Nothing works in football anymore - the corona crisis has slowed down the number one sport. But plans are already being made to continue the season. An expert classifies the options.
- The ball rests almost all over the world because of the corona crisis *.
- While the Belgian Jupiler League canceled their season, the Bundesliga absolutely wants to play again.
- An expert considers a continuation of the season feasible - but only with unique precautions.
- The previous news on the Corona crisis in football can be found in this news ticker.
Update from April 5, 9:15 am: The Bundesliga apparently wants to open its doors again in May - the kicker reported . Without fans in the stadiums, the remaining nine game days and the catch-up game Werder Bremen against Eintracht Frankfurt are to be played through to the end of June. For one of the most renowned virologists in the country, this is quite realistic. "Everything is possible," said Alexander Kekulé from the University Hospital Halle an der Saale in the "Current Sports Studio" of the ZDF: "You can think about how you can ensure that the Bundesliga players are able to play."
However, he sees “draconian” measures to be taken by the players: “You would have to extend the lockdown for them. You would have to live privately under special security conditions. The whole team would have to go into a kind of special quarantine * . In addition, you would have to test them again before each game. ”In this case, the Munich native expects around 20,000 tests * by the end of the season . Nationwide, 100,000 tests would currently be carried out a day.
It should also be taken into account that the players - well-trained and in their prime - are not to be counted among the risk groups * : “The problem could therefore be solved purely virologically. But only if you create a kind of special bubble for the football players . ”It could be difficult to explain this special treatment to footballers in society - especially when many other people are doing badly - and not just in terms of health.
Kekulé expects ghost games * not only in the final weeks of this season, but far beyond: “I would not plan anything for this year with an audience . I would be pessimistic. It doesn't look like we could seriously consider something like this this year. ”
There is no chance of games in front of fans this year: Alexander Kekulé shows ways to continue the season in the Bundesliga.
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Corona crisis in football: S04 boss Tönnies fears the worst-case scenario
Update of April 5, 8:44 a.m .: Schalke's chief executive, Clemens Tönnies , has the worst fears should the interrupted season not be resumed. "A season break would be the super GAU," said the 63-year-old to the world on Sunday : "Then we would not see some clubs again next season , I'm afraid." The miners are considered one of the endangered clubs, Tönnies at least makes " big worries "about the buddy club:" We do not have reserves like other clubs, are not as unassailable as Bayern. However, we are not alone in the league. ”
The entrepreneur could make friends with ghost games , because they would be the much lesser evil in an unprecedented crisis: "We have to accept that, even if the atmosphere in the stadiums is of course brutally absent ." First of all, he is concerned that the Ball finally rolls again: "It is important that after the correct measures have been taken, it is finally time to play again." Because every match day that is not played naturally costs the clubs cash *.
Corona crisis in football: UEFA boss attacks FIFA for crisis management
First report from April 5, 8.20 a.m .:
Munich - You can turn it around as you like - but more and more is becoming clear: In the Corona crisis, football does not speak one language. The Bundesliga wants to continue playing as quickly as possible to prevent the apparently impending bankruptcy of several clubs. The Belgian Jupiler League, on the other hand, have already shut down their bulkheads, turned the Corona mandatory break into an extended summer break and thus incurred the anger of UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin .
In an interview with the "Current Sports Studio" on ZDF, the Slovenian also attacked FIFA for their corona crisis management . Specifically, he is angry about the procedure for the planned help for associations, clubs and players: “FIFA's explanation was that they want to use it for those who urgently need it. We should agree to this so that FIFA can then decide who gets how much money. In my opinion, that's a little strange. "
Ceferin apparently fears that parts of the money could disappear as if by magic: "Strict regulations are required for this; you cannot simply leave FIFA where the sums are going." The 52-year-old expressed significantly more positive comments about the Bundesliga plans Wanting to continue the season: "Every path is the right one, if the health of the players is in the foreground." That is exactly what several virologists emphasized, according to which it would be difficult to implement, to subject the professionals to regular tests. At the same time, consideration was given to allowing only those players to emerge who had already developed immunity to the virus.
A professional had to be arrested for not adhering to the corona rules. Dietmar Hopp, a patron of Hoffenheim in 1899, became the enemy of the Ultras, and at the same time his company was working hard to find a corona vaccine. A TV commentator receives amazing news from a football fan with frank and very self-critical words during the crisis.
* merkur.de and tz.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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