The anticipation was great. A hint of champions League atmosphere should blow again through the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Against World Club FC Barcelona, who has opened his training camp in Donaueschingen. In the end, Corona made the Stuttgart a dash by the bill. With a NotelF, the general rehearsal mutated to a pattern without real value for the new season. Without 24 professionals from the Bundesligacader, for this with only eight remaining colleagues and eight U-players from the second team, the VFB was still expensive against the Catalans.
"The day had many challenges, but none who affected the game preparation," explains Mislinat with a view of the excitement around the game and the two new corona cases that were discovered in the morning. After Sasa Kalajdzic, whose infection was already public on Thursday, it caught on Saturday two more players who did not want to have their name and keep secret. In order to enter no risk of further infections in your own team or the opponent, the Swabia performed a hard cut. Pellegrino Matarazzo nominated only the eight players who fit, also negatively tested and completely vaccinated.
"If it had been a mandatory game, ..."
In addition to the three Corona cases, sevenly battered or injured players and the two Olympic drivers Wataru Endo, which stands with Japan in the semi-finals of the games, and Florian Müller, who returned to Stuttgart with the DFB selection on Monday, Another twelve actors sent home. Because they either are not or not completely vaccinated. Although they were tested negatively. "That was a pure precaution because it was a test game," explains the sports director. "If it had been a mandatory game, we would have been with almost full of chapel without the positive tested and the injured or struck."
This hope is also available for the Cup Game Day upcoming weekend. "There is no sense for us to be hectic," says Mishlint. "The boys will gradually get back week after week." A large part already on Tuesday, after the preparation is tested on Monday and Tuesday before the first training, to bring together only healthy players. Should it be tight in the next 14 days, then you can use yourself in your own academy. "The game has shown that we have a huge fund to players in NLZ."
General samples as bad omen
Who have beaten against Barcelona. "All have made it outstanding," says Mishintat, who also destroys the defeat positive. "I've learned that it is very beneficial to lose this kind of game," says the sports chief with a smile on the lips and the younger past. After strong services in the General Samples 2015 and 2018 against Manchester City (4: 2) and Atletico Madrid (1: 1), VfB rose in the following season. "So we did everything right this time," says the squad planner after 0: 3 against Barcelona.
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