A corona outbreak to the inert: two days before the start of the new Bundesliga season, ELF professionals are in quarantine at FSV Mainz 05.

The whole league is in the starting blocks, the fans will return to thousands in the stadiums - but immediately before the prelude, the pandemic returns to the memory of German football again: at FSV Mainz 05 it has a serious corona two days before the start of the season. Outbreak given, the club reported on Wednesday from a "acute illness".

A total of eleven professionals of the Rheinhessen were sent by the responsible health department in front of the home game on Sunday (15.30 clock live on Dazn) against Vice-Champion RB Leipzig in domestic isolation. The training on Wednesday was canceled immediately.

"The statutes are clear," said FSV Chief Board Stefan Hofmann the picture: "At the moment, we assume that the game will take place. The health department has recommended us to cancel today's workout. As it continues, we have to see "

According to the policy of the DFL, a club can notify the deduction of an encounter according to the current regulations only if less than 16 players (including amateurs) are available.

Mainz 05: Member of the trainer team also tested positively

After the positive test at attacker Karim Onisiwo of the past Friday, the virus was detected on Monday and Tuesday for two other players. A follow-up test on Wednesday also gave a positive result for a member of the trainer team. In total there are 14 people from team and staff in quarantine. The disease is to be assessed as "acute", "as it has also come to infectations in the domestic area."

On Friday (20.30 clock live on Dazn), the season will be opened with the duel between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. The preparation of the clubs was largely carefree with a view of Corona, the outbreak in Mainz is the first with far-reaching consequences. Although occasionally occasional cases had been given in the summer, but the possibility of vaccination brought relaxation: the concern in front of larger outbreaks did not play as much as much as a year before. However, how many of the Bundesliga players are vaccinated is unclear. The clubs are very covered in this regard.

But obviously can not be assumed by a vaccination - that suggests at least the view of the Mainz. "Two of the patients have the full vaccination protection," the club said. There is a total of four cases in the team and team environment.

Onisiwo was first tested positively on the coronavirus, the Rheinhessen had publicly made the case on Sunday immediately before the fins in the DFB Cup at SV Elversberg (8: 7 I.e.). On Friday and on Saturday, however, all other players were negatively tested, so that the game was able to take place in the regional leader.

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Bundesliga: The 1st match day at a glance

Date | Time | Home | Abroad --- | --- | --- |- 13 . August | 20.30 Mönchengladbach | Bayern Munich 14 . August | 15.30 VFL Wolfsburg | VfL Bochum

14 . August | 15.30 Union Berlin | Bayer Leverkusen 14 . August | 15.30 VfB Stuttgart | SPVGG Greuther Fürth 14 . August | 15.30 FC Augsburg | 1899 Hoffenheim 14 . August | 15.30 Arminia Bielefeld | Sc freiburg 14 . August | 18.30 Borussia Dortmund | Eintracht Frankfurt 15 . August | 15.30 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | RB Leipzig 15 . August | 5.30 pm | 1. FC Cologne | Hertha BSC