The corona virus has reached NRW. Are the Bundesliga threatening ghost games with the clubs BVB, S04, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Gladbach or Leverkusen?
- The corona virus has arrived in NRW.
- At the weekend there will be Bundesliga games in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, among others.
- Are teams like Schalke, BVB, Cologne or Düsseldorf threatening ghost games soon due to the virus?
NRW - The 24th matchday of the Bundesliga is on the weekend. Three games are to take place in North Rhine-Westphalia alone, with a total of up to 200,000 fans in a confined space. In times of the corona virus one wonders: Will the Bundesliga threaten ghost games soon?
Corona virus: Bundesliga soon with ghost games?
Fortuna Düsseldorf receives Hertha BSC. Borussia Dortmund has a home game against SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln meets FC Schalke 04 at home. Sounds like an exciting football weekend . But with the corona virus, such large events also cause problems .
The federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia has developed into a temporary center for the coronavirus. According to RUHR24.de *, five of the ten infected people come from the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Bundesliga soccer matches near Heinsberg - Düsseldorf against Berlin and Cologne against Schalke
The infected couple is said to have recently been on a short vacation as well as a carnival session. The authorities in NRW are currently looking for 300 people with whom the infected may have had contact.
The district of Heinsberg in NRW is very close to Cologne and Düsseldorf, where thousands of football fans will be on buses, trains and in the stadium at the weekend. Are there any other cases of coronavirus in North Rhine-Westphalia after the weekend? Incidentally, there are further suspected cases in Leverkusen, Moers and Cologne.
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Will there be ghost games soon in the Bundesliga due to the corona virus ? The German Football League (DFL) spoke on Wednesday (February 26) on the subject of football in the age of the corona virus.
"The DFL German Football League is in contact with the Federal Ministry of Health on the subject of corona virus . As things stand at the moment, there is no evidence that the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga matches cannot be played as planned at the weekend," says an official statement ,
Bundesliga in times of corona virus: that's what the DFL says!
But what will it look like in the future? A look at the Italian Serie A is enough. Italy is the European epicenter of the corona virus . Several games were canceled last weekend.
There were no sporting events in northern Italy last Sunday (February 23). The first division matches of Hellas Verona, Inter Milan, Torino FC and Atalanta Bergamo were affected. Robin Gosens from NRW plays for Atalanta Bergamo and commented on the situation around the coronavirus in northern Italy.
DFL does not plan to cancel this weekend due to the coronavirus
No game cancellations are planned for next weekend. Nevertheless, there is currently a discussion about whether some games will take place as ghost games. Incidentally, the game in the Inter Milan Europa League today (February 27) at 9 p.m. in San Siro.
#infotweet: The #DFL is in contact with the Federal Ministry of Health on the subject of # Corona virus | @BMG_Bund ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/KVenufzwPJ
- DFL German Football League (@DFL_Official) February 26, 2020What does the DFL say about possible cancellations of Bundesliga games and ghost games due to the corona virus ? "Should anything change in the current situation, the local health authorities will decide on the possible consequences," says the DFL's public statement.
In the worst case, games are likely to take place in the dark , i.e. ghost games. The UEFA and DFL schedules are tight and game cancellations are difficult to catch up on.
Coronavirus: Kreis Heinsberg cancels all amateur football games
According to information from the Mittelrhein Football Association, the soccer district of Heinsberg canceled all amateur football matches this weekend due to the outbreak of the corona virus.
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