FC Salzburg has to do without coach Thomas Letsch in the Europa League away game against SC Freiburg (9 p.m. in the live ticker>>>).
The head coach will not be joining the team on match day due to his illness, a club spokesman confirmed to the APA on Thursday.
The 57-year-old German did not travel with the team to Germany on Wednesday due to a fever. Letsch is represented in Breisgau by assistant coach Kai Hesse.
The head coach stays at home to recover. His next goal is the final Bundesliga home game of the year against WAC on Sunday (2.30 p.m. in the live ticker).
Schuster and Kitano are also not there, Sulzbacher is back
Central defender Jannik Schuster also did not travel to Freiburg due to illness. Playmaker Sota Kitano, who is suffering from a muscle injury in his thigh, also stayed in Salzburg.
Midfielder Valentin Sulzbacher is now also available in the Europa League. According to the club, the 20-year-old replaces the long-term injured Japanese Takumu Kawamura on the UEFA list.
According to the regulations, such an exchange is possible up to the sixth group game for a maximum of one outfield player if, according to a medical certificate, he is injured for more than 60 days. That’s the case with Kawamura, who hasn’t played a game this season due to a knee injury.
