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Emre Can (r.) And Mats Hummels
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In the afternoon, Borussia Dortmund showed pictures of a training session on Twitter to get in the mood for the Revierderby against FC Schalke.
Right in the middle: Emre Can.
Two hours later, BVB published the message that Can had tested positive for the corona virus.
The national player, who was unable to take part in the Champions League trip during the week to the away game at Lazio (1: 3) due to a suspension, is currently symptom-free and is in domestic isolation.
Can actually should have returned to Dortmund's starting line-up on Saturday.
BVB has personnel problems in defense and the 26-year-old should play in the back three.
According to BVB, the derby should take place in any case.
It was enough to subject the entire squad and the immediate environment of the team to another test.
The results should all be negative on Friday.
This is how it was done in Munich during the week.
Sergy Gnabry was infected there, but FC Bayern was still allowed to play the Champions League game against Atlético.
After an "intensive exchange with the Dortmund health department", only the training session originally scheduled for 5:00 p.m. was postponed to 6:30 p.m. on Friday at short notice.
It is unclear when Can became infected.
After the game in Rome, coach Lucien Favre had already announced that the player was sick for three days.
Perhaps this is why Can has not had intensive contact with his teammates since the beginning of the week.
Can is the third German national player who tested positive for the corona virus.
Before Can, Ilkay Gündogan from the top English club Manchester City was infected from the DFB team in addition to Gnabry.
Werder can play against Hoffenheim
The Bundesliga game between Werder Bremen and TSG Hoffenheim will also take place.
Werder returned to training on Friday afternoon after the positive Corona test with one of their players.
The series of tests that were carried out on Friday morning for the team as well as the coaching and functional staff were also negative.
The club announced.
Werder had communicated the infection on Thursday.
The club did not mention the name of the player concerned.
The professional immediately went to quarantine at home, he is fine and he has no symptoms.
Until the result of the test series on Friday, the entire Bremen team had gone into self-isolation.
Another professional and a member of the functional team had to be in a 14-day quarantine as a contact despite negative test results, the club had already announced on Thursday.
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