A group of five unvaccinated players went to quarantine for having contact with a COVID-19 infected; his DT asks not to “oversize” the subject.
The Bayern Munich is already classified to Champions League round of 16, but before Tuesday’s game in Kiev, the team is decimated by casualties and immersed in controversy over the refusal of some players to get vaccinated against COVID-19, especially after an unexpected defeat on Saturday in the Bundesliga.
“We do not have the pressure of the result, but the one that Bayern has in all the games “, indicated the Bavarian coach Julian Nagelsmann this Monday at a press conference, but “We have the absence of eight players.”
In addition to the eight safe casualties, Kingsley Coman and Marcel Sabitzer could enjoy a break with their sights set on Saturday’s Bundesliga duel against Bielefeld, following the recent 2-1 loss to Augsburg, which brought Borussia Dortmund one point behind leaders Bayern.
“As to King already Sabi (Coman and Sabitzer), we don’t know if they will be able to play”, Nagelsmann specified. “Sabi He has Achilles tendon and calf problems. Coman does not have so many muscle aches, but we will have to wait because we have an important Bundesliga game this weekend. If both are low, then we will have a very low cash”.
The Bayern sees how several of its players have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccineJoshua Kimmich, the team leader, Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting and Michaël Cuisance, not vaccinated, were quarantined by the health authorities for being close contacts of a person who tested positive.
‘Do not oversize’ asks Nagelsmann
Bayern Munich coach He asked not to overstate the crisis that his team is experiencing due to the coronavirus and the refusal of some players around Joshua Kimmich to get vaccinated.
“We cannot make the mistake of enlarging the topic too much. I am surprised that we are the only team in which something like this happens ”, he added.
Kimmich, not being vaccinated and having had contacts with infected, have had to save successive periods of quarantine that made him miss the last matches of the German national team, the last game of the Bundesliga and will make him miss tomorrow the duel of the Champions League against Dynamo Kiev.
According to the media the Bayern has chosen to suspend the salary of those players who are not vaccinated and have to go into quarantine.
“Controversies are always part of Bayern. The question is whether they should be tolerated. Naturally it is unfortunate that certain internal things come to light, ”said the coach.
“There are clear rules. If you have an encounter with someone infected, a vaccinated person has to undergo quarantine. The players are doing well, they undergo continuous testing”Nagelsmann said regarding quarantined unvaccinated players.
“In seven days they will be able to come out of quarantine with a negative test,” recalled Nagelsmann, who does not consider that the current situation creates a rupture within the group, “in the long run (the group) can grow with this,” said the coach. (D)
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