No more Bundesliga in 2021! Aue boss Leonhardt is now calling for “football lockdown”

The Corona situation threatens to get out of control, this also affects top-class sport. Club boss Helge Leonhardt von Erzgebirge Aue is now calling for a Bundesliga game freeze for the entire rest of the year – because of the role played by football as a role model and a distortion of competition.

Because of the rapidly increasing number of infections and the tightened corona measures, President Helge Leonhardt from the second division Erzgebirge Aue is calling for an interruption of the season in professional football.

“We need a football lockdown by the end of December. The next four weeks will be extremely difficult for our country and will be an acid test,” said Leonhardt of the “Bild” newspaper.

No fans in Saxony, it’s sold out elsewhere: “No fair competition”

“In such a tense situation football should live up to its role as a role model and stop the game immediately for reasons of reason, solidarity and role model effect,” he demanded: “That would be my wish and my request to the DFL and the prime ministers of the federal states.”

The number of infections is particularly high in the Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony. Leonhardt sees a distortion of competition because no spectators will be admitted to professional sport in Saxony in the next few weeks. In Bavaria, a maximum of 25 percent of the stadium capacity can be used.

Bundesliga and 2nd league only again in January?

“On the other hand, the stadiums in other regions are partially sold out. This is no longer fair competition and also creates new economic difficulties for the clubs that have to play in front of empty stands,” said the Aue boss.

His suggestion is: “The ball will be idle until the end of December, but you can still train under the 3G rule. From January, the game should be continued, the games will then be made up in several English weeks. But not in front of empty stands, but uniformly again with fans. The fans are part of football. ”

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