Munich (SID) – Ex-national player Lukas Podolski defended Joshua Kimmich in the vaccination debate – and made a very daring comparison. “Everyone can decide for themselves what to do, and I don’t understand why Joshua Kimmich is portrayed as a serious criminal,” said the 36-year-old at Bild.
Podolski sees the unvaccinated professional from FC Bayern Munich, who, together with his teammate Leon Goretzka, started the “We Kick Corona” fundraising campaign and supported it financially, in the wrong light. “It doesn’t do Joshua justice to pillory him for something like that,” said Podolski, who even sees a kind of compulsory vaccination in the public debate: “You almost force you to get something injected into it, that’s absurd. The pressure is increasing every day. “
Most recently, Chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke on the subject. “Interesting are the arguments with which he justifies his decision, because there are very good factual arguments in response to his questions and doubts that are generally available,” said the CDU politician of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS): “Maybe Joshua will do himself Kimmich still thought about that. He is known as a very reflective footballer. “
