The corona virus also messes up football. The Bundesliga with FC Bayern and BVB are preparing for the worst-case scenario.
- Corona virus : Games fail in Switzerland, in Italy they take place without spectators.
- The Bundesliga is also considering canceling the game due to Covid-19 lung disease .
- Will clubs like FC Bayern , BVB , Gladbach , Schalke and 1. FC Köln be affected soon?
Update from March 6, 11:20 p.m .: In addition to the corona virus , the organized fan scene throughout Germany keeps the Bundesliga busy.
Now fans of 1. FC Nürnberg have insulted Karl-Heinz Rummenigge with banners in a second division game. It remains to be seen how the FC Bayern Ultras will greet their boss in Sunday's derby against FC Augsburg.
Bundesliga: No game cancellations due to the Corona virus
Update from March 6th, 4:05 pm: This Friday evening, SC Paderborn and 1. FC Köln are facing each other in the Bundesliga . Due to the corona virus, there have been no cancellations for matchday 25. The following games are still pending:
SATURDAY:
Bayer Leverkusen - Eintracht Frankfurt (3.30 p.m.)
FC Schalke 04 - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (3.30 p.m.)
Hertha BSC - Werder Bremen (3.30 p.m.)
SC Freiburg - 1. FC Union Berlin (3.30 p.m.)
VfL Wolfsburg - RB Leipzig (3.30 p.m.)
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Borussia Dortmund (6.30 p.m.)
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SUNDAY:
Bayern Munich - FC Augsburg (3:30 p.m., here in the live ticker)
FSV Mainz 05 - Fortuna Düsseldorf (6 p.m.)
Update of March 6, 3:53 p.m .: While in Italy due to the increasing spread of the new corona virus all football games are taking place in camera for the time being, no ghost games are planned in Germany for the time being. But how can fans protect themselves from infection in the arena? Information and recommendations for stadium visitors can be found on tz.de * .
Bundesliga: Gladbach against BVB should take place despite Coronavirus
Update from March 6, 3:40 pm: Ten kilometers from Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach , the coronavirus has spread particularly rapidly in the Heinsberg district .
The Bundesliga top game on Saturday evening between Gladbach and BVB is scheduled to take place. However, fans who have tickets are asked to consider whether they really want to go to the game because of the spread of lung disease in the immediate vicinity of the stadium.
First message from March 5: There is no other topic, it seems: the corona virus . The lung disease CoVid-19 also concerns the world of football. In Switzerland, all professional games were canceled until April, in Italian Serie A the games take place until April in camera.
Corona virus: European Football Championship 2020 and Bundesliga games at risk?
The Israeli national coach Andreas Herzog, once a professional at FC Bayern * (1995/96), is expected to be in quarantine as an Austrian in his footballing home of choice. And Uefa is watching the situation closely with a view to the European Football Championship 2020 - and with it the European Championship venues such as Munich .
And the Bundesliga ? Imagine that Bayern would have to compete in an empty Allianz Arena *, or that BVB, FC Schalke, RB Leipzig, 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen would have to cancel games entirely. Depending on the region.
An unthinkable picture? Not at all! Because: The German Football League (DFL) is considering game cancellations or ghost games because of the spread of the corona virus.
These scenarios have already been worked through in the DFL game organization department, the DFL director responsible for football affairs Ansgar Schwenken sportschau.de: " We have been working very intensively on it for two weeks."
Bundesliga and DFL come under pressure due to the corona virus
But the goal is still, the season in Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga on 16/17. To bring May to the end, it was said: "At the moment we assume that we have no air at the back of the schedule with the DFB Cup final , Champions League final and European Championship. That is our guiding principle. "
If it really happened that games at different locations could not be played with a normal audience or would have to be completely canceled, the DFL would exchange information with the clubs, said Schwenken very bureaucratically: "Then we can issue the stipulation that Games are played in camera. "
Corona virus, racism and Ultras rebellion: It is bitter for the Bundesliga
For the DFL and the Bundesliga there are currently very bitter, racist insults against players, the uprising of the Ultras, and now also the corona virus . The pressure on the protagonists is huge - there are only a few alternative dates for catch-up games.
Schwenken: "All clubs that can reach the semi-finals in the Champions League or Europa League have as an alternative date only the date between the 33rd or 34th matchday."
A former Bayern professional shoots Niko Kovac, who is said to be to blame for the farewell of several stars. In the dispute with the DFB, the fan scene announces further actions - game cancellations are also to be accepted.
In "Markus Lanz" on the ZDF, the medical doctor Karl Lauterbach warns against downplaying the lung disease Covid-19. One must also expect significantly more infections in the future.
* tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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