DFB Cup: Are Crown rules completely ignored? Big problem due to viewers: “Unbelievable”

Update from September 13, 2020, 6:50 pm: Not only in the game between Hansa rostock and the VfB Stuttgart they were spectators on Sunday DFB–Cup permitted. Also with the game 1. FC Magdeburg against Darmstadt 98 fans were allowed into the stadium. 5000 were allowed into the stadium. However, apparently there were similar problems here as before the game in Rostock. Also in Magdeburg, the fans thronged the stands.

Again, fans were quick to express their misunderstanding via Twitter. One wrote about: “5000 people can go to the station in the DFB-Pokal game between #fcmsvd under the strictest conditions … all very well, but you squeeze everyone in ONE ROW … Who is did that happen to him? “

First report of September 13, 2020: Rostock – The SoccerFans in Germany got to know the start of the DFB–Cup looking forward. Professional football is also overshadowed by the Crown*-Crisis. As a result, no spectators were allowed in most of the stadiums this weekend, a major competitive disadvantage for the home team. Especially with lower-class clubs, the fans in the stadium often give the decisive advantage. However, not all stadiums were left empty.

DFB Cup: Crown scandal in Rostock: fans pissed off

Spectators have been admitted to some games. In Chemnitz some 4,600 fans were allowed into the stadium, in Rostock even 7500. 1. FC Magdeburg can play Darmstadt 98 at 6:30 pm in front of 5000 visitors. But about the conditions in Rostock a few minutes after kick-off there was astonishment.

Before the DFB-Pokal * match, Hansa Sporting Director Martin Pieckenhagen stated that the 7,000 spectators in the stadium had a “Great opportunity for football” be. The game is a “great test for us in Rostock, if we can do it with the spectators.” Even before the game, Rostock was tense, as they openly admitted. “It is a very, very big challenge that we have to be attentive to. We hope to have the Ostseestadion full again at some point. This is the first step.“

DFB-Pokal in Rostock: spectators close together in the stadium

However, it remains to be seen if it will truly be the first step for even more viewers. Just a few minutes after the start, I get pushed on Twitter Ostseestadion their amazement at what they saw there: “How many spectators can go back to the VfB in the stadium?” one user asked about a photo of the crowded stands in Rostock, in which the spectators seem to be crowded. Chase game. A series of comments collected under the post in which other fans expressed their misunderstanding. One wrote something like: “I have to hold my head. Distances, masks … not available “.

Another user wrote on Twitter: “Incredible, in Rostock Corona apparently it is history”. Another commented on the consequences for soccer * and simply said: “We need a uniform regulation for professional leagues and the cup. Everything else is a distortion of competition. ” (rjs) * tz.de is part of the national network of Ippen-Digital publishers.