What will you decide, Chancellor Merkel and the country heads? Football may be about restarting. Organized sport is no less exciting.
Berlin (dpa) - The German Football League is waiting for a clear signal this Thursday. The conference of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) with the state premiers could at least bolster hope for a restart of the first and second leagues with ghost games.
The chances that the ball may roll again in the empty stadiums of the league in mid or late May are not bad. After the Federal Ministry of Labor and the Conference of Ministers of Sport (SMK) found the DFL's concept for holding the remaining nine game days of the season convincing without spectators, the league now relies on the approval of the group with the chancellor and country heads.
It is anything but certain that a decision will be made with this video switch. Because the Bundesliga is also dependent on the easing that politicians are gradually making possible after the shutdown. Deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer did not want to decide on Wednesday in Berlin whether the ghost games would be decided at the latest when the chancellor and heads of state of the federal states met for May 6. "The current infection situation is decisive for the reassessment," emphasized Demmer. She said the professionals "have the same infection control rules as everyone else".
Bavaria's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has already found positive words for politics. "If we resume league operations, it would also be a sign from Germany to the world that our policy is working very well. I have received a lot of calls from Italy, England and Spain in the last few days asking how it is possible that we are allowed to train at all, "he said in an interview to" Münchner Merkur "and" tz ". If it starts, he will see the league from game to game but again before new tests: "Of course, soccer must provide proof from game to game that we are exemplary and disciplined with the requirements.
Organized sport is also looking forward to the video booth after the conference of sports ministers had already described the resumption of sports operations, especially in the clubs, as "urgently needed". According to this, sports and training activities in mass and leisure sports can be allowed again in a first step if the offers take place in the "fresh air" in public spaces or on public or private outdoor sports facilities. This included compliance with the distance and contact rules as well as hygiene and disinfection measures, especially when sharing sports equipment, it said.
