The England national football team will be without coach Sarina Wiegman against Northern Ireland. The 52-year-old tested positive for the corona virus.
In the sportingly meaningless last game of Group A tonight (9 p.m. CEST / live at sportschau.de), Wiegman will not be able to coach from the bench. However, she should rejoin the team “as soon as possible”, as the FA association announced. First of all, she will maintain contact with the team and her staff virtually, it said. The Dutchwoman will recover for some time in the training camp, it was said.
Assistant Veurink takes over – Wubben-Moy back in training
In the game against Northern Ireland, Wiegman’s assistant Arjan Veurink will look after the ‘Lionesses’, who have already qualified for the quarter-finals. Lotte Wubben-Moy, who was the first player to miss the current tournament due to a corona infection, is back in training but will probably not play against Northern Ireland.