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A coach in Germany’s soccer league needed toothpaste. So he broke quarantine, and now he must miss his first game with the team.

Augsburg coach Heiko Herrlich will miss his team’s first game when the German soccer league resumes Saturday because he broke quarantine rules to buy toiletries.

Bundesliga rules mandate a seven-day quarantine for players and staff before the league resumes after a two-month halt due to the coronavirus pandemic. Teams are spending the time in hotels and in closed training sessions.

"We're in quarantine in the hotel and aren't really supposed to go out. However there are situations which just require it," Herrlich told a news conference earlier in the day. "I had no toothpaste, it was running out, and no more skin cream, and then I went in my training uniform to a supermarket nearby.