Day X for the third division becomes day Y, and it has no fixed date. The resumption of gaming operations, which was interrupted in March on May 26, is officially off the table.
Unterhaching - Day X for the third division becomes day Y, and it has no fixed date. The resumption of gaming operations, which was interrupted in March on May 26, has been officially off the table since yesterday. The scheduled date was “no longer possible”, announced the German Football Association (DFB) yesterday. So the hanging game continues in the hopelessly disputed league. Regardless of this, SpVgg Unterhaching focuses on sport. The third in the table resumed team training yesterday.
As reported, this was also a hanging game, and it remained until yesterday morning. It was not until shortly after 9:00 p.m. that the district office approved the return to training with full squad strength. A little later, at 10 a.m., the new training routine began with the first joint training session on Unterhachinger Sternstrasse - officially, by the way, according to the DFB regulations as "secret training".
A little bit more normal for the professionals of the SpVgg after exactly two months. "It was the next step in the direction of football," said head coach Claus Schromm, "It was really nice to see the joy and fun with which the boys approached the matter."
Two words, however, continue to describe the question of the extent to which the professionals from Hachingen can once again enjoy their fun on the pitch when the league is playing. It is still said whether and when the third league will also start again is more open than ever. Basically, the DFB holds on to the plan of the season continuation despite all the glitches of some clubs, if the politicians give the OK. After all, that was decided by the majority of the third division clubs.
The supporters of a season break, who were inferior at that time with 8:10 votes, do not accept this and do little to enable the resumption to be implemented, but all the more to bring about a break. At least meanwhile constructive suggestions came instead of constantly new manageable braking maneuvers. It is understandable that Jena, Halle and Magdeburg were actually unable to meet the given schedule due to the training and competition bans of their state governments and claim a competitive disadvantage. So far, the motivation to look for alternatives was not really recognizable. In individual cases, the argument that the strict hygiene requirements cannot be implemented is not initially to be contradicted. However, there is also a counter argument that this will certainly be necessary for the coming season. What should not work now should work in September? 1860 trainer Michael Köllner also asked himself clearly, "whether we should stop our work until a vaccine is developed".
The continuation and ending of the season is currently on the brink. The only thing that is certain is that it will not continue on May 26th, until the end of the season until June 30th and the season will extend into July. Incidentally, ten clubs had already agreed to this two and a half weeks ago.
Until a decision is made about a new start date, it should now take much longer than just a few days. Finally, the extraordinary DFB Bundestag is scheduled for May 25, which could decide on a termination. It is to be expected that the third division teams in question will collect more arguments for the early end than to actively deal with opportunities to implement concepts and organize preparation for the restart.
Should politics give the green light, it could start again "very shortly" after May 26, the DFB said yesterday. Even if the smoldering dispute between the two camps in the third division has lost some of its sharpness, there should be no peace this season - whether after the 27 or 38 game days played.
The Third League project is shaking, not only the date for the next kick-off in difficult times ..
