Aleksandar Ignjovski is very happy as the 21-year-old was nominated for the Serbian senior national team for the first time by interim coach Radovan Curcic. "Of course I am really happy about it. Everything is great," said "Iggy" in his usual mild manner at training Tuesday afternoon 21 February 2012.

After 10 appearances with the Serbian U21s (one goal) and 17 Bundesliga matches, Ignjovski has now achieved another milestone in his young career. "We are playing against Cyprus, in Cyprus," said a well-informed Werder No. 17. "Iggy" and Co. will face the Cypriots on 29 February 2012 at 8:30 p.m. in Nicosia. "Iggy" must now be patient for another week before he can prepare for possibly his first appearance in Serbian senior team gear. Ignjovski will have company from the Bundesliga as Gojko Kacar, Slobodan Rajkovic (both Hamburg) Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund) and Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Stuttgart) are also on the side.

Werder in general were in good spirits on Tuesday. In the final game, head coach Thomas Schaaf's team was very "effective". "The match had a lot of tempo, the players were very active," said the coach, who had to make do without 19-year-old Niclas Füllkrug due to school matters.