Alexandra Popp Peits comeback in January

A cartilage break in the right knee had ended Popp s season 2020/21 in April. In the following weeks, the championship race finally decided in favor of FC Bayern and against the VfL Wolfsburg, the captain of the Wölfinnen was damned to watch.

In conversation with the VfL Wolfsburg on Tuesday, the offensive player concretized their plans for the return. We have that I m fully with it after the winter break, she said. So far, you lie in this regard in this regard. At the beginning of this week, she got permission to start with loose running.

Is the EM participation realistic? Absolutely

We have to look like the knee behaves when the next step comes now, Popp said. And then I hope that in January, when the second half starts, I can fully stand in the square.

When asked if the participation in the European Championship in the coming July in England is realistic, Popp showed very optimistic: Absolutely, that s definitely my goal as to stand in the square.