The corona virus has reached football: Club owner Evangelos Marinakis (Nottingham and Piraeus) is infected. FC Bayern played against Olympiakos.
- The corona virus keeps the world in suspense.
- The top sport has to fight with all consequences of Covid-19.
- A club owner now reports that he is infected
Nottingham / Athens - The coronavirus continues to spread at a frenzy - sport is no exception. The consequences: ghost games, failures, forced breaks. And of course the real danger: the disease Covid-19 itself.
This has now also arrived on the island: The Greek owner of the English second division football club Nottingham Forest , Evangelos Marinakis , claims to have been infected with the corona virus.
Corona virus: Club owner infected - one of his teams recently played against Bayern
"The recent virus 'visited' me," Marinakis , who also holds the majority of the Greek club Olympiakos Piraeus , announced on Tuesday on Instagram.
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"I feel good, follow all the necessary measures and follow the instructions of the doctors," continued the 52-year-old. "I strongly recommend my compatriots to do the same." Where Marinakis is currently is not apparent from his Instagram post.
According to British media, he was seen in Nottingham last Friday at Forest's championship home game against Millwall FC (0-3). The German central defender Michael Hefele (formerly Fürth and Dresden) is also under contract at the NFFC .
Coronavirus Bundesliga: FC Bayern Munich played against Piraeus in November
As a measure against the spread of the corona virus , the Greek government recently ordered that, among other things, Olympiakos' Europa League home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers will take place on Thursday without spectators. You can follow the games of the German teams in our live ticker.
On November 6, Olympiakos was still a guest at the Allianz Arena *, the Greeks lost the Champions League group game against Bayern Munich * 0: 2. However, an immediate corona risk can be excluded. The virus only broke out in late December.
In the Free State of Bavaria, the following applies since March 10: All major events with over 1000 people have been canceled for the time being. Of course, this also applies to sport and therefore also to FC Bayern Munich *. We have summarized what that means for the fans.
* tz.de and Merkur.de are part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network
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