Shopper Coach misses restart

Berlin: Augsburg head coach Heiko Herrlich misses the Bundesliga restart today after breaching quarantine rules by leaving the team hotel to buy toothpaste.

Herrlich, whose side faces Wolfsburg today said he had visited a shop, breaking league rules.

Teams preparing for the German league to restart this weekend have been staying in quarantine. “I made a mistake by leaving the hotel,” he said in a statement later. Herrlich, 48, was appointed on March 10 and the home match with Wolfsburg was set to be his first in charge.

“Even though I have followed all hygiene measures both when leaving the hotel and otherwise, I cannot undo this,” he said. “In this situation, I was not able to act as a role model for my team and the public.

“I will therefore be consistent and stand by my mistake. Because of this misconduct, I will not be leading the training and will not be in charge of the team against Wolfsburg.”

Speaking at a video news conference earlier, he had said: “I have no toothpaste and then I went to a supermarket.”

Augsburg are 14th in the Bundes