Crown / Bundesliga crisis: Continuation in danger? Three positive crown tests for the first division

Update May 1, 8:42 p.m.: With the Crown teststhat the German Football League (DFL) currently with the 36 first and second division teams, three people were with 1. FC Cologne positive in Sars-CoV-2 The club announced Friday night. At this point it is still unclear who he is. Infected acts. The tests were carried out on players, members of the coaching staff and coaches.

Bundesliga sequel: three positive crown tests at FC Cologne

It remains to be seen what these three positive tests mean for the planned resumption of the game. Training at FC Colonia could, however, due to hygiene and Protection measures against infections continue in groups as planned.

Regular testing of club players and managers is a prerequisite for restarting the Bundesliga. Most teams plan to start team training next week.

French President Macron calls for the demolition of the Bundesliga? Chancellor Merkel is amazed

Update April 30, 6:06 p.m.: French President Emmanuel Macron wanted his European counterparts after the demolition of Ligue
First* convince to do it immediately, heading “Le Parisien“On Tuesday. For many Fans in Germany an affront

Bundesliga in the crown crisis: French President Macron allegedly calls for demolition in Germany

But how does politics react in this country? No decision has yet been made on the Bundesliga sequel *. Angela Merkel now he spoke about the crown crisis * and also became the assumption Demand of France disputed

“No, I haven’t heard anything about it.“She contradicts the message of The attractiveness of your colleague“I have regular contact with the French presidentbut I have that I did not hear anything“It seems so important that you have to mention it frequently Emmanuel Macron not be the Bundesliga *. Furthermore, it can be assumed that the German politician will make an independent decision.

Seifert wants to change professional soccer after Corona crisis: DFL boss demands historic restrictions

Update 6:44 p.m.: The question of whether it is with the Bundesliga * Not yet resolved. But Christian Seifert is already thinking about the future. The DFL boss wants that Professional soccer after the Crown crisis turn inside out. To this end, a new working group will be created in the autumn. “Now we also need a ‘Future Professional Soccer’ working group that should define the framework in which we want to play in the future,” Seifert said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Wednesday) This is the unanimous opinion of the entire DFL Presidium.

Consultant Fee Limit: Seifert Has Already Been Hostile

The 50-year-old also has an upper salary cap for players in mind. A salary cap still does not comply with EU law, but: “If politicians send new signals, I will give him the letter and seal that UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin will go to the EU and say: Let’s talk about the salary caps, talk about transfer fee limits and consulting fees. And I’m the first to go with you, “said Seifert on FACE further away

“It is also certain that the resistance will be great and that Germany’s consultants will immediately begin to challenge this plan,” Seifert said. As a member of the so-called FIFA Professional Football Stakeholders Committee, he had already been contacted and threatened with a personal lawsuit if he voted to limit the advisory fees at this body, “signed by very prominent player advisers, by the way “

Does 50 + 1 drop due to Corona? BVB boss paints a dark stage on the wall

Update 1:01 p.m.: Hans-Joachim Watzke sees great dangers for professional football in Germany, should the season be seen Crown crisis should be canceled In this case “it will be time for the 50 + 1 critics, who will then try everything to organize German football according to the Anglo-Saxon model. You can smell this development,” said the managing director of BVB. FACE.

In Borussia Dortmund He would have been calling people for years “who want to pay hundreds of millions of euros if we just abolish the 50 + 1 rule, so they can take over the majority.” For Borussia “that is completely out of the question. But the more clubs are under existential pressure, the sooner it will happen,” Watzke said.

At the moment it’s about Secure livelihoods, not maximize profits. Watzke: “Many Bundesliga clubs will no longer talk about profits for years to come.” The crisis will also be about “maintaining the character of our sport, which despite all the criticism in Germany is still much closer to the people than in the other major leagues in Europe,” stressed the head of Borussia Dortmund.

Should professional football in times of Coronavirus pandemic Watzke declined to comment conclusively that he could not send a signal to society and donate the proceeds from the first day of play to institutions that care for children because they are particularly affected by the crisis. “We can only talk about this once we have overcome the crisis. Professional clubs will write terrible losses in the coming years, 16 of the 18 clubs are already working in the short term. There is nothing left to distribute,” he said.

Even at BVB Crisis “right to substance”. “But if at some point we can get back to playing with the viewers and achieving stability, I’m not just absolutely open to such suggestions,” said Watzke, “then there will have to be more in this direction. The blows on the internet BVB managing director preview however, with violent headwinds. Many people believe that the need to save the professional business, which has gotten out of control, could put people back on the right track. Here is one of Twitter’s numerous reactions to the polarizing issue:

Bundesliga despite Corona? Virologist warns – and gives an alarming example

Update April 27: Virologist Professor Uwe G. Liebert of Leipzig is critical of the planned resumption of play in the Bundesliga. “On the one hand, we don’t know anything about the long-term consequences of a disease Covid-19“Said the head of the virology institute of the University of Leipzig Central german newspaper. She referred to a 31-year-old deceased who was not in any risk group and had no previous illnesses. “It is possible to get serious or die from the virus at a young age,” Liebert said.

