After a corona outbreak in the team, coaching and supervisory staff, there were not enough players available to play.
In addition to 14 players looking for positive PCRtests are in quarantine, is almost the entire coaching staff around bosscoach Daniel Thioune affected. Assistant coach Jan Hoepner led the training with the uninfected professionals on Thursday.
16 players and one goalkeeper required for staging
“Due to the high number of corona-related failures, we are in constant contact with the DFL“said sports director Klaus Allofs.
According to the DFL rules of play, 16 players are required to play a game, including at least nine licensed players, including a goalkeeper. Suspended and injured players are considered “available“.
On his home page The club has listed 28 professionals, and according to Fortuna, only Dennis Gorka has been out of the four goalkeepers due to the corona virus. During training on Thursday, the pros were also reinforced by seven players from the youth academy.