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Some 800 Bayern Munich fans have returned their tickets for the European Super Cup game in Hungary over fears related to the coronavirus.
Budapest will host the match between Champions League winner Bayern Munich and Europa League winner Sevilla, although the match faces increasing criticism. Germany has declared Budapest a risk zone after the number rose to 50 new cases per 100,000 people. “Everybody has to think again before going there,” Bavarian Mayor Marcus Zoeder said after the measures in the province tightened. “Any Bayern fan returning from Budapest must ‘be examined or quarantined,'” he added. As a pilot project for the return of fans to the stadiums, Bayern and Sevilla received 3,000 tickets for the Budapest match. However, UEFA expects only 500 fans from the Spanish and 1,300 from the Germans at the Puskas Arena.
Initially, Bavarian fans demanded 2,100 passes, but 800 were returned on Monday, the same day that Söder warned of the risks in the Hungarian capital and its transformation into the Ischgl football club. The Austrian ski resort became known as the “great home” after thousands of tourists were infected at the beginning of the pandemic in Europe. Bayern and Sevilla offer tests for fans traveling to and from Budapest. “We have no interest in people returning from Budapest infected with the virus,” Bayern president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. The German edition Bild emphasizes the absurdity of the situation, after Munich had to play behind closed doors in the loss to Schalke 04 with 8: 0, and 20,000 people, or 1/3 of the capacity of the “Pushkas Arena”, they can watch the game. in Budapest.
Last week, the mayor of Munich postponed the club’s plans to admit 7,500 fans on the first day of the Bundesliga at the Allianz Arena due to the increase in the number of infected in the Bavarian capital. A health expert expressed concern about the meeting. “We saw what happened in Italy and Spain. Placing the fans in the stands and dividing them is not flexible, especially since the fans gather before and after the matches (public transport, entrance through the tickets, search for seats, restaurants , celebrations or even riots), these are likely situations that can lead to infection, “said Hungarian epidemiologist Andras Cilek. On Tuesday, UEFA said the European Super Cup match will go ahead as planned.
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