scandal in the training camp
Police are investigating a fight against Hertha-Keeper
07/16/2023 1:39 p.m
Goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck returned to Hertha BSC just a few weeks ago. Now he is apparently causing a scandal in the Berlin training camp in Austria. After an argument in an inn, he is said to have been temporarily taken into custody. The club confirms investigations by the police.
The Austrian police are concerned with an incident during the Hertha BSC training camp. “We can confirm that the police are investigating one of our players, but we ask for your understanding that no further details can be given out of consideration for the ongoing investigations,” said the second division soccer team. The Berliners have been in Zell am See since Wednesday to prepare for the season.
As the Salzburg state police announced, there was a dispute early on Sunday morning in the city of Zell am See, which escalated into a physical altercation. A 28-year-old injured a 22-year-old. This had to be treated in the hospital. The “Bild” newspaper had reported that the man had been seriously injured in the head and had not yet been able to be heard.
The 28-year-old was questioned by the police about the facts, but was then able to leave the office again. According to Austrian law, the man was neither arrested nor arrested. According to the “Bild” newspaper, he is said to be goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck, the newspaper initially reported that he had been temporarily taken into custody.
As the police in Zell am See said when asked, “both detention cells are empty” in the station at the holiday resort. As the German Press Agency learned, the player is currently back in the team hotel. According to the current status of the investigation, he could also travel to Germany at any time, the state police confirmed.
Gersbeck returned to Hertha this summer after four years at Karlsruher SC. From 2004 he had already played for the Berliners as a youth player, had been loaned out several times in the meantime and had played his only Bundesliga game to date in the 2013/14 season. “I’m coming back as a seasoned two-league player,” said Gersbeck on his return from Karlsruhe. However, he will probably have to take a place behind regular keeper Oliver Christensen if he is not sold. Gersbeck was born in Berlin and was once a fan himself in the east curve. “There is a club and a city that stands above it, and that is Berlin,” he emphasized.
The Berliners won their first test match on Saturday against the newly promoted Belgian first division team RWD Molenbeek 2-1 in Leogang. This Sunday afternoon there was a 0-1 defeat in the test against the Belgian champions Royal Antwerpen in Saalfelden. The second division season begins for coach Pal Dardai’s team with the away game at Fortuna Düsseldorf on July 29th (8.30 p.m./Sky/Sport1 and in the ntv.de live ticker).