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The Swiss U20 team is currently preparing for the World Cup in Edmonton (December 25-January 5) at the new Zug OYM sports center in Cham. Preparation is difficult.
Before leaving on Sunday for Canada, where the World Cup will be played in a bubble, the entire delegation will have to take three crown tests. And four players have already tested positive in the first test. Therefore, Tuesday’s training session was canceled.
But then he could give the go-ahead because the quartet had already tested positive for the virus and had antibodies, so they were all classified as non-contagious.
The roommate is also unable to attend the World Cup.
But now the dream of the World Cup has exploded for one of the four. Because the first positive test with Kevin Lindemann (18) is too far behind – the Canadian authorities have set a deadline of 90 days – he is not allowed to go to the World Cup. The son of former striker Sven and grandson of former NLA top scorer Guido Lindemann, who plays in Sweden with Leksands juniors, is not the only crown victim in Marco Bayer’s team, who is also the coach of the national team. Patrick Fischer. is supported.
In the second test round, Yves Stoffel (19) caught the next forward. The son of former defender Ivo Stoffel is now playing for the second season at the Swiss League EVZ Academy and last season he made two National League appearances in Zug. Particularly bitter: The talented forward was the victim of the last cut before last year’s World Cup.
On the orders of the Zug canton doctor, he left the preparatory camp on Thursday morning and isolated himself. At the same time, the canton doctor ordered a quarantine for forward Jannik Canova (19, Davos), who shared a room with Stoffel; he too had to leave the camp and will not be able to travel to the U-20 World Cup.
“Flexibility is essential in these times”
“We are very sorry that, despite a strict protection concept and great efforts in terms of compliance with the measures, it has not been possible to prevent players from having to be sent home due to a positive test or a quarantine order,” says the director of the national team, Lars Weibel. “This is a huge setback for the players involved. We wish them all the best and hope they continue to develop no symptoms. “
The U-20 team will now continue training as normal. “Flexibility is the most important thing these days,” says Bayer. “We are making the most of this challenging situation and I am convinced that it will unite us as a team and make us stronger.”
Sweden lacks four coaches
The Swiss are not the only team in trouble. Host Canada had to self-quarantine after two corona cases, and meanwhile disrupt the camp for two weeks.
And the Swedes not only have four players without the World Cup because of the positive tests. Also missing are the coach Tomas Monthén, two of his assistants and the goalkeeping coach.
The team is now led by the only remaining assistant coach, Joel Rönnmark. He receives the support of U18 technician Anders Eriksén. But it is unclear whether he is allowed to go to Canada. Only people who have been part of the isolated camp from the beginning can attend the World Cup.
