Braunschweig against Kiel without Gechter & Thesker: DFL requirement for head injuries

Medical specification of the DFL

In the second division northern duel between Eintracht Braunschweig and Holstein Kiel on Friday evening, a medical specification from the German Football League comes into play, which regulates how head injuries are dealt with in the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga. Both clubs have a player in the team who has been hit in the head from a short distance in the past few days – and therefore not again this Friday in the Eintracht Stadium (6.30 p.m. / on “Sky” and in the TM live ticker). may be used.

At Braunschweig, it’s about defender Linus Gechter, on loan from Hertha BSC, who was in the wall in the 2-1 defeat in Darmstadt last Sunday when a free-kick hit him in the head. After lengthy treatment, the 18-year-old had to be carried off the field and taken to the hospital. “Fortunately nothing worse came up after the investigations. However, the DFL has a return-to-play plan that will ensure that we will still be missing it tomorrow,” said coach Michael Schiele on Thursday.

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In the case of Kiel, this affects defender Stefan Thesker (31). “He got hit in the head with a ball in training last week and fell over. It’s nothing bad,” explained Holstein trainer Marcel Rapp. The people of Kiel also want to comply with the protocol. On the recommendation of the medical commission of the German Football Association (DFB), the German Football League (DFL) professionalized its handling of head injuries ahead of the 2019/20 season. To this day, numerous doctors criticize that this topic and possible consequences in the professional football industry are underestimated.

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