Suddenly, when soccer tries to start normalcy, Salomon Kalou, striker for Hertha Berlin, appeared with a video that has cast doubt on all the Bundesliga protocols against the coronavirus. The player appeared in the locker room breaking some rules and even calling them stupid. In the images, Kalou appears shaking hands with some colleagues, after changing in the same locker room. In addition, he appears in a nearby room, where the doctor, whom he also touches, is testing a colleague.

And to complete the controversial recording, there is a moment when he speaks with his colleague Ibisevic and criticizes the 15% salary cut they agreed with Hertha.

The reaction of the Berlin team has been to suspend him for improper behavior. The move was reported after the stir caused by the video, which posted (and later withdrew) on the internet. "Salomon Kalou has violated the locker room rules and his behavior is not appropriate, neither with the measures adopted nor with the club's rules," Hertha said in a statement.

The 34-year-old player also apologized online for what happened, in addition to removing the video from his account. His case widens doubts about an early resumption of the season. All the first and second division clubs started the mandatory tests last Thursday with the prospect of playing matches again, behind closed doors.

It was considered on May 9 but now that date is considered discarded. At the last meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders, a decision was postponed to the present week. This makes it practically unfeasible to maintain that date, to which is added that not all teams are already training as a group.

10 positives in German soccer

In the analyzes carried out so far, ten coronavirus positives have been registered, the German Football League (DFL) indicated. So far 1,724 tests have been carried out among players, technicians, physical therapists and others related to the first and second division teams.

The Cologne of the Bundesliga reported three positives, two of them from players, in the first series of tests carried out. In a second series of analyzes, however, there had been no positives.

The plans to resume the Bundesliga contemplate two series of tests per week and, in the event that they are positive, the people affected are sent to quarantine.

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