Kofane, Ben Seghir and Badé return, but Leverkusen still hurting
The trio trained with the squad on Wednesday before the Marseille game, but they are unlikely to ease coach Carles Martinez's worries at Sunday's Cologne derby.
Christian Kofane, Eliesse Ben Seghir and Loic Badé took part in Wednesday's closing training session ahead of the Marseille game. It is the first good news for Bayer Leverkusen since the 2-4 defeat to Stuttgart, a loss in which the club had eight professionals on the injury list.
According to kicker, however, the return of the three will barely relieve Carles Martinez ahead of Sunday's derby against 1. FC Köln, and may not relieve him at all. The coach will therefore go into that match with a squad still depleted.
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