Belfodil is number seven: Corona numbers astonish Bobic

Created: 01/07/2022Updated: 01/07/2022, 4:40 PM

Hertha's managing director Fredi Bobic.

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In this category, Hertha BSC would certainly not be the first pursuer of front runner FC Bayern.

Only the people of Munich had more corona cases than the Berliners by Friday.

Against Cologne, the focus should be directed to sporting topics.

Berlin - The seventh Corona case at Hertha BSC made Fredi Bobic skeptical.

The accumulation of positive test results among the Berliners and the no-Covid balance sheet at other clubs made the managing director at least doubt a uniform test strategy and publication of results for all Bundesliga clubs before the start of the second half of the season.

“There are clubs that have zero.

I can't believe that, ”said Bobic at the press conference before the game on Sunday (3:30 p.m. / DAZN) against 1. FC Köln.

However, he expressly does not want these statistics to be understood as a criticism of the testing procedures of other clubs.

“I don't mean that, many don't have to test at all,” said Bobic about the test regulations for vaccinated players.

At Hertha, all professionals - including those who have been vaccinated - are tested daily.

"Once you've got it in, you can't get it out," said Bobic of the virus.

Striker Ishak Belfodil has now also been diagnosed with a corona infection.

He is the seventh Hertha player with a positive test since training started after Christmas.

Only at Bayern there were more cases until Friday.

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Despite the precarious situation, Bobic also spoke out in favor of continuing the test strategy. However, he categorically rejects a possible return of the Bundesliga clubs to a corona bubble to protect against infections and possible game failures. “You don't think that the players are on their way. They come to training and go home, ”said Bobic. "How long do you want to lock her up? Eight weeks? ”Added the 50-year-old.

As an excuse for possible sporting setbacks, the misery will certainly not be used, promised Bobic. “I'm going to do a doctorate,” the 50-year-old garnished his pandemic analysis with a casual slogan. To add with a serious undertone and concern about distortion of competition: "I hope that at the end of the day we have to talk about who got through better in January or February through the Omikron phase." Points ahead of the relegation rank.

In the preseason, the Berliners turned a collective quarantine into positive territory without Bobic as leader and secured the league with a final sprint. Bobic does not see any reason for an overall preview of 17 games or even a point handover. “Talking about the entire second half of the season is currently not expedient. First of all, we want to take the first step with a win on Sunday, make the start successful and carry the momentum into the new year, ”he said.

Head coach Tayfun Korkut is in demand as a personal improviser.

"In these times you have to be flexible as a coach," he said.

Belfodil is absent, as are Dedryck Boyata, Deyovaisio Zeefuik and newcomer Fredrik André Bjørkan.

All three have been freely tested, but not yet ready for use.

Linus Gechter is still in isolation.

It was still unclear whether Santiago Ascacibar and Lucas Tousart would be able to play until Sunday.

In addition, in Stevan Jovetic (Wade), another regular player is missing, who most recently harmonized with Belfodil in the storm.

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