Shock at ASV Eglfing. One player tested positive for Corona after returning from vacation in Croatia. The whole team has to be in quarantine.
Uffing / Eglfing - Dennis Destek is the master of the lawn in Uffing. Alone he mows three soccer fields with one big machine. The grass has grown a lot again recently. But: Destek is not allowed to mow. He is also not allowed to go shopping, eat out, or hold soccer practice. He has been in quarantine at home for five days at the sports field in Uffing.
ASV Eglfing: The infected person came from vacation in Croatia - the whole team was in quarantine for 14 days
Destek, 28, has no corona. But Uffinger looks after the ASV Eglfing soccer team, and they have not been allowed to train or play since Thursday, or do anything other than sit at home and wait until the 14 days of quarantine are over. One of the 20 kickers - from the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district - has tested positive for the corona virus.
The person concerned came back to Germany with friends from vacation in Croatia. They took the test at the border crossing on the motorway. That was on August 8th. Five days later, on August 13th, last Thursday, he heard the result: positive. From club circles it is said that the young man returned symptom-free, which in turn cannot be confirmed by the health department in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but refers to data protection.
ASV Eglfing: training and games canceled - contacts of the infected person tracked
In any case, the person who was sick at the time trained once with his teammates. Then he received the e-mail, which every returnees opens with a sense of unease. ASV Eglfing canceled all other units as well as the test match against SV Uffing on Sunday. The Bavarian government has regulated this procedure in its sixth infection control measures ordinance.
The teammates in football are classified as Category I people with close contact with the infected person, as, among other things, tackles are trained. Thus, “domestic isolation” is prescribed, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) calls it. "We got a contact list from the person who tested positive, we have no other choice," says Hansjörg Wiesböck from the health department in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. "Because if only one slips through us, the situation may no longer be under control." In March and April, the situation from Ischgl ultimately spread similarly.
ASV Eglfing: Eight tests including "patient zero" negative - a "hammer message"
Destek understands the process, but can not understand it in the specific case. The authority tested 8 of the 20 kickers on Friday. Those who live in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district. Including the infected, virtually the patient zero. “In principle, we test as soon as possible after we have knowledge of contact between a person and someone who has been proven to be infected,” explains press spokesman Stephan Scharf. The result, says Destek, “is awesome news”. All negative. Even patient zero.
That in turn is not decisive, emphasizes Wiesböck. “At the time of training with the team, the player may have been positive. So it can also have been contagious. ”The fact that the tests of the teammates were negative at the end of last week is also not (yet) important. “We have to include the incubation period,” remembers Wiesböck.
Destek: Now there are lots of healthy people at home
Destek is upset despite all the explanations. “Now there are lots of healthy people at home who have a job and cannot do their sport. I can't accept that, ”says the coach. On the phone, Destek immediately apologized for the words. "I am highly emotional."
The operator of a football school has sorted and written down his thoughts on his website. A man complains there who has lost his trust in politics, who has already had to let himself be insulted as an aluminum hat wearer because he also reads alternative media and no longer knows who he can still believe and trust. He is of the opinion that football must continue. Most of all, people couldn't cuddle. "But it just doesn't make sense that way." How should regular gaming run when teams are completely sealed off for a few weeks?
Destek misses the association's pointing hand
Destek doesn't want to point a finger at others. Because nobody does that in Eglfing either. No teammate crucified the young footballers for vacation in Croatia. They stick together, make calls over the Internet. Everyone in the scene knew that it was only a matter of time before an athlete tests positive and the restart of the season is questioned. Of course, nobody suspected that patient zero was showing up in Eglfing. Nevertheless, Destek misses a pointing hand from the association.
Frühwirth: BFV prepared for everything - "We didn't watch for three months"
"That's not nice," emphasizes BFV spokesman Fabian Frühwirth. "But we always said: There will be these cases." The association is also waiting for the next higher power, in this case politics. The BFV is hoping for a "clear signal" from the government as to whether competition and league operations can continue. The officials have long drawn up and stored concepts. Frühwirth rejects the accusation that he was unprepared. “We didn't watch for three months.” In fact, the Eglfing case shows how well the hygiene concept works, especially when it comes to “contact tracking”. Everyone involved was found in a short time. The association has no influence on the actions of the health department. "In individual cases it will be tough for the clubs."
Heinz Eckl: "Whether we will even get to the start of the season is questionable"
It hit ASV Eglfing hard. Health authorities in other regions may react differently. An identical path applies to Bavaria. Heinz Eckl, head of the Zugspitze soccer district, found out about the positive test in Eglfing. He doesn't know any details, but still says: “It is questionable whether we will get to the start of the season at all.” Although the total numbers do not work out, “the cases are shocking”. Football is “relatively far behind” on the country's priority list. If there is no play, that's the way it is. Eckl: "We'll take it as it comes."
Destek sees danger - "If that is the procedure, you can completely bend the amateur football"
Destek thinks ahead. If the authorities stick to their course, no employer will take the risk of losing an employee for two weeks. Because of football. As a self-employed person, valuable income is lost during the summer holidays, the most lucrative time. "If that is the procedure, you can completely bend the amateur football." Yesterday, on Monday, the Weilheim health department tested the other twelve athletes from the Weilheim district. The results should come today or tomorrow. ( ANDREAS MAYR and CHRISTIAN FELLNER )