The season finale of the 3rd league was actually planned for the coming weekend. Due to the corona virus pandemic, the DFB has now decided on a new outline schedule.
Frankfurt (dpa) - With a full program at the end of the season: The German Football Association (DFB) has cleared the way for a continuation of the 3rd division.
The Presidium decided to resume play on May 26, pending regulatory approval. The new outline schedule also stipulates that the remaining eleven match days will be played with five English weeks so that the season ends on June 30th. The two relegation games between the third place in the 3rd league and the table 16. According to current plans, the 2nd Bundesliga would join by July 7th
"The 3rd league is concentrating on a possible continuation of the season and its preservation as a professional league. We would be happy to be able to play again in our game from May 26th fall off the field and not at the green table, "said Tom Eilers, chairman of the third division committee.
The DFB has an almost identical hygiene concept to the German Football League, which had already received political approval for the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga last week. The association is now expecting a positive signal for its premium league product.
However, the time until the restart will be anything but quiet. Several clubs complain that the hygiene concept cannot be implemented. The clubs would have to hire their own hygiene officer, something that Waldhof Mannheim and FSV Zwickau alone have so far not been able to do.
In addition, the DFB's plan to allow neutral venues, should some stadiums be closed, causes resentment. That is why Mannheim's managing director Markus Kompp asked the association to vote among the clubs. "I have requested a new vote. I do not see that the DFB wants to continue the season on the basis of an outdated opinion, but under new conditions, keyword neutral venue," said Kompp of the German press agency.
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