Bordon doubtful for Wolfsburg game

Spectators at Schalke 04’s training session watched on anxiously as Marcelo Bordon limped off the pitch while the rest of the squad were still playing.

“Marcelo was complaining about having a bit of a problem with his knee”, coach Fred Rutten said. The Brazilian defender, who has only just regained full fitness after a hand injury broken metacarpal bone, is at the moment a doubtful starter for Friday’s game at Wolfsburg. “We’re still waiting for a definitive diagnosis”, Rutten added, “we’ve got to wait now and see what the doctor and Marcelo say.”

Rafinha is meanwhile raring to go having returned from a trip home to see his recently-born daughter and clear up some formalities. “He’s totally on the ball, both physically and psychologically”, Rutten reported