2023-06-13 21:02:53
Many had already written him off, even discussed a possible end to his career. Now get in touch Colognes forgotten Bundesliga professional finally back!
FC playmaker Mark Uth (31/contract until 2025) addressed his fans via Instagram with an emotional video message and confirmed for the first time that what BILD had already reported at the beginning of May: The pain is gone. The period of suffering actually seems to be over.
In July 2022, Uth’s ordeal began
Uth writes: “1 year of pain, 1 year as a spectator in the stands, 3 operations, months of uncertainty. What a feeling to be able to kick the ball again without pain.” He also shows a video of his training session at the Physio-Forge PhysioSport Cologne in Cologne, where he shoots five balls with full force at a target with his left hand.
Cologne’s top star (174 Bundesliga games) back. It is the first training with a ball and the final feedback since his last pubic bone surgery with the Berlin specialist Dr. Jens Krüger shortly before Christmas. And it gives hope that Uth’s horror year is really coming to an end.
Review: Uth’s ordeal began with the start of the season. When the Cologne Cup was eliminated in Regensburg (5:6 on penalties) at the end of July 2022, Uth played 120 minutes, but was then unable to play on penalties due to adductor problems. At the time, no one knew what was to follow.
August 2022: the first pubic surgery. Unsuccessful! In the fight for the comeback, Uth struggles with three short appearances (Gladbach, Augsburg, Hoffenheim) in the league. After all, Cologne’s playmaker even has to leave early for the Euro game at FC Slovacko. And then under the knife again.
December 2022: the second operation in Berlin. Planned as a minor intervention and linked to the hope that Uth will soon be fit again. Directly after the operation, FC are already talking about a break until March.
FC coach Steffen Baumgart is fully relying on his top star Mark Uth for the new season
On February 23, 2023, trainer Steffen Baumgart (51) finally draws a line under Uth’s emotional roller coaster and announces: “I took Mark off the schedule for this season. I hope that he can start preparing again in the summer.”
Uth before returning to Cologne team training
He can! A good month after he started rehab, Uth is now back and writing to the FC fans: “I’ll do everything to get back into team training as soon as possible and I’m really looking forward to being able to play in front of you again soon. “
It is already clear: Uth should go to the training camp in Austria with the team in mid-July and then be really fit and ready for action again by the start of the season. But then he will have to face new competition. At the same time as the Uth video, FC signed Wolfsburg’s ten Luca Waldschmidt (1 year on loan).
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