Markus Beginning: Why he forged his vaccination card and is still afraid

Ex-Werder coach
Markus Beginning comments on the vaccination pass scandal – and explains why he is still not vaccinated

On November 20, Markus Anfang resigned as Bremen coach, and at the beginning of January this year he admitted to having obtained a fake vaccination card

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“I was caught in the lie and couldn’t get out of it”: In the ZDF “Sportstudio” and in the “Bild am Sonntag” ex-Werder trainer Markus Anfang took a stand on the vaccination pass scandal.

It is the earliest possible moment that Markus Beginning is allowed to speak out against him after the proceedings. Last year, the ex-Werder Bremen coach lost his job after the Bremen public prosecutor found that his vaccination card was fake. In the ZDF “Sportstudio” and the “Bild am Sonntag” the football teacher shows himself to be reformed.

Markus Beginning: Why he is still not vaccinated

“I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to express myself here. I would like to take the opportunity to apologize for what I have done. I have not lived up to my role model function in any way. I have disappointed many people and lied to,” said Beginning on the sports program. In the “Bild” newspaper he explained that he was not allowed to comment as long as the proceedings against him were ongoing.

Beginning tried to explain that he did not want to be vaccinated for health reasons. He himself once had heart muscle inflammation, and he also witnessed how his father suffered a heart attack in the stadium and had to be revived. “It’s hard for me to take this fear. I’m fighting my fears,” he said in the “Sportstudio”. Fears that still affect him today. Because Markus Anfang has not yet been vaccinated. “I don’t get that feeling of security. And no doctor can give me the certainty that nothing will happen to me. I’m in contact with doctors and try to find a solution for myself,” he said.

He lived with the lie

First and foremost, he wanted to keep his job last year. That was so important to him that he took criminal steps. A decision that weighed heavily on him, as he admitted. “It was difficult for me to go to work with it. I didn’t feel comfortable at all. I was very worried that the lie would be exposed. I actually didn’t want this ID at all, I never used it directly. We’re talking about a period of time here of eight weeks, in which there were two international breaks,” said the beginning of “Bild”. “During this time I said that I was vaccinated and did everything I could to ensure that I didn’t become positive. It was my greatest interest that I didn’t become conspicuous. I tested myself every morning. I understand if I’m accused of being negligent,” he said.



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Last year, pictures that showed the beginning of the Cologne carnival caused horror. The 2G-Plus rules applied there at the time, without a vaccination card it was not possible to get in. “That was a huge mistake. But in order not to endanger anyone, I had myself tested beforehand. The 2G-plus rules applied that day, I didn’t behave correctly. I was caught in the lie and didn’t come out more out,” said the trainer about the carnival celebration.

In the “Sportstudio” he explained that although he would be happy about a second chance, he couldn’t wait for it.

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