Thursday, December 9th, 2021
The lungs cause problems
Kimmich continues to fail after corona infection
Joshua Kimmich, Corona and no end. Although the national player can leave the isolation after being infected with the virus, examinations before returning to team training at FC Bayern Munich show slight infiltrations in the lungs. The midfielder continues to fail.
FC Bayern Munich will have to do without national player Joshua Kimmich in the remaining three games of the year. The 26-year-old midfielder was able to leave his quarantine after being infected with the corona virus, but a return to team training is not yet planned, the German record champions said.
“I am happy that my corona-related quarantine has ended. I am doing very well, but currently I cannot fully train due to slight infiltration in my lungs,” the Bayern star was quoted in the club announcement: “I will therefore be one Complete advanced training and can hardly wait to be there again in January. ” There are several forms of infiltration. This is the penetration of solid or liquid substances into biological tissue.
Bayern had said on Wednesday that they did not want to rush anything. “We know our Jo, he will of course give everything to come back quickly. But we have to decide together what is best and be sensible,” said sports director Hasan Salihamidžić on the sidelines of the game in the Champions League against FC Barcelona and more detailed investigations into Kimmich’s state of health announced. These mean that the national player will be canceled for the games against Mainz, Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg.
Kimmich had caused heated discussions in the past weeks and months. First it became known that he had not been vaccinated against Corona, then he had to go into quarantine twice as a contact person and was then tested positive for the Corona virus on November 24th. His last Bundesliga appearance for Bayern Munich was on November 6th. After the 2-1 win against SC Freiburg, he has already missed five competitive games. The debate about Kimmich’s vaccination status and his concerns had escalated up to the then federal government. In addition to Kimmich, other Bundesliga club stars were also unvaccinated.