Corona cases near Arminia
For Borussia Dortmund, the preparation for the game against Arminia Bielefeld (Sunday, 5:30 p.m. in the TM live ticker) is turning into an unpleasant déjà vu. Just a week after the first corona-related postponement of a Bundesliga game this season at FSV Mainz 05, the second in the table could be hit again. Previously unconfirmed media reports about a virus outbreak at Arminia are fueling speculation about a renewed cancellation. “We expect to play. Today we completed our training as usual,” said BVB trainer Marco Rose on Friday.
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Nevertheless, the football teacher complained about the growing number of infections and the threatening scenario of further game transfers: “Everyone is annoyed by this topic, everyone wants to go back to normal. At the moment it’s blowing through again.” However, Rose showed little understanding for the discussion within the Bundesliga about standardizing corona tests and possible competitive disadvantages for individual clubs: “In Corona times we all always talked a lot about solidarity. Now you are exactly at the point where you should try to stick to it and not look everywhere where you can take advantage,” explained the 45-year-old and added: “There are rules from the DFL. We should just trust that the decisions will be made in the interests of everyone.”
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The table-15. Bielefeld reported cases of corona on Tuesday, mainly in the area of the coaching and supervisory staff, but did not provide any information on the number and the people. In the meantime, at least four professionals are said to be affected. So far, the East Westphalians had gotten off comparatively lightly with corona infections. Only goalkeeper Stefan Ortega and captain Manuel Prietl had already been infected in December.
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Although BVB has not been challenged for two weeks, the personnel problems are still great. Six professionals are missing in defense in Mats Hummels, Raphaël Guerreiro, Manuel Akanji, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Thomas Meunier and Mateu Morey. The recent absences of Marco Reus (ill), Youssoufa Moukoko (torn muscle) and Steffen Tigges (ankle fracture) aggravate the situation. After all, Erling Haaland and Giovanni Reyna are available again.
When asked about the state of health of the Norwegian Haaland and the ongoing speculation about a change in the summer, Rose explained: “I’m in good contact with Erling. It is good for him if he reads little. Then he won a lot. Things are constantly being speculated there that may not even exist. He seems focused and is really happy that he is pain-free again. Topics around were probably not that important for him in the last few weeks. He just wanted to get well. We had a breakthrough last week where he felt really good. Since then he has been training with the team every day. You can tell, he’s in a very good mood, has a good mood and seems focused.”
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