Werder coach
Forged proof of vaccination: Public prosecutor’s office is investigating Markus Anfang
Werder Bremen coach Markus Anfang during the game against FC St. Pauli – an investigation is now underway against the 47-year-old
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Investigations have been initiated against Werder coach Markus Anfang. The 47-year-old is suspected of having used a forged vaccination certificate. Now the public prosecutor is examining the facts.
The Bremen public prosecutor has initiated an investigation against Werder Bremen coach Markus Anfang. The spokesman for the Bremen public prosecutor’s office, Frank Passade, confirmed this to the German press agency on Friday. Radio Bremen and the “Bild” had previously reported about it. The background is a criminal complaint from the Bremen health department towards the beginning. The 47-year-old is suspected of having used a forged vaccination certificate. The public prosecutor’s office will then automatically check the facts.
Markus Anfang: “I have been vaccinated twice!”
The beginning had already rejected the allegations on Thursday evening in a press release by the club. “Just like every other double-vaccinated citizen, I received my two vaccinations at an official vaccination center and got the appropriate sticker in the yellow vaccination certificate,” said Anfang. “I then had it digitized in the pharmacy and naturally assumed that everything would be in order with it. I very much hope that the subject will be cleared up quickly.”
The investigations towards the beginning burst right in the middle of Bremen’s preparation for the home game against FC Schalke 04. The top game of the 2nd Bundesliga will take place on Saturday evening (8.30 p.m. / Sport1 and Sky) in Bremen’s Weserstadion.
Werder boss Baumann reacts to the allegations
Werder’s sports director Frank Baumann has his head coach supported in the discussion. “Markus assured us that everything went correctly and that he was also vaccinated,” said Baumann on Friday after the Bremen team’s final training session before the Schalke game. “And so, from our point of view, there is no reason to doubt it.”
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