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DFB star with emotional corona confession: he will "never forget a phone call for his life"

2020-11-11T18:08:49.826Z


Ilkay Gündogan was infected with the corona virus in September. The DFB star reveals how this time changed his thinking and explains what was the worst.


Ilkay Gündogan was infected with the corona virus in September.

The DFB star reveals how this time changed his thinking and explains what was the worst.

  • Ilkay Gündogan

    was the first

    DFB star

    to be

    infected

    with the

    corona

    virus

  • The

    Manchester City

    midfielder

    reported on the

    DFB *

    -PK

    about his illness

  • Gündogan

    also reveals

    that he had a particularly emotional moment

Munich / Leipzig - On Wednesday evening, the

DFB team

in Leipzig

welcomes the

national team from the

Czech Republic

, who have to do without midfielder David Pavlenka.

The reason: The Sparta Prague midfielder has contracted the

corona

virus.

A similar fate befell

Ilkay Gündogan

in September

.

The

Manchester City

midfield star

*

had also contracted the virus and was out for several weeks *.

At the

DFB-PK

before the test match against the Czechs, the 30-year-old reported emotionally about the course of his

illness

.

"Before the

corona illness

, I did not take it fully.

After that, my thinking changed ”, said

Gündogan

, who will probably appear as captain on Wednesday:“ It doesn't just

affect you

physically, but also mentally.

One is worried.

Everything is written in the stars. "

DFB star with emotional corona confession: "Crying all the time" - emotional phone call with grandfather

He also said, “The first three or four days were bad.

There were the strongest symptoms. ”After that there was no thought of training because“ the disease was still there, ”said the 39-time national player.

Therefore,

Gündogan

also

appealed

to take

the

virus

seriously and "to be as careful as possible to protect the people around us".

💬 @IlkayGuendogan: "We want to play well, represent our country well and, if possible, win. We have not always succeeded in doing that well in the last few games, we have to do better now. We have a responsibility here." # DFBPK # GERCZE # Gündogan #DieMannschaft pic.twitter.com/upGRw0w3v2

- The Team (@DFB_Team) November 10, 2020

Finally, he reported a very emotional anecdote.

When he

phoned

his

grandfather

while he was ill

, he said he was worried about his grandson “cried from beginning to end.

I was very touched, ”said

Gündogan

.

He will “never forget this phone call in his life”.

How long

Gündogan will be used

on Wednesday will be decided by

Joachim Löw

in due course.

The midfielder “played a very intense game on Sunday evening.

After the final training we will discuss how long it makes sense, "said the national coach, also on the PK:" Maybe 45 minutes or only in the second half ".

* tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital-Netzwerk

(smk)

Source: merkur

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