Meunier tested positively on coronavirus - national player

As the BVB notified, the tests of the Belgian national player before the training camp in Bad Ragaz / Switzerland and before returning to Germany had failed negative. "After the free days, the test was now positive before getting started in the training week," it says in the message of the Borussen. The 29-year-old had now issued in isolation.

The personnel situation in the defensive remains at the BVB, for which on Saturday (20.45, live! At national player) with the first-round match in the DFB Cup at SV Wehen Wiesbaden the first mandatory game of the season is pending. Meunier's use was questionable anyway, as he had participated in the training on Saturday. His place is likely to take Felix Passlack, who had already launched in the test matches as a right-back.

In the defense center and on the left defensive side, in addition to the long-term injured Dan-Axel Zagadou and Soumaily Coulibaly, Mats Hummels, U-19 center-back Nnamdi Collins (knee injury) and very likely Raphael Guerreiro (Wade) are not available. While Nico Schulz is likely to take the place of Portuguese, the hopes in the center on the EM returnees Emre Can, who so far could not participate in the team training after calf problems, and Manuel Akanji.

Praise for Maloney and Papadopoulos

Alternatively, the U-23 actors Lennard Maloney and Antonios remain a decent impression in preparation and even earned a special lobe of Captain Marco Reus: "These are super guys. The way they occur with us , Exercising and bring in, is strong. We are glad that we have them. Maybe we'll see one or the other in Wiesbaden. "

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