The fixture pile-up continues as Borussia Dortmund prepare to take on Hamburg on Wednesday. The personnel situation could improve to such an extent that coach Peter Bosz is able to name a full 18-man squad for the trip to the north coast, rather leaving a space on the bench unoccupied as he did in yesterday's 5-0 victory 1. FC Köln.

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Marc Bartra, André Schürrle and Mario Götze all trained on Monday, but only "to a limited extent", as Peter Bosz was quick to clarify. "The game comes too soon for Marc und Schü," he said. But if Götze gets through training on Tuesday without any flare-ups, he will feature in the squad.

BVB will be without Jeremy Toljan, however, when they kick off in Hamburg at 20:30 CET on Wednesday. "He won't be out for long, it won't be weeks," said Bosz, who added. "But it'll still be a few days." The full-back had to undergo treatment for muscular problems after the training session on Saturday. (br)