Bayern Munich calls for the postponement of its match in the German League due to “Corona”
Bayern Munich, the leaders of the German Football League, called for the postponement of its upcoming match against its host Borussia Monchengladbach in the eighteenth stage of competition, in light of its continuing suffering from the Corona virus, according to what the sporting director of Monchengladbach Max Eberl said on Wednesday, after speaking with his counterpart in the Bavarian club, Hasan Saleh Hamidzic.
Today, Bayern announced the infection of its young Canadian defender Alfonso Davis (21 years), bringing the number of positive cases of the Corona virus in its ranks to nine.
"Bayern Munich would like to postpone the match, but the final decision rests with the organisers," Eberl said after telephone conversations with Hamidzic and representatives of the Bundesliga.
The "Bundesliga" wheel returns to rotation after a pause due to the winter break, and the eighteenth stage competitions open Friday, with the leaders Bayern meeting its host, Monchengladbach, who is in the 14th place with 19 points.
"We currently have 10 players available and two goalkeepers in our ranks. That is why we are thinking about how to play the match and have discussed the situation with the Bundesliga," Hamidzic told Kicker magazine on Wednesday.
"It looks like we're going to play, so we're going to go into the game to win it," he added.
Bayern leads the league standings with 43 points, nine points ahead of its runner-up Borussia Dortmund, knowing that the Bavarian giant suffers, in addition to Corona injuries, from several absences against the background of the arrival of Cameroonian Eric Maxim Chubu-Moting and Senegalese Bona Sarr with their teams to participate in the African Nations Cup finals, which begins at the end This week, young Croatian defender Josip Stanicic has an injury.
Only 13 players are available in the Bavarian squad, and internationals Leon Goretzka and Niklas Zule did not participate in Wednesday's training, without specifying the reason for their absence.
The Bundesliga regulations state that a request for a postponement cannot be accepted if the club has more than 15 players available to participate.
In addition to goalkeeper and team leader Manuel Neuer and the Englishman Omar Richards, five French players have joined the list of people infected with the Corona virus: Dayo Obamecano, Kingsley Coman, Lucas Hernandez, Corentin Tolisso and the young Tangy Nyanzo.
And Bayern announced last December that he would miss the services of his midfielder, Joshua Kimmich, for four weeks, due to his recovery from a lung infection caused by the virus.
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