Fotheringham has back pain
Now Hertha’s trainer hero is also missing
03/22/2022, 18:22
Mark Fotheringham cast a spell on everyone on the sidelines of Bundesliga soccer club Hertha BSC last Saturday. With the replacement of the corona-infected Felix Magath, the team sensationally wins against Hoffenheim. But now the Scot is also out.
After the absence of the new head coach Felix Magath due to the corona virus, his assistant Mark Fotheringham was also missing from the Bundesliga soccer club Hertha BSC. The Scots have back problems, as the club confirmed. Training on Tuesday was led by offensive coach Vedad Ibisevic and athletic coaches Henrik Kuchno and Werner Leuthard.
Already on Saturday, when Fotheringham stood on the sidelines in the 3-0 home win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and energetically cheered on the team again and again, he was said to have had the complaints. Once during the game he even asked the fourth official if he could pick up the bottle he had lying on the floor, “Bild” observed. Now the pain in the 38-year-old was apparently too great.
But there was also good news from the training ground: goalkeeper Rune Jarstein returned to team training after a long break. The Norwegian fell ill with Corona in April last year, had to be treated in the hospital at times and then had to sit out for a long time due to heart muscle inflammation. The recently injured Stevan Jovetic initially did not travel to the Montenegrin national team and will train with the team, Hertha said on Twitter.
Magath had told the TV station “Bild” on Sunday that he hoped to return to the training ground on Thursday after his positive corona test. The Berliners jumped back to the relegation place with their first win this year. Because of the international break, the next Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen is scheduled for April 2nd (3.30 p.m. in the ntv.de live ticker).