Munich (dpa) – Joshua Kimmich is back – at least in the social networks. Shortly before Christmas, the national player published a photo of himself with a snowy mountain backdrop in the background after his lung problems.
“Merry Christmas to you all!” Wrote the 26-year-old midfielder of the German soccer champions FC Bayern Munich on Instagram. One of the hashtags was: “The lazy skin has one.”
At Kimmich, another medical check was due this week after lung problems as a result of his corona disease. “He is doing well, what I hear from our doctors is getting better every day,” reported Bayern Munich’s club president Herbert Hainer on the TV broadcaster Sport1. “He will be examined again at the beginning of this week. Then hopefully after the winter break he will be able to resume normal training.”
The German series champion had to play the last eight competitive games of the year without Kimmich. The league leaders will start training again on January 2nd after the Christmas break. Five days later, the first Bundesliga second round match against Borussia Mönchengladbach takes place. However, Kimmich must first be introduced to the higher loads individually, as coach Julian Nagelsmann had already announced.
Kimmich’s return to the football field is delayed due to lung infiltration. Because of the deposits, he must not yet fully exercise his body again. Kimmich last played in early November. Because he was not vaccinated, he initially had to be quarantined twice as a contact person. Then he infected himself. After a long hesitation, he announced that he wanted to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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