's final warm-up match against Armenia on 6 June. The 25-year-old was diagnosed with a tear to the anterior ligament above his left ankle and an osseous ligament avulsion on his heel bone, forcing him to miss the tournament and watch his team-mates celebrate victory in Brazil on television from some 9,600 kilometres away.
Now after almost seven weeks on the sidelines, Marco Reus is back in training and feeling good. "So far, all my recovery is going to plan; I'm even slightly ahead of schedule", the Dortmund star told German sports magazine kicker.
Despite this positive news, Reus knows he still has some way to go to catch up with his team-mates: "Some of the lads are almost a month into training and have really started to make progress." The attacking all-rounder added that he wants to be fully fit ready for a busy season: "I also want to continue to improve, so first I've got to lay the physical foundations for that. There's no point putting pressure on myself; things usually go wrong if I do that."
"It was a lovely gesture from Mario"
Reus was completely focused on his recovery plan during the World Cup, even working with a Dortmund physiotherapist while on holiday, and this resolve to return also meant he turned down an offer to fly out to Rio for the World Cup Final. Nevertheless, he was in the Maracana stadium in spirit when the scorer of the winning goal, Mario Götze, held up a Reus shirt on the pitch and during the trophy presentation to symbolise the Dortmund man's part in their World Cup triumph. For Reus, it was "a lovely gesture from Mario and something I wasn't expecting."
This gesture in front of millions of television viewers also provided a little help in getting over the disappointment of missing both the tournament and the title win. “It’s tough to take,” the former Gladbach player admitted. “It’s a dream shattered for me. The first few days were extremely hard, but luckily I had my family and lots of friends around me. It also helped that I’m actually a cheerful person who always tries to think positively.”
Reus has left his coaches, team-mates and visitors to training at BVB in no doubt of his positivity as he continues to make his return, and will be looking to impress this fact upon Bundesliga opponents again very soon.
