Surgery unavoidable
Heidenheim cult coach missing due to surgery
1. FC Heidenheim will be without coach Frank Schmidt at the end of their first season in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Köln, who are in serious danger of relegation.
The 50-year-old had to undergo surgery on his ankle, the club announced one day after the 1:1 draw at SC Freiburg. The operation, which will be followed by several days in hospital, "cannot be carried out on any other date at the end of the season".
Postponed due to promotion
Schmidt said on Sunday that the reason for the operation was a broken ankle from his time as a player at Alemannia Aachen and the resulting osteoarthritis with increasing pain. "This operation had actually already been planned last year. However, due to our promotion to the Bundesliga, I postponed the operation at the time," explained the coach.
"Now the operation is unavoidable so that I can be back at the start of our preparations on July 1." For the match against Cologne, assistant coach Bernhard Raab will take over from Nikola Dovedan and substitute goalkeeper Paul Tschernuth.
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