VfL Wolfsburg will miss Wout Weghorst in the game against Red Bull Salzburg
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In the past, Wout Weghorst attracted attention through strange statements about the corona virus. The VfL Wolfsburg goalscorer shared the post of a vaccination opponent on social media. Now he has infected himself and is missing from the Champions League.
WITHVfL Wolfsburg has collected two points in the first two Champions League games so far.
In the extremely tight Group G it is currently only third, in the trend-setting game against the Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg (6.45 p.m. / DAZN) three points should definitely be achieved – even without striker Wout Weghorst. The Dutchman has been infected with the corona virus and will be absent.
The Bundesliga team announced this on Monday. According to the Wolfsburg, Weghorst complained about symptoms on Sunday morning after the 2-0 draw at Union Berlin.
He then tested positive. The striker has been in quarantine since then. All other tests on players, coaches and supervisors were negative on both Sunday and Monday, according to the club.
It is not the first time that Wout Weghorst has made headlines in connection with the corona virus. It wasn’t until the end of December that the Dutchman shared a post from Dr. Christiane Northrup. The 71-year-old American is considered a vaccine opponent and supporter of conspiracy theories. “Imagine a vaccination so sure that you have to be forced to do it – for a disease so fatal that you have to be tested to know that you have it,” wrote the gynecologist at the time. Weghorst commented with the words: “That! People, inform yourselves. “
After a conversation with managing director Jörg Schmadtke, the public apology followed and Weghorst’s post was deleted. “I want to be very clear: I am not a corona denier. People all over the world died from it, which is shocking, ”said the striker. He had triggered a shit storm anyway.
Schmadtke: “Would simplify a lot of things if everyone were vaccinated”
In terms of content, he did not want to distance himself from an appearance in the ZDF sports studio in April. About the intention of his appeal, he only added: “The only thing that is very important to me at the post to this day is that everyone deals with the topic and tries to deepen what concerns it,” Weghorst said in front of the current Camera. “That was just very important to me – and to make good decisions from it for yourself and for your own future.”
It is not known whether Weghorst was vaccinated against the corona virus according to his statements. That also caused unrest among the fans. The supporters criticized that they for their part must either be vaccinated or recovered when visiting the stadium, but players may not.
Schmadtke said to “Sportbuzzer”: “As a club, I can do it (the vaccination, ed.) do not make it a mandatory measure for players because I think that every person must have an opportunity to make decisions about themselves. “
Nevertheless, Schmadtke spoke out in favor of having as many players as possible vaccinated against the corona virus. “It would of course make a lot of things easier for us to handle if everyone were vaccinated,” said the 57-year-old.
The striker himself has meanwhile also commented on his failure. “Everything happens for a reason,” he wrote on social media. “Life is like riding a bike, to keep your balance you have to move. I use this time to develop myself and come back stronger. “
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