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“We’ve talked a lot with the guys in the last eight months that our biggest opponent could be the virus,” said coach Jesse Marsch. Now the problem is right in the middle of the team. After the Champions League play-off second leg against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Wednesday, tests on three Salzburgers showed a crown infection. The Israeli champions had more than a dozen cases in the run-up to the play-off match. The hypothesis that the broadcasts occurred directly in the game does not seem absurd.
Salzburg baffles corona cases
“We know from many studies that an infection has not yet been proven at the site,” explained Managing Director Stephan Reiter. “We still don’t know exactly how that could have happened now. Unfortunately, we don’t know if it really is from the Champions League match,” Vallci also emphasized in the Sky interview. The virus could have easily infiltrated through private oversight, the two noted.
According to the association, the three affected people have no symptoms. You were quarantined according to the Bundesliga’s concept of prevention; all partners should also isolate themselves. Quick tests with all the other players came back negative on Sunday, which meant that the Bundesliga match against Hartberg could take place as planned. Players will be tested again on Monday, then again on Wednesday, when training begins again. On Sunday, Andre Ramalho, Mergim Berisha and Karim Adeyemi were not in the team of the match.
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The fact that all the players on the Bulls team, including those from the U teams, now have to stay in Salzburg, is also due to the Bundesliga newspaper, according to Reiter. “It would also be illogical to leave a red group and plunge into another red group,” he added. In view of the next big tasks, this measure is not the worst. Because Marsch and his staff can now work with management for two weeks, before Lokomotiv Moscow makes a special appearance in Wals-Siezenheim. In the middle, there is only the cup game at SKN St. Pölten.
“I think the experience of the national team is very important for our players. Representing the country is always a great feeling. The downside is that when they leave I can’t control the stress,” Marsch said. “You have to travel, that’s dangerous now. From one perspective it’s an advantage, but I don’t want to keep the players there. I always want them to play for the national team. It’s a great honor for the guys.”
Hartberg gets under the wheels against Salzburg
Among others, strikers Sekou Koita from Mali and Patson Daka from Zambia are affected. Daka is the first professional in the league since Jonatan Soriano 2013/14 to score in the first four rounds, five times in total. “Sekou and Patson play very well together. But Noah (Okafor; note) also did very well, Majeed (Ashimeru) from the bench also played well. We have a lot of quality. When the mentality is really good, we have great opportunities,” Marsch said after the biggest win of the season so far.
According to coach Markus Schopp, the fact that Hartberg got so low on the wheels has to do with the fact that not all players are 100 percent. In this sense, the break is now useful. “I think we are further away from what this result shows. But the latter has to be aware that what we did last year is over. It is a question of survival,” said the Styrian. As Schopp confirmed, Hartberg is still looking for an additional striker. “It has to be someone who really suits us. The question is, can we really do it?”
(Those: APA)
