Julian Nagelsmann and his small travel group were just back in Munich with the group victory from wintry Kiev, when the next positive test was transmitted from the corona hotspot FC Bayern.
This time attacker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was hit, who was already one of the five Bayern professionals who were in quarantine at home as contacts.
That is why Choupo-Moting missed the Champions League business trip to Ukraine and the 2: 1 (2: 0) in the Olympic Stadium there - more games will now be added.
Thickly wrapped in a warm winter coat, Nagelsmann was still having fun with his last official duty in the Ukraine late on Tuesday, despite the next vaccination questions. "Is that a sporting question or about Corona?" Joked the 34-year-old at the end of his press conference in the Dynamo Stadium and laughed after the answer from the reporter: "Corona? Then we go."
After the next success of Bavaria, which was still flawless on Europe's big football stage, he had previously commented on irritating issues such as quarantine failures or wage losses for affected professionals.
And the next explosive topic could be the Qatar question at the annual general meeting of the record champions on Thursday (7 p.m.) in front of a maximum of around 1,700 visitors.
"Basically, it is always a nice experience to face the members," said Nagelsmann about his planned visit.
“For me this is not a secondary theater of the war.” It is a premiere for him.
"Mission completed successfully"
In addition to the prematurely secured first place in the group in the temporary snowstorm against Dynamo, the prospect of a positive vaccination certificate for national players Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala also lifted the Bayern coach's mood. "I cannot confirm that yet," said Nagelsmann: "If it is the case, then I am happy about it, then it is a first step."
The kicker had initially reported the prick for Gnabry and Musiala, this is also the information from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The Bild-Zeitung and Sport Bild also reported that Joshua Kimmich and Michael Cuisance should also consider vaccinating.
The quartet, like the now infected Choupo-Moting, sat in quarantine at home, while a Munich rump troop also won group game number five in the premier class.
"Mission completed successfully", said captain Manuel Neuer with satisfaction after the first Champions League stage.
The view of the personnel board remains unpleasant.
In addition to the five quarantine failures, Niklas Süle and Josip Stanisic, who were now released after corona infections and returned to the training field on Wednesday, as well as the banned Dayot Upamecano were missing.
Lucas Hernández (muscular problems) and Tanguy Nianzou (shoulder pain) had to leave the pitch in Kiev.
“Even if I once said Doctor Zhivago to me - but I don't have an X-ray yet,” joked Nagelsmann about his diagnoses.
Shortly after the game, he could not estimate a possible downtime.
One and a half weeks before the Bundesliga summit at Borussia Dortmund, before which the league leaders from Munich will play their home game against Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday, the workforce is extremely worrying.
“It always depends on how things will look in the future.
If, of course, the players have to continue to be quarantined when they are not vaccinated, then there is always a small risk for the goals of the season, "said Nagelsmann.
The 34-year-old hinted at how difficult the “tightrope walk” is for him as a coach. As a vaccination advocate, he has a clear opinion. But one must also try to understand the opinions of non-vaccinated players. This is about the guidelines of the association. You have to be able to represent both externally. “In the mixed bag, I try to act a bit as a connecting link. I think it works out quite well - I hope, “said Nagelsmann about his key role.
His remarks on the subject of wage waiver suggested that the quarantine professionals actually had to and must accept losses.
"I think punishing is the wrong word in my eyes," said Nagelsmann.
He referred to labor law.
The employer can stop paying the employee's salary if the employee has not been vaccinated and is in quarantine and unable to work.
“But that's not football-specific.
If the dental assistant is not vaccinated and is absent, the dentist can also stop paying the salary. "
It is important to him that he has the fullest possible squad available at BVB on December 4th.
"We need all the staff because Dortmund will demand everything from us," he emphasized.
First of all, the annual general meeting is on Thursday. Then club president Herbert Hainer and CEO Oliver Kahn will be in focus. A hot topic: Qatar. Numerous Bayern fans are bothered by the high-value partnership with Qatar Airlines because of the controversial human rights issue in the host country of the next soccer World Cup. "That is certainly a complex topic," said Hainer.
He said in advance on the Bayern homepage: “In general, we can say that we do not close ourselves to an exchange of facts and factual arguments - and that can of course be critical.” However, it is important to the club bosses “that the form is always preserved ".
Most recently, Kahn and Hainer were attacked directly in the stadium via a banner.
"As a club, we generally tolerate controversies, they are part of a discourse just like club life in general," said the club president.