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Pizarro fit for Cologne clash

Werder Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro has returned to training after a foot injury and will be included in the squad for their game at home to Cologne on Saturday.

"It is all good again. I have no problem," Pizarro, who was injured in their 3-1 win at Mainz last week, told reporters.

The Bundesliga's all-time top foreign scorer has netted eight goals in 11 games including his 150th league goal last week.

Hamburg SV will be without central defender Jeffrey Bruma for about three weeks after the Dutchman picked up a groin injury in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Kaiserslautern.

"It is getting a bit tight for us. Now the others have a chance to show what they can do," coach Thorsten Fink, whose side travel to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, told reporters.