A few days before the start of the second half of the season, the Bundesliga clubs are worried about corona. Hardly any club is spared positive tests when they see each other after Christmas – and those who now have to be in isolation cannot stand on the pitch on matchday 18 (January 7th to 9th).
“Football is always a game of chance, but that’s something to add to it”, said Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl with a view to the difficult planning due to the contagious Omikron variant: “It will hit everyone in the next few weeks. There will be different luck factors.”
Augsburg, Wolfsburg, Frankfurt, Hertha BSC, Mönchengladbach and Leverkusen affected
The FCA reported a positive test with substitute goalkeeper Tomas Koubek at the start of training. In the case of Reece Oxford, Niklas Dorsch and Daniel Klein, the results were initially inconclusive.
VfL Wolfsburg announced that after Kevin Mbabu, Dodi Lukebakio will not be available for the time being due to Corona.
Eintracht Frankfurt will have to do without Kristijan Jakic, Gonçalo Paciência and substitute goalkeeper Jens Grahl for the time being.
Dedryck Boyata and Deyovaisio Zeefuik are absent from Hertha BSC. In addition, winter shopping Fredrik André Bjørkan tested positive.
At Borussia Mönchengladbach, Mamadou Doucouré, Joe Scally, Denis Zakaria and Keanan Bennetts are out.
At VfB Stuttgart, Silas Katompa Mvumpa and Naouirou Ahamada tested positive at the start of training
Piero Hincapie has tested positive at Bayer Leverkusen. The list should get longer. “The Corona issue will continue to be an additional influence for all teams. There is no more planning security as it used to be.”said Bayer sports director Simon Rolfes of the “Bild” newspaper.
FC Bayern against Mönchengladbach at the start of the second half
League leaders FC Bayern will start preparing again on Sunday, the Munich team will contest the second half of the season against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday (07.01.2022). “In view of the current pandemic situation and in close coordination with the Munich health department, testing will be much more closely meshed with the start of training and all hygiene measures will be intensified”announced the Bavarians.
There had been a lot of discussion about Corona in recent weeks about the record champions and the unvaccinated and then Covid-19 sick national player Joshua Kimmich. “All players, coaches and staff members, for whom this was already possible, received the booster vaccination. The rest of them have recovered status or are vaccinated”said team doctor Roland Schmidt.
Problems in the second division too
There are also problems in the 2nd Bundesliga. FC Schalke 04 has canceled the training camp planned for next week in Belek, Turkey. In addition, the two professionals Simon Terodde and Ko Itakura are in quarantine after testing positive in the past few days. The trip to Turkey was planned for January 3rd.
At Hamburger SV, Tim Leibold, who is currently unavailable due to a torn cruciate ligament, tested positive for the corona virus.
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Status: December 31, 2021, 8:24 am