If a football club publishes a statement at a late hour, then this process is usually based on an event that has at least an unpleasant note for everyone involved. Thursday at 10:27 p.m. can definitely be considered “late”, and the content of the announcement from SV Werder Bremen was tough: An investigation was initiated against the coach of the second division team, Markus Anfang, because he had a forged certificate to prove a Corona vaccination is said to have used.
The public prosecutor’s office in Bremen confirmed to the SZ on Friday morning that a criminal complaint had been filed against the beginning. However, and that makes things spicy, the application was not submitted by an anonymous whistleblower who might want to wipe something out at the beginning or the club: the complaint was made by the Bremen health department. The Bremen public prosecutor’s office with reference to the ongoing investigation was unable to disclose details of the process.
SV Werder, on the other hand, did not provide any information on Friday whether the club was informed of the criminal complaint by the coach beginning or by the public prosecutor’s office. On the part of those responsible in Bremen, for example sports director Frank Baumann or President Hubertus Hess-Grunewald, there was still no comment on the allegations against the Werder coach, who moved from league competitor Darmstadt 98 to the Weser last summer.
Beginning denies the allegations – he is “upset and irritated”
According to information from the Werder portal Deichstube Discrepancies surfaced at the end of last week when Bremen defender Marco Friedl reported to the club with a positive corona test. As a result, the Bremen health department tracked the chains of infection and checked the vaccination status of possible contact persons, including at the beginning. In this context, so the Deichstube, In the trainer’s vaccination certificate, “the easily verifiable batch number of the vaccine and a vaccination date were inconsistent”. Allegedly, the specified vaccination date overlaps with an official duty of the trainer, which is why the authorities became suspicious and informed the public prosecutor.
Beginning vehemently denies the allegations. “Just like every other double-vaccinated citizen, I received my two vaccinations at an official vaccination center and received the appropriate sticker in the yellow vaccination certificate. I then had it digitized in the pharmacy and naturally assumed that everything was in order. I very much hope that the issue will be cleared up quickly, “was the quote from SV Werder at the beginning. The coach was “angry and irritated,” it said in the communiqué.
Just under a week ago, the beginning of the image explains: “I have been vaccinated myself, but everyone can make their own choice.” This Saturday Werder welcomes FC Schalke 04 to the top game in the second division. The final training was led by trainer beginning on Friday morning. But it already seems certain: The game against Royal Blue, actually a highlight in the SV Werder calendar, will interest the spectators in Bremen’s Weserstadion rather marginally.