Positive corona test: Ex-Bayern coach misses Hertha debut - Magath in quarantine
Created: 03/18/2022, 05:22
By: Patrick Mayer
Interim coach at Hertha BSC: Felix Magath, once at Bayern.
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Felix Magath, new coach of Hertha BSC, tested positive for the corona virus and thus missed his Bundesliga comeback on the sidelines.
Editor's correction:
In the original version of the article, we not only reported that Felix Magath had a positive corona test.
But also that Hertha allegedly signed Mark van Bommel as an interim replacement.
The latter is wrong.
The author fell for a deceptively genuine tweet, which he took to be an official post by the Berlin Sport Club on Twitter.
We apologize for this oversight.
Munich/Berlin – 68 years old, Franke, ex-coach of FC Bayern*: He should save Hertha BSC from relegation from the Bundesliga* – actually.
We're talking about Felix Magath, who is considered rigorous and has already coached VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Schalke nationally.
Hertha BSC: Positive corona test for ex-Bayern coach Felix Magath
But: This Thursday, the Berliners announced that a corona test by the warhorse coach was positive.
That's why he will miss the originally planned Bundesliga comeback on the sidelines against 1899 Hoffenheim on Saturday (3:30 p.m.).
Magath should prevent Hertha's first relegation since 2010 after the board around sports director Fredi Bobic fired predecessor Tayfun Korkut after five defeats in a row and only two points from the last nine games.
The former Bayern coach (2004 - 2007) * had to go into quarantine in his hotel room.
In the video: Hertha BSC – Coach Felix Magath is missing against Hoffenheim on Saturday
As the Berliners announced, Magath is “almost symptom-free”.
However , the
picture
writes that he is represented on the sidelines by his assistant Mark Fotheringham.
The former Munich player led a very intensive training session immediately after his commitment, according to Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, where Hertha is based.
In order to prepare the Berlin professional team, which started the season with completely different expectations, for the relegation battle, Magath hired athletic trainer Werner Leuthard.
The last time he was head coach in the Bundesliga was nine and a half years ago - back then in Wolfsburg*.
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