After the weekend without training, a player complained of symptoms and tested positive – the ON report was also confirmed yesterday: a total of eight players are currently affected – two more than last October.
“We could not prevent the outbreak, although we continued to play it safe and regularly test our players, including those who have already been vaccinated or have recovered,” said Ried’s managing director Rainer Wllinger. “Of course that is anything but pleasant.”
Not only for the club, especially for coach Andreas Heraf: The Monday session was canceled, yesterday the Vikings returned to the training ground with a decimated squad. “We tested all the players again. Fortunately, the results were all negative.”
The training camp planned for next Monday in Windischgarsten is still on the brink. It is also unclear whether the first test match against Liefering can take place on Friday.
Aside from the Corona issue, the Rieder are still looking around at the Strmer position. The two Brazilian test players make a good impression in the trial training. “I expected that too,” said Heraf. Another test player, Daniel Sudar, has left.
The game plan is in place
The new season kicks off on July 23rd with the game of champions Salzburg against Sturm Graz. The Bundesliga announced the schedule yesterday. Torschtzenknig Patson Daka will not defend his title: Salzburg should receive the Austrian record sum of 30 million euros from Leicester for the 22-year-old Zambian.
LASK kicks off the season on July 24th in Altach. There they meet again with the right-wing boom Dominik Reiter (23), who moves to the Lndle. Tobias Anselm is awarded another season in Tyrol. In the second round, SK Rapid comes to Pasching.
Ried will receive Austria Vienna on July 25th and will then be a guest at double winner FC Salzburg.
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