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Former swim star Markus Rogan caused a stir as the mental coach of the Israel soccer team. According to several Israeli newspapers, the 38-year-old left the country illegally after testing positive for coronavirus. “His behavior is unacceptable,” Israel team chief and sports director Willi Ruttensteiner told a news conference on Monday.
Rogan was in action with the Israel team in Haifa in the Nations League in early October, the 1: 2 defeat against the Czech Republic was followed by a positive test for coronavirus by a player of the team and the twice Olympic runner-up in 2004. “I was totally exhausted on the ride back on the bus to the back seat,” an anonymous member of the Israel Football Association (IFA) team is quoted by the YNET news site.
Rather than go into quarantine at the team’s hotel in Caesarea as prescribed, he is said to have asked the Israel Football Association for a special transport to his family in Israel so as not to have to undergo quarantine in hospital. The next morning, however, it is said that he was not found at the hotel.
Negative proof submitted before the flight to the US.
It is likely that Rogan has rebooked the flight to her adoptive home Los Angeles, several Israeli media report. At the airport, he is said to have submitted a negative coronavirus test three days earlier. Rogan has not been available to officials of the Israel Football Association since last Tuesday. The 38-year-old has lost his job. However, his contract, like Ruttensteiner’s, would have expired in December anyway.
“That was a terrible mistake by Markus,” said Ruttensteiner, who also confirmed the incidents to “Standard.” “But we cannot judge him, it is still too early. But we will sit down and discuss the consequences. You have to take responsibility for your behavior. ” Meanwhile, some players reacted with anger and bewilderment. “The same person who is supposed to prepare us mentally did something strange,” said one actor who wants to remain anonymous. “How can someone who tested positive be bold enough to take two flights and be at airports?”
