VfB captain Wataru Endo also made his return on Tuesday, after the 28-year-old had been representing his country at the Olympics over the past few weeks, helping Japan to fourth place in the tournament. “We’re delighted that he’s back and here to help out the team,” said Marc Oliver Kempf in an interview.
The entire squad is very much looking forward to getting back to Bundesliga action at home to newly promoted SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Saturday at 15:30 CEST. “We’re up for it, we’re focused on that first Bundesliga match which we’re obviously hoping to win and it’ll be great to do that in front of our fans,” Kempf added.