The impending spread of the corona virus is increasingly interfering with public life. Football threatens ghost games. The clubs show understanding.
- On Wednesday , the Bavarian government will decide that major sports events will take place in camera until Good Friday.
- The TSV 1860 would lose important income for the clammy cash registers through three possible ghost games.
- Roland Schmidt , team doctor of FC Bayern , speaks of a sensible measure.
Munich - Allianz Arena , Grünwalder Stadion , Olympic ice rink , Audi Dome : More than 1000 people fit in all sports facilities of the Munich First League clubs - and they will all be transformed into mood-free "ghost houses" by Good Friday . Following the recommendation of the Ministry of Health, the Bavarian state government will decide on Tuesday that all major sporting events in the Free State must take place for four weeks with the exclusion of spectators. This affects Bayern just as much as the third division lions , the basketball giants of FCB and the ice hockey cracks of EHC . Up until the end, everyone had hoped that their sport would be spared any drastic measures.
FCB team doctor Schmidt: "A sensible measure"
At the record football champions FC Bayern , team doctor Roland Schmidt had shown understanding for the possible scheduling of ghost games to the Bild newspaper. "It's a sensible measure - maybe it's a must," he said. The first ghost game at the Allianz Arena will be the return leg in the Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea on Wednesday in eight days.
The third-division soccer team TSV 1860 had also hoped to the end that the upcoming top game against MSV Duisburg ( Saturday , 2 p.m. ) could go ahead without restrictions. "I have been in constant communication with the responsible authorities and associations for almost two weeks," Managing Director Michael Scharold said in the afternoon: "It is a difficult topic, as you can see from the reactions from the Bundesliga ." Of course it would be true the lions , who are not financially bedded on roses, are going to be tough if they miss the income of 15,000 viewers on Saturday (and on March 21 against Würzburg and on April 4 against Rostock ). But, Scharold emphasized: "It is not our place to put our interests that are relevant to society and health in mind." There has already been a ghost game at the Grünwald stadium : As a punishment for spectator riots in the relegation delegation against Regensburg , the regional league game against the second team of the 1. FC Nürnberg II (5: 3) will be played in front of empty ranks on August 1, 2017 .
DFB examines relocations in the 3rd league
However, there is also the possibility that games will be published. The DFB wrote on its website: “The background is the special economic sensitivity in the 3rd division , in which the income from the game is significant for the financial stability of the clubs and accounts for more than 21 percent of the total annual income. The extent to which the committee's recommendation can be implemented is currently being examined. ”
Not least, DEL-Club EHC Munich and the basketball players of FC Bayern are affected by the exclusion of spectators. Nobody is happy with the decision, but all Munich clubs should hardly doubt the necessity of the measure.
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