After months of invisibility, Silas has been showing something of himself on social media for a few days. In the living room at home with light strength exercises, on the lawn with a rehab trainer and ball.
The cruciate ligament injured winger is on the best way back and is expected back in November. There is no question that he will be on the right wing if his motivation is completely restored. Until then, Massimo wants to make himself irreplaceable. Out of the shadow of the high-flyer of the past season and as the winner of the position battle with newcomer Chris Fuhrich, who has rejoined the team after surviving a collarbone operation and is pushing ahead.
Before this season, Massimo had to stand behind the line. Silas was too strong. Nevertheless, the former Bielefeld player was able to play his way into the group of the German U-21 national team, to which he is now a permanent member in the course of its current reorganization.
In the last two games in the European Championship qualification against San Marino (6: 0) and Latvia (3: 1) Massimo was in the starting line-up. A status that he would like to consolidate at VfB. As in the previous four competitive games of the season, in which there was light and shadow.