Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
After Werder now Gladbach?
Football threatens another vaccination card scandal
Werder Bremen and coach Markus Anfang split up because of his fake vaccination certificate. Now there could be a similar case at Borussia Mönchengladbach. A false document is said to have been noticed by a physiotherapist. The club drew the consequences.
After the vaccination pass affair involving the former Bremen soccer coach Markus Anfang, professional soccer is threatened with another case of falsification of a vaccination document. As the Mönchengladbach police confirmed, an official investigation was initiated against an employee from the Borussia Mönchengladbach area.
“Sport Bild” had previously reported that the club had separated from a physiotherapist. Borussia confirmed that they had separated from an employee without giving any reasons.
The newspaper reported that the now former Borussia employee is suspected of having a forged vaccination card. According to the police, investigations are underway for forgery of documents, but these investigations are still at the beginning. The police did not take action because they had previously received a complaint, but because of the media coverage.
That could mean that Borussia itself became aware of the discrepancies and drew the necessary conclusions. The Mönchengladbach Labor Court stated in response to a dpa request that the proceedings were not pending in-house.
More than two weeks ago, the head coach at the beginning of the second division Werder Bremen resigned because the public prosecutor’s office had started investigations into the suspicion of a forged vaccination certificate.