Saturday 23 October 2021
“Had to sit in a wheelchair”
Jarstein talks about severe corona suffering
His corona disease leads to heart muscle inflammation and an unbelievable amount of suffering: Hertha’s keeper Rune Jarstein has to be treated in a clinic in April after his infection, he sits in a wheelchair for a while. Now he is vehemently in favor of vaccinations.
Goalkeeper Rune Jarstein from Hertha BSC has clearly spoken out in favor of the vaccination against the coronavirus after surviving Covid 19 disease with the following myocarditis. “I was vaccinated again after my illness. I think it’s good and important to do that. I’m very much in favor of the vaccination,” said the 37-year-old Norwegian of “Bild”. “Maybe it wouldn’t have hit me so hard if I had been vaccinated in the spring.”
Jarstein fell ill with Covid-19 in April and even had to be treated in a clinic at times. “During the first few days in the hospital, I couldn’t even watch football on the iPad. During that time, I was outdoors twice and had to sit in a wheelchair,” he reported.
Due to an inflammation of the heart muscle, he had to sit out for almost half a year. The time without training was very difficult for him, he reported. “On my first walk in Berlin, I was broken after ten minutes. It took a while, then got better step by step.”
Jarstein was only able to train individually again in mid-September and is now back in team training. He is currently the third goalkeeper for the capital club. “I don’t stress myself, I keep working hard every day, I offer myself in training and I feel good,” said Jarstein. “It’s going better than expected, I thought it would take longer.”
His coach Pal Dardai meanwhile relies on further learning effects from his team. “We have taken a step. The boys have understood what it means when they are tactically disciplined,” said Dardai on Thursday in the run-up to the home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the evening (6.30 p.m. / Sky and in the live ticker on ntv.de.). In addition, the minimization of the list of injuries contributes to a further positive development. Only Jordan Torunarigha and Lukas Klünter have to take a longer break, defender Marton Dardai and goalkeeper Jarstein have started team training this week, Lucas Tousart is training individually. “That brings stability to the team,” said sports director Arne Friedrich.
Despite the positive development, the form of the day is still the most important for Dardai. If the team against Gladbach is in the form of the day like last week, then two wins in a row could also succeed for the second time this season, said the 45-year-old with a view to the 2-1 away win at Eintracht Frankfurt.