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1,467 days later: HSV's Vuskovic set for comeback
The long doping ban of the now 24-year-old is coming to an end.
Mario Vuskovic is set to make his comeback to professional football after almost 1,500 days.
In HSV's friendly against Vuskovic's boyhood club Hajduk Split on Sunday, the 24-year-old will feature for the Rothosen once again.
"To be honest, it's hard to say how he will perform on Sunday. I think it's difficult to predict what emotions it will trigger in him. We are all just immensely looking forward to it," said head coach Merlin Polzin.
"Won't do him any favors"
"We don't want to build up any pressure at all. Mario will put himself under the greatest stress because he wants to perform well. After all, quite a few people will be there watching," Polzin added.
Vuskovic was banned for four years for EPO doping.
His last appearance for Hamburg will have been exactly 1,467 days ago on Sunday, when he started at center-back against Greuther Fürth in the German Bundesliga.
