In the current corona crisis, soccer stars have an even greater role model function. A Bundesliga kicker apparently doesn't know how to deal with it - and was caught at a corona party.
- The corona crisis is also affecting football
- There are currently no games in the Bundesliga and the Champions League
- Schalke professional Amine Harit behaved far from exemplary in times of crisis
Munich - It is well known that football professionals serve as role models. With their popularity and reach, they do not play an insignificant role, especially in the current corona crisis *.
Players like Joshua Kimmich or Leon Goretzka use their social standing for a good cause and founded the “We Kick Corona” campaign, which supports social institutions in the fight against the Corona pandemic. Jerome Boateng currently supports the Munich and Berlin Tafel financially.
However, there are also soccer stars who don't know how to behave in the current time. For example Schalke-Kicker Amine Harit , who has now been fined by his club. The Schalke sports director Jochen Schneider confirmed on Tuesday on request.
Bundesliga star caught at corona party - club pronounces “hefty fine”
"Yes that's true. But there are now more important issues than the fine for the boy, ”Schneider told the German press agency shortly before the start of the video conference of the 36 German professional clubs with the DFL head around managing director Christian Seifert. It was decided on this that the Bundesliga would initially take a break until April 30th.
The reason for the Harits fine? When there were already considerable contact restrictions in North Rhine-Westphalia , the 22-year-old midfielder was caught by the police at a corona party together with ten other people in a shisha bar in Essen after the then closing time (6 p.m.). The officers called had dissolved the illicit meeting well after midnight.
Bundesliga star caught at corona party: Harit "sorry"
For his misconduct, the Moroccan, who later showed himself to be insightful, received a "hefty fine" from the royal blues . The Ruhr-Nachrichten (article behind a payment barrier) and the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung had previously reported on it. "Amine is very sorry and it will not happen again", Schneider had already explained after the incident about ten days ago.
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- FC Schalke 04 () (@ s04) March 30, 2020Harit also has to make a donation to a joint aid project run by Ultras Gelsenkirchen , the Revierclub and the club's own “Schalke helps!” Foundation. The fans help to pack so-called sidekick boxes with food in compliance with the hygiene regulations and to deliver them to those in need or to risk groups in Gelsenkirchen .
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