In the DFB team, an FCB star was infected with the corona virus.
The training was canceled at short notice - four more players have to be quarantined.
Update from November 9th, 1 p.m.:
After a positive Corona test, the German national team will complete their first team training on Tuesday afternoon (around 4.15 p.m.).
The morning session was canceled after Niklas Süle tested positive.
DFB: Corona shock - In addition to Süle, Kimmich, Gnabry, Musiala and Adeyemi also have to be in quarantine
Update from November 9th, 12.30 p.m.:
In addition to Niklas Süle, who has corona, four other DFB players have to be in quarantine. These are his colleagues from FC Bayern Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala as well as Karim Adeyemi from Salzburg. Spicy: According to the ordinance of the health department in Lower Saxony, only unvaccinated contact persons have to be in quarantine. Whether this also means that said players have not yet been vaccinated will probably be clarified at the latest at the DFB press conference at 1 p.m. Kimmich announced two weeks ago that he wanted to wait with a vaccination.
First report from November 9th, 10:25 am:
Wolfsburg - The German national team * is afflicted by the coronavirus * in preparation for the World Cup qualifying game against Liechtenstein on Thursday.
According to
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information, a player in the
DFB * team
tested positive for Corona.
The team training on Tuesday morning was canceled and will take place in the hotel.
The team meeting on Monday evening was previously canceled at short notice.
The assembled journalists in front of the DFB Hotel in Wolfsburg had to leave the premises on instructions.
Measures are being taken, it said.
DFB: Niklas Süle from FC Bayern tested positive for Corona
The sick player is Niklas Süle * from FC Bayern *.
The health department is sending four more players into quarantine.
These are Süle's FCB colleagues Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala, who have to travel back to Munich.
The fifth player is Karim Adeyemi from Salzburg.
The Süle tested positive for COVID-19 was fully vaccinated and currently symptom-free, said the DFB.
The four other players were classified as Category 1 contacts despite a negative test as part of the contact tracing and therefore quarantined by the health department.
DFB: Corona vortex around Süle - and "vaccine-hesitant" Kimmich
A year ago there was a corona vortex around Süle when the 26-year-old was tested "false positive".
Now the subsequent nomination of defender Jonathan Tah also makes sense, the Leverkusen player was appointed at short notice by national coach Hansi Flick * yesterday.
In addition, the two Wolfsburg Maximilian Arnold and Ridle Baku as well as Kevin Volland will be nominated from AS Monaco.
Most recently, the debate about Süle's unvaccinated teammate Kimmich * also sparked discussions.
The midfielder has so far not had a vaccination, he has "concerns about the lack of long-term studies".
In addition to Kimmich, four other Bayern professionals have not yet been vaccinated.
Coach Julian Nagelsmann missed four games in October due to a corona infection.
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A player in the DFB team is infected with the corona virus.
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Corona shock at the DFB: World Cup qualifying game before cancellation?
The penultimate World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein on Thursday in Wolfsburg is currently not in danger.
"All other players in the national team, who, like the coaching team and the entire team behind the team, all tested negative, are preparing for the two World Cup qualifiers as planned," said the DFB.
The national team has already qualified for the World Cup.
Before the start of the World Cup qualification against Iceland in March, Jonas Hofmann from Gladbach had already tested positive for the corona virus.
Marcel Halstenberg, as a category 1 contact person, also had to go into quarantine.
"This news is very bitter so shortly before the final two games in the World Cup qualification - for the coaching team as well as for the entire team," said DFB Director Oliver Bierhoff: "But health comes first, of course.
I wish the player who tested positive a speedy recovery and that he remains symptom-free. ”A press conference is scheduled for 1 pm.
Then Bierhoff and DFB doctor Tim Meyer will comment on the incident and how to proceed.
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