He holds that DFL concept with ghost games To worry: “An infection can only be detected after a minimum of 48 hours,” he explained. He also believes that the planned measures for selective quarantine, if a player has been infected, are not enforceable. “From my point of view, all the people in contact with a soccer player are first degree contacts”, because they have more than 15 minutes of close contact according to the guidelines of the Robert Koch Institute. “Therefore, everyone would have to be quarantined, possibly including the opposing team.”

The virologist therefore advocates that Standby return plans and wait and see how the dynamics of the infection develops after loosening the contact blocking measures. “Before that, I highly recommend not launching an offensive,” Liebert said. Third division club Waldhof Mannheim calls for an early end to the season, inter alia due to a crown death in the club environment.

Cup final before spectators? DFB President with ambiguous statements

Update April 25, 11:28 a.m.: How is football going in Germany? There have been some conferences and discussions in the past few days. Now everything is anxiously waiting for April 30, then the Federal Government meets and discusses how to proceed.

Meanwhile, in France, a soccer professional was so seriously ill that he had to be put into an artificial crown coma.

Update, 2:05 p.m.: The DFB has announced another decision, namely that there is still no decision on 3rd league This leaves open if, when and if so, how the season can be continued in the highest German third division.

The German football association plans to convene an extraordinary Bundestag. The association announced after a presidium meeting this Friday.

You can only decide on an extraordinary Bundestag, he told himself. Incidentally, it is not yet certain when this Bundestag will take place, presumably virtually.

Football crown Germany: DFB Cup final postponed

Update, 1:15 p.m.: For him Crown crisis * is now originally planned for May 23 DFB Cup Final Postponed until further notice, as expected.

The semifinal matches originally scheduled for April 21 and 22 had already been postponed until the end of March. There are replacement dates due to the uncertain course of Coronavirus pandemic * and related Exit restrictions not yet

“Only that DFB Cup Final As a glamorous final and highlight of every season, the unique stadium vibe and style in Berlin thrive, and both are decisively influenced by fans on-site, “he explained DFB President Fritz Keller: “In this regard, it is extremely unfortunate that this particular game also takes place without a spectator in the stadium, although of course we first have to await the general official decisions and requirements.”

3rd league / Corona: regional leagues actively promote two-point third leagues

Update April 24, 1 p.m.: Given the uncertain future of 3rd league Now, apparently, some clubs in the regional league perceive their possibility of a full return to German professional football, through a dual-track model underneath 2. Bundesliga.

Specifically: the former Bundesliga football club Red and white food begs some other clubs for introducing a double track Third league – and now I can even get legal advice. “We will get legal support for everything that happens from now on,” said Managing Director Marcus Uhlig der German press agency.

Eat He is currently third in the table and would play for relegation with SC Verl due to SV Rödinghausen’s resignation if the season continued with SC Verl. “It cannot be that the Verl association is crowned champion and we get nothing,” said Uhlig: “We have a sporting and financially promising position.” For us, it is up to 2.5 million. Solutions have to be found on the association side for some form of compensation. “

For a possible double track 3rd league the southern regional league SV Elversberg has already designed a concept that the dpa is present The current situation is “perhaps a unique opportunity to simultaneously eliminate existing structural problems from current divisional structures,” he says. Not all regional league champions are currently promoted.

“A double third division would be financially viable,” said Uhlig: “There is more derby, more revenue potential among viewers, and less travel expenses. It cannot be said in one fell swoop that we will not.” The DFB had already said last week that a two-pronged third division “was still not a problem.”

How is the third division doing in Crown times? Video switch on the DFB

First report of April 24: On Thursday, April 23, DFL Managing Director Christian Seifert presented the concept for resuming play in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga *. On Friday, April 24, it will now be discussed how to proceed in the third league and in the DFB Cup *. The DFB Presidium discusses this in a video slot.

The semifinals between FC Bayern Munich * and Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as 1. FC Saarbrücken and Bayer Leverkusen are still pending in the cup, as well as in the final scheduled for May 23 in Berlin. In the third division there are still eleven game days until the end of the season.

Continuation in the DFB Cup: DFB Presidium advises in Frankfurt / Main

Eight clubs publicly advocated a demolition in the Corona crisis *. There should be a secret vote between the clubs early next week, but this would only serve to form an opinion.

It is fully open if it can be played again this season. According to the DFB, the clubs would lose around 30 million euros if they were abandoned. The association would like to continue playing.

Restart in 3rd league: clubs face loss of € 30 million if canceled

However, it is questionable whether the risk of infection could be reduced as with the two best professional leagues. DFL chief Seifert had compiled a catalog of crown measures with hygiene guidelines for the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. The first plans to restart the season had already been leaked.

FSV Zwickau came up with something special to put money into the tight cash register. The third division club creates a virtual train journey through the history of the club. Fans can secure a train ticket worth 1.75 euros. For every “ticket” sold, 10 cents goes to cultural institutions in Zwickau.

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