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Next Thursday, the Champions League champion, Bayern Munich, will face the Europa League champion, Sevilla, in the Super Cup. The game will take place at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. And while Hungary is currently seeing a significant increase in new corona infections, UEFA wants to allow up to 20,000 fans to enter the stadium. The association sees the game as a kind of pilot project.
“It’s something you don’t quite understand,” says Bayern coach Hansi Flick. The trip will be a risk, especially for the fans. Hungary is a risk zone. The borders are closed. Really. For the Super Cup match, Hungary makes an exception and allows 3,000 fans from Munich to enter. The German record champions have requested 2,100 entries. He also offers his fans to get tested for the corona virus in the parking lot of the Allianz Arena before leaving for Hungary.
Söder sounds the alarm
If visitors to the match in Hungary become infected with the corona virus, there is a threat of a wave of infections in Munich after their return trip. Markus Söder, Prime Minister of Bavaria, wants to avoid that. It advocates an exception in the entry quarantine regulation. Until now, after traveling abroad, you only have to go into quarantine for two weeks if you have been in a risk zone for more than 48 hours. This would not be the case for Bayern fans in Hungary. “We can’t risk that with 2,000 or 3,000 people then understandably hugging each other in a big celebration, and then we’ll have a huge wave of infections,” says Söder.
Bayern coach Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is more relaxed. Show understanding for Uefa. “I purposely wanted to take a first step towards normalcy. In principle, we consider this to be possible and understandable. “Football without fans is not a solution.” The more time passes without an audience, the more critical it becomes, “says Rummenigge.
Bayern fans themselves doubt whether they should travel to Hungary. Of the 2,100 registered, 800 trailers have already canceled their trip. Will there be more to come?
Salzburg has to go to Tel Aviv
Austrian champions Salzburg are also in an uncomfortable situation. Salzburg have to compete in the Champions League playoffs on Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Mediterranean country is currently blockaded. Opponent Maccabi Tel Aviv has additional problems: seven players and seven coaches have tested positive for the corona virus.
From now on, the game will continue to take place. Salzburg sporting director Christoph explains: “There must be 13 healthy outfield players plus two healthy goalkeepers, then you can play a match.”
There is no need to worry about coach Jesse Marsch. “We are not afraid of Corona and we are prepared. At the time Uefa said we were playing in Tel Aviv, it wasn’t a problem for me, ”he says. (mam)
