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Football by corona virus in maximum crisis mode

2020-03-14T06:58:33.088Z


The DFL needs a lot of time to think about canceling the league match day. The decision about the classic against Italy is taken from the city of Nuremberg by the DFB. The major football associations are criticized in the coronavirus crisis and are looking for answers.


The DFL needs a lot of time to think about canceling the league match day. The decision about the classic against Italy is taken from the city of Nuremberg by the DFB. The major football associations are criticized in the coronavirus crisis and are looking for answers.

Berlin (dpa) - The German Football League has had extremely difficult with the cancellation of the Bundesliga match day. But the real problems are far from being solved.

The industry leaders from Munich and Dortmund described the unforeseeable economic consequences as a massive threat. How the season will ultimately continue is also completely unclear. The clubs now handle the mandatory break differently. And for national coach Joachim Löw, the difficulties are only just beginning.

THE FACTOR MONEY: This force of words from FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund was surprising. After the initial complaint about losses due to ghost games between one and three million euros, it became clear that the loss of revenue from the TV contract that could result from the complete cancellation could hit the clubs well over a hundred times. "There is already a large three-digit million amount for the entire first and second league in the fire," said Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge his concerns about a match day cancellation. BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke added: "It is to be hoped that the Bundesliga clubs have built up so much substance in the past years that everyone will survive this crisis."

THE CRISIS MEETING: How should things continue now? The general meeting of the professional clubs is eagerly awaited on Monday. Then it will also - but not only - be about money. The pressing sporting questions have to be solved. What will happen after the compulsory break in early April, if the coronavirus crisis allows it? Then ghost games? A season extension until June? Or possibly a cancellation of the entire season with hard consequences for missed title and promotion dreams? The preliminaries to the matchday cancellation had already shown how difficult it is to find common solutions. DFL boss Christian Seifert - a tough strategist in professional sports - faces his greatest challenge.

EVERYDAY LIFE: How to deal with the sudden special vacation? The coaches of the Bundesliga clubs now have to answer this question. Relax first? Or hold up the level? In Italy, where there has been a break for some time, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has found his solution and has left home to Madeira. At 1. FC Union Berlin, President Dirk Zingler first asks everyone involved for breakfast on Saturday. "I will inform the team about how the club will continue," he said. Then the players should get a few days off. At Paderborn you have other worries. After the positive test of central defender Luca Kilian, all players and members of the functional team have to undergo a test for the corona virus on Saturday.

THE NATIONAL TEAM: Joachim Löw definitely has to reschedule. But the national coach can actually wait for the coming Tuesday. Following the cancellation of the international match against Italy on 31 March by the city of Nuremberg, all further plans for the national football team depend on the UEFA meeting. If the European Championship is actually postponed to the summer of 2021 by a year - which currently seems realistic - the DFB head coach would unexpectedly have a lot of free time in the coming months. FIFA has already recommended canceling the Spain test on March 26. The national team might not continue with the Nations League games until September.

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Source: merkur

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