Sig Zelt from the “Pro Fans” organization sees the abolition of Monday games in the Bundesliga only as a partial success. “There is a glimmer of hope, but not much more,” said the spokesman for the interest group of various fan and ultra groups of the German press agency on Monday. The match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen this Monday (8.30 p.m. /DAZN) is the last one of these positions in the Bundesliga, at least for the time being. From the coming season onwards, the game days are to be concluded on Sunday evening, as the German Football League (DFL) had decided in 2018.
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The Monday games were introduced for the 2017/2018 season – to relieve the Europa League starters, the DFL argued at the time. It provoked protests in fan circles from the start and became a political issue. The protests “certainly contributed to the abolition of these games,” said Zelt, “but the main reason, in my opinion, was that they were not necessarily beneficial for the attractiveness of football and its marketing.” In view of long journeys and the necessary vacation days, games on Sunday at 7.30 pm are only “partially better”.
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The protests in recent years “left an impression,” said Zelt. “We lack them as a means of expression in the current era of ghost games.” In general, however, he considers the consideration of fan interests to be limited. “When I look at the new Champions League reform, for example, there doesn’t seem to be much left of the humility that was evoked in professional football at the beginning of this crisis. is getting smaller. “
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According to his condition, there are “not a few who fear that not all fans will return to the stadiums after Corona because they are not convinced that professional football still gives what their hearts depend on,” said Zelt.
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