Corona case at FC Bayern: Choupo-Moting misses the away game at SC Freiburg

Created: 04/01/2022, 10:35 am

By: Marcus Giebel

FC Bayern will have to do without Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting at SC Freiburg on Saturday (from 3.30 p.m. in our live ticker).

The striker has contracted the coronavirus.

Munich – Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting* has returned to Munich, but the Cameroonian is still not available for the guest appearance of FC Bayern* at SC Freiburg* (from 3.30 p.m. in our live ticker).

As the Reds report, a corona test worked.

The striker has gone into domestic isolation, but he is fine.

According to the currently applicable Corona* regulations, a positive test is followed by up to ten days of isolation.

After seven days, the person concerned can take a free test if they have not shown any symptoms in the previous 48 hours.

However, according to the will of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Robert Koch Institute, the rules should be adjusted so that the isolation ends after five days.

Accordingly, Choupo-Moting is probably also missing in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Villarreal *.

Even at home against FC Augsburg*, when 75,000 fans are allowed to flock to the Allianz Arena for the first time in months, FC Bayern could have to plan without him.

FC Bayern and Choupo-Moting: Lewandowski backup creates World Cup qualification

Choupo-Moting has been with Cameroon's national team for the past few days and has qualified for the World Cup in Qatar in dramatic fashion.

In the play-off duel with Algeria, Karl Toko Ekambi's goal in added time in extra time decided the 2-1 after losing the first leg 0-1.

Choupo-Moting gave the "Indomitable Lions" the lead after 22 minutes, making extra time possible in the first place.

He was substituted after an hour.

The 33-year-old beckons the third World Cup participation after 2010 and 2014, when it only lost in each case.

Slowed down by the corona virus: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is missing from FC Bayern in Freiburg.

© Christof Stache/afp

Choupo-Moting at FC Bayern: BVB game also missed due to positive corona test

At the end of November, the native of Hamburg had to pause due to a positive corona test.

At that time he missed the 1-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld and the 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, and Robert Lewandowski's backup in the Champions League in the 2-1 win at Dynamo Kyiv and 3-0 over FC Barcelona was missing.

So far this season, Choupo-Moting has made 20 competitive appearances and scored nine goals for FC Bayern.

He was only in the starting XI in the 12-0 win against Bremer SV in the first round of the DFB Cup, when he netted four times.