Bundesliga: Entire Hoffenheim team in quarantine

IIn the Bundesliga, concern about the continuation of the season as planned is growing after an increasing number of corona cases. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has quarantined the entire team with immediate effect after further infected professionals. As the football club announced on Wednesday, the regular test on Tuesday evening brought further positive results.

“We cannot explain the accumulation,” said TSG director of professional football Alexander Rosen. “We have been following the hygiene concept meticulously and conscientiously for months. So we got through the pandemic for months without a single positive case, which is now hard on us. “

Thanks to the international break, the next competitive game of the Kraichgauer, who has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, is not due against VfB Stuttgart until November 21. So far, a Bundesliga game has not been canceled due to the corona virus.

Sebastian Rudy, Ishak Belfodil and a member of the coaching team received their positive results on Wednesday morning, a statement said. Another test showed an inconclusive result and had to be repeated. Robert Skov (Denmark) and Munas Dabbur (Israel) from Hoffenheim tested positive on their national teams on Tuesday and are also in quarantine, as are Jacob Bruun Larsen and a member of the support team, who had to be isolated before last weekend.

Baumann left the national team

The Hoffenheim corona problems also have consequences for the German national team. Goalkeeper Oliver Baumann had to leave the DFB quarter. The 30-year-old had “gone into quarantine at home,” said the German Football Association (DFB). It was a precautionary measure, Baumann had “been tested twice since arriving on Monday”, both times with negative results.

The TSG training session originally scheduled on Tuesday had already been canceled for safety reasons. TSG is in close and permanent contact with the players who are currently with their national teams as well as with the health authorities.

After the last Bundesliga break in October, Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) and Kasim Adams (Ghana) tested positive for the corona virus after returning from their national teams. Pavel Kaderábek had to be quarantined after a case in his family. The three players have now been able to resume training. Last week, Hoffenheim played in the Europa League against the Czech club Slovan Liberec, which was missing 15 players due to the corona.

“That is of course tragic, I would almost say,” said Clemens Fritz, head of the professional department at Werder Bremen. “Of course you can see how difficult it is for everyone. It’s a big challenge. Not just for football. ”You can’t prepare for it. It is a “huge hit” for Hoffenheim.

Norway against Israel canceled

Numerous corona cases are also affecting the upcoming internationals and the Nation Cup. For example, Norway around Borussia Dortmund’s star striker Erling Haaland canceled the international match against Israel at short notice due to a positive Corona case among the guests. The health authority Helsedirektoratet had come to the conclusion that there was a risk of infection for players and staff in the friendly game, the Norwegian Football Association announced a few hours before the game kicked off in Oslo. According to the Norwegian media, the Corona case of the 1899 striker Dabbur has to do with the decision.

Sweden also reported a corona case. National coach Janne Andersson has tested positive for the corona virus, said the Swedish Football Association before the friendly against Denmark in Copenhagen. The Mainz striker Robin Quaison is part of the squad.

Just one precautionary measure from Eintracht Frankfurt is to take the new signing Amin Younes out of team training. Because of a positive corona test in the family environment, he will train individually in the next few days, the club said. Like the entire Eintracht team and team members, Younes also tested negative on Tuesday, it said.