Dusseldorf - After the training took Uwe Weidemann Bekim Kastrati aside, inquired after the welfare of the striker. The only beamed: "Coach, I'm fit."
Ballermann Bekim is back, running in the Cup against Linner SV (Wednesday, 19 clock, Grotenburg) first time in a competitive match from the outset for Fortuna!
For eleven months of Düsseldorf had new clippers through hell. On 1 October he suffered at the Essen Hafenstraße after just five minutes a torn ACL. "It had begun in Brunswick really well," recalls the Albanians.
But from that moment it went steeply downhill. Kastrati was never on the harmony and had to sit back and watch as his team sung and unsung descended from the second division.
"We were told that I can play again in April. But then there were always minor problems, I had to go back into rehab, "says Kastrati, who even feared even finish his career to have.
"But I am a fighter and did not want to admit it. When the offer came from Fortuna, which was an added motivation. "The ex-Borusse now resides back in his old apartment and wants to Moenchengladbach in the old country back to where he came here: Second in the league.
When he was first victory at Cottbus substitute hinted at in the 20 minutes already his dangerousness - appear only in conclusion's not running right round. Bekim off: "The dream of the gate, I have saved for the next game. It was important that we won 1-0 and I was able to gather a bit of match practice. "Nevertheless, the 28-year-old admits:" My first mission from the outset, I have been longing Come All. "
For even when the Fortuna ordeal seemed to have no end. After a few workouts pinched it in the groin, as well as the injured knee again showed mild reactions.
Now he's finally symptom-free and wants to repay the confidence placed in him. With lots of goals and the rise in the Second Division ...
