Bochum (AP) – Without captain Anthony Losilla, Bundesliga club VfL Bochum will have to play Hertha BSC on Friday evening.
Losilla, like central defender Erhan Mašović, who was recently no longer part of the starting line-up, has been infected with the corona virus and is in isolation. Bochum’s coach Thomas Reis said that with Losilla “the heart of the team is missing.” Who will replace the captain in midfield is open. “I have several plans in mind,” said Reis before the guest appearance in Berlin, where Bochum’s last Bundesliga win was in April 1991.
The main alternatives are 34-year-old Robert Tesche, who saw the red card a few minutes into the first Bundesliga game in Wolfsburg, and 22-year-old Patrick Osterhage, who signed from Borussia Dortmund II in the summer. “We know what we have on both of them,” Reis said. But it is also conceivable that this time Elvis Rexhbecaj takes the Losilla position in front of the four-man defense.