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Wolfsburg's captain Arnold: A train ride without masks "will not happen again"
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Professionals from VfL Wolfsburg have shown remorse after violating the mask requirement on the train.
'It was a huge mistake.
That doesn't work either," said captain Maximilian Arnold after the 2-2 win at Bayer.
Individual VfL players did not wear masks on the long-distance train, as can be seen in a video from the ARD “Sportschau”.
In addition, they are said to have made fun of the rules.
The club had already apologized on Saturday afternoon and announced a refurbishment.
In view of the video, Arnold also asked whether there were "no other problems" in Germany, but also: "It won't happen again." Felix Nmecha said: "It has already been addressed.
Next time we won't do it." The VfL had written in a message of "unprofessional and inappropriate behavior".
Coach Niko Kovač said on Saturday evening that he spoke to the team on Friday “and enlightened them.
On the train, unlike on the plane, you have to wear a mask.
I am so sorry.
It mustn't happen again."
Loud laughter at hints from the train attendant
Unlike in other European countries, there is still a mask requirement for long-distance trains in Germany.
In airplanes, on the other hand, it was lifted.
The mask requirement is not uncontroversial: most recently, the EVG railway union had called for it to be abolished.
She had repeatedly reported conflicts on the trains when it came to enforcing the mask requirement.
There had recently been trouble when Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recorded a short video on a train journey from Berlin to Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in which he can be seen without a mask.
A WDR employee who happened to be a passenger in the same ICE documented the behavior of some VfL professionals in the “Sportschau” report.
According to the reporter, he saw how several actors should have reacted with loud laughter to the train attendant's repeated hints.
A train attendant told WDR: "I don't think the players' behavior is respectful."
jan/dpa