These players are in quarantine at home. “We can play in Freiburg,” assured Leitl. “We’re bringing a powerful force onto the pitch.” In addition, full-back Marco Meyerhöfer is still missing due to a bad cold and Justin Hoogma, who has torn a partial tear of the inner ligament in his left knee.
“I do think that it can release strength because the group has to move closer together,” said Leitl about the personal problems in the bottom of the table without a win.
Managing director Rachid Azzouzi said that the corona cases had mild symptoms, one of which had almost no symptoms. You cannot say 100 percent where the infections come from. “We are almost completely vaccinated, so it surprised us a bit,” admitted Azzouzi, without saying whether the cases were perhaps also vaccine breakthroughs.
Azzouzi continues to stand by Leitl
Azzouzi is still firmly on the promotion coach Leitl in the still winless Bundesliga table bottom. “Nothing has changed, Stefan is a top coach,” quoted the “Nürnberger Nachrichten” and the “Nürnberger Zeitung” Azzouzi.
Azzouzi seeks to blame the weak start to the season with only one point out of nine games with the coaching team, which the 50-year-old says is “doing a very good job”.
The 44-year-old Leitl has been the coach of SpVgg Greuther Fürth since February 2019, which he surprisingly managed to lead into the Bundesliga last season. “I am convinced of the path we are going,” said Azzouzi about the Franconians’ strategy of fighting to stay in class with sporting continuity and financial sense. Azzouzi, like Leitl, is of course “not satisfied” with the number of points.
dpa
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