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Premier League is sinking into omicron chaos! DFB star has also caught it - several coaches call for a game freeze

2021-12-17T12:53:40.830Z


Premier League is sinking into omicron chaos! DFB star has also caught it - several coaches call for a game freeze Created: 12/17/2021, 1:47 PM From: Marius Epp Omikron paralyzes the Premier League! Game cancellations are hailing, the teams are running out of players. Now Timo Werner has also got it. London - Failures due to positive corona tests have long been no longer uncommon in profession


Premier League is sinking into omicron chaos!

DFB star has also caught it - several coaches call for a game freeze

Created: 12/17/2021, 1:47 PM

From: Marius Epp

Omikron paralyzes the Premier League!

Game cancellations are hailing, the teams are running out of players.

Now Timo Werner has also got it.

London - Failures due to positive corona tests have long been no longer uncommon in professional football.

In England, however, the whole thing is slowly taking on extreme proportions.

The Omikron variant is spreading like wildfire in the Premier League * clubs, one game after the other is canceled.

The UK authorities reported 87,565 new infections within 24 hours on Friday - a worrying high.

National player Timo Werner *, along with many other players, has now tested positive for the virus, as have his Chelsea colleagues Romelu Lukaku, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell.

DFB colleague Kai Havertz * feels uncomfortable.

Premier League: Corona situation is getting out of hand - "The situation is serious"

Five games have already been canceled for the coming weekend, the calls for a game break are getting louder.

Brentford FC cannot even train because the training ground has been closed due to an outbreak.

Tottenham coach Antonio Conte no longer understands why the game continues.

Jürgen Klopp is annoyed by the Corona situation in England.

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"The situation upsets me a little because the situation is serious," said the Italian.

“Why do we have to take the risk?” Brentford coach Thomas Frank also calls for a game freeze.

“Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp * is skeptical about a break in play.

"Where is the absolute added value?

I can't see it yet.

When we come back it will be the same, ”he said.

Corona chaos in the Premier League: Bundesliga has an advantage

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel * holds back with his opinion.

“I don't want to get involved in political matters.

We missed a lot of players, but we don't use that as an excuse. "

The situation in the Bundesliga is not that dramatic, but Germany should be warned when looking at the island.

However, the Bundesliga has one big advantage: the winter break.

As is well known, games are played through in England.

In the last game before the winter break, FC Bayern have to play at VfL Wolfsburg *.

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Source: merkur

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