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On Wednesday, Breel Embolo was back on the training ground, still with a splint on his operated hand.

The Borussia Mönchengladbach striker is scheduled for the top Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund on Friday, but was not in the squad in the 1-0 win against Werder Bremen on Tuesday evening.

"Breel is against BVB," said coach Marco Rose, regardless of all the discussions about the night out and the possible violations of the Swiss national soccer player's Corona Protection Ordinance after the game against VfB Stuttgart last weekend.

Embolo had admitted to having been at the Baldeneysee in Essen on the night of last Sunday, but denied participating in a party with 23 people in the same building complex.

He was in an apartment and saw basketball on TV.

Illegal party or cozy TV evening?

Embolo sticks to his statement

Source: dpa / Federico Gambarini

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The police, alarmed because of the noise, found the Gladbach professional in the apartment, but had previously seen a person flee over a flat roof and enter the apartment.

"We assume that the refugee and Embolo are one person," said a spokesman for the Essen police on Wednesday.

According to Borussia, Embolo had previously "credibly assured" his club that he had not been to the party and that he had not fled over the roof.

In the portrayal of the police, the person on the roof could not be identified with certainty, but they had fled into the apartment.

And only Embolo was found there.

No further consequences from the club side planned

For Borussia, this does not change the credibility of their professional.

"As long as there is no other investigation result from the police, we believe Breel," said a spokesman for the club.

The "investigation result" of the Essen police is actually quite clear since the case became known.

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But his teammates also have no doubts about the 23-year-old's portrayal.

“We spoke to Breel.

He assured us that he wasn't at the party, ”said teammate Christoph Kramer.

Kramer decided that he was simply near the wrong place at the wrong time.

His Swiss national team colleague Yann Sommer made it clear that it was fundamentally a mistake to go there at this time shortly after and before the next Bundesliga match and announced an internal dispute with Embolo.

The Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer plays with Breel Embolo in the national team

Source: Getty Images / Stuart Franklin

“He knows himself that he has done something that doesn't work.

It is not always easy to be a role model.

I was young too and made mistakes.

We will take him hard as a team, but we will also support him, ”said Borussia's goalkeeper.

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No further consequences for Embolo are currently foreseeable.

A quarantine for the participants of the party is not planned because there is no evidence that one of the party participants was corona-positive, the city said.

The people who were present at the party are threatened with administrative offense proceedings with a fine of 250 euros and a fine of 500 euros for the organizer.

Also Thuram against BVB before returning

After Marcus Thuram's spit attack a few weeks ago, it is the second unsightly story of a Gladbach professional for the club.

Even the Bundesliga, which has a strict hygiene concept, cannot use such headlines in times of pandemic.

Thuram had apologized for his offense and had been given a record six-figure fine.

His five-game ban (plus one on probation) has expired.

Thus, both of the recently banned and suspended professionals in the Westschlager against Dortmund on Friday could return to the starting line-up.

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