Cologne's coach Steffen Baumgart pleads for more calm in the debate about the national soccer player Joshua Kimmich, who has not yet been vaccinated against the corona virus.
Just because someone is more public does not mean that he is doing everything right or everything wrong, Baumgart said on Tuesday.
"Maybe we should all step a little more calmly there, too, basically."
Cologne - He thinks very highly of the vaccination and would recommend it to everyone.
But the role model function of footballers is "always very strained," said Baumgart.
"If Joshua has decided that he does not want to be vaccinated, then I think we should accept that."
Footballers are just as human as everyone else and have their weaknesses and strengths just like everyone else, said the coach of Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.
“I think we live in a country where it is important that everyone can make their own decision.
And that we can also discuss it. "
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