Determined Goetze back on the pitch

World Cup winner Mario Goetze said the metabolism disorder that sidelined him for five months is “now part of his life”, with the Germany star poised to resume playing on Saturday when his Borussia Dortmund hosts archrival Bayern Munich for the German Super Cup. It will be Goetze’s first competitive match since withdrawing from all soccer in February.

“I feel good. I am determined to take part in top level sport again, but I’m still in treatment through the medication that I have to keep taking,” Goetze told German magazine