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Majestic backdrop instead of ghost games!
The heads of the state chancelleries gave the go-ahead for the fans to return to the stadiums three days before the start of the new Bundesliga season.
At events with more than 1,000 spectators, 20 percent of the seats can now be filled nationwide. However, spectators will not be admitted to the events if the incidence of 7 days per 100,000 inhabitants in the venue is greater than or equal to 35 and the contagion rate cannot be clearly defined.
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Bayern’s game against Schalke probably before empty ranks
Therefore, the season starts on Friday between reigning champions Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 (Bundesliga: FC Bayern – FC Schalke 04, Friday 8.30pm at the SPORT1-LIVETICKER) will continue to take place against empty rows. The 7-day incidence for Munich is currently 40.09.
BVB Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke welcomed the agreement between the federal states. “I would like to thank all the politicians who contributed to today’s decision in recent weeks,” Watzke said.
Watzke holds clubs and fans accountable
The BVB chief also emphasized “the great obligation that we, as involved clubs and fans, handle this trial period extremely responsibly in the coming weeks.” The approved partial readmission of spectators is in any case “a very important step for all football fans in Germany”.
“Live sports events from the support of the fans, from the atmosphere with the audience, this applies to Bundesliga games, as well as amateur and popular sports,” said NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet ( CDU) and added: “With safe infection protection concepts and limits In terms of capacity, clubs can finally bring their sports facilities back to life. The following applies: hygiene concepts, protection measures and a careful take priority. “
That means: the 1.5 meter distance requirement must be respected, alcohol is prohibited in stadiums. Also, it is mandatory to wear a mouth and nose cap until you are sitting or standing.
The deal avoids the risk of a patchwork quilt. Thousands of spectators in the small cauldron of Union Berlin, but only 300 in the huge temple stadium of Borussia Dortmund: That would have caused misunderstanding, dispute and threatened division in sport and politics.
On Tuesday, the latest deviants were also convinced to accept the 20 percent solution. The powerful Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder also renounced his negative attitude and campaigned for the “test” that had already been decided.
Keller, DFB president: “It’s not just a good thing for football”
“It’s a good thing not just for football, but also for culture and other stories,” said DFB President Fritz Keller. “We will try to set an example here with the strength and organizational possibilities that we have in soccer, to regain joy in the game like soccer, to regain the community that we really lack.”
Over the weekend, the DFB-Pokal was a kind of proof of proper hygiene concepts. In Dresden, for example, 10,053 spectators watched Dynamo 4: 1 against Hamburger SV, and 5,000 came to 1. FC Magdeburg’s match against Darmstadt 98 (2: 3 nV). In contrast, only 300 spectators were able to watch Borussia Dortmund’s 5-0 victory at MSV Duisburg on NRW.
After a two-month hiatus due to the crown pandemic, the Bundesliga resumed games in mid-May with no spectators. The last match on a normal stage was the duel between FSV Mainz 05 and Fortuna Düsseldorf (1: 1) on March 8.
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With sports information service (SID)
