Crown cases at 1. FC Köln as stress test

ANDIn a little more planning security, German professional soccer clubs would have wanted the chancellor’s video conference with her prime minister, at least on Thursday. On Friday night, however, they’ll be glad a date has not yet been named for the restart of the federal leagues. Corona’s three cases in 1. FC Köln finally put the entire sophisticated security system to the test from the start. So is what the German Football League (DFL) is planning justifiable or irresponsible? That is the question that must be answered next Wednesday.

However, the DFL must be grateful to politicians for entirely different reasons that a date has not yet been given for a possible restart of the game. Because until this is discussed at the next political meeting, there must also be a concept of security and testing for the homes, care centers and hospitals of the elderly so that particularly vulnerable population groups can be better protected.

It may not be in the DFL sense that a soccer pro gets tested every three days, but a nurse can’t. If this continues to be the case, the discussion about a special role played by soccer through lobbying will not end, and it rightly cannot. And the professional groups to be evaluated would have to expand rapidly to include teachers and educators in daycare.

In addition, it will help the acceptance of professional soccer if there are loosenings in the rest of the sport with the necessary requirements. This is also on Wednesday’s agenda. Professional football can crawl to crosses as much as possible and promise improvement in the future: if it were allowed to open the doors for its athletes to play, while its base would be prohibited from doing anything, even maintaining safe distances even narrower, fans would be shunned.

At the moment, however, the focus is on the three Corona cases at 1. FC Köln, just in time to check the whole concept of safety and hygiene again. It may be that nothing stands in the way of further training of the other groups in Cologne, because all three cases come from a training group that was not connected to the others and had no contact; there is no other way in a company other than negotiated football