FC Bayern Munich needs an explanation for this photo

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reThe German Football League and FC Bayern discuss the behavior of officials in the stands at the opening game of the Bundesliga between Munich and FC Schalke 04. “The DFL is in direct contact with FC Bayern on this matter,” he said a DFL spokesperson on Saturday.

Representatives from both clubs sat side by side in the stands in Munich’s 8-0 win and did not wear mouth and nose protection. Bayern board member Oliver Kahn relied on official guidelines covering the fact that officers sat next to each other without a mask. “There were no specifications because we adhered to the Bavarian ordinance, which allows exactly that,” he told ZDF.

In Section 2 of the Bavarian Infection Protection Measures Ordinance, it is allowed to stay together in public spaces in groups of up to ten people. Paragraph 9 emphasizes that the organizer of sporting events at the national level must ensure that a minimum distance of 1.5 meters can be maintained between all spectators who, for example, do not belong to a family. Therefore, the mask requirements only exist when the spectators are not in place.

The game became a ghost game for a short time.

According to the DFL concept, everyone in “Zone 2” of the stadium, which includes the grandstand, is “obliged to wear mouth and nose protection if the minimum distance of 1.50 m is not respected”.

If there are 35 or more new coronavirus infections per week per 100,000 residents, a mask is required at all times. The game took place on short notice and without paying the spectators. The city of Munich decided that the day before kickoff with reference to the increasing number of corona infections in the state capital.