Corona case in the national soccer team: As the German Football Association (DFB) confirmed on Tuesday, a DFB player tested positive for the corona virus.

The health department in Wolfsburg then ordered quarantine for four other professionals who were classified as contact persons.

National coach Hansi Flick canceled the team training in the morning.

Instead, there should be individual units for the German players in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in the Autostadt, it said.

“This news is very bitter so shortly before the final two games in World Cup qualification - for the coaching team as well as for the entire team. But health comes first ", DFB director Oliver Bierhoff was quoted in a message. At first it was not officially known which player it was. The "Bild" newspaper writes that it is Niklas Süle. According to the DFB, he is vaccinated and currently symptom-free. A press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. Then Bierhoff and DFB doctor Tim Meyer will comment on the incident and how to proceed.

The national team will play their last home game in the World Cup qualification in Wolfsburg against Liechtenstein on Thursday (8.45 p.m. / in the FAZ live ticker on the national team and on RTL). Then there is the game against Armenia in Yerevan on Sunday. The extent to which these games could be endangered initially remained open. Most recently, games were no longer canceled in the case of singular infections. The national team has already qualified for the World Cup. Flick has a total of 28 players in his squad, so he currently has 23 to fall back on.

Most recently, the statement by Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich that he was not vaccinated caused heated public discussions about the role model function of national soccer players in the Corona crisis.

“The number of corona infections has recently risen again nationwide.

That is why we continue to consistently implement the hygiene and behavioral rules during the last international match of the year in order to act as responsibly as possible in the current infection situation, ”said Bierhoff