Frankfurt is a city where people get close. Almost 20,000 commuters every day use public transport to generate enormous amounts of traffic. In addition, restaurants, trendy get-togethers or weekly markets ensure crowds of people. That went well over the summer, now the infection numbers are climbing to new record highs. The city pulled the rip cord on Thursday. Because the seven-day incidence – corona cases per 100,000 inhabitants within a week – rose to 70.9, the freedoms of sport at the headquarters of the German Football League (DFL) are also curtailed.
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From now on the premise applies: no spectators at professional events. So far, only Eintracht Frankfurt’s next home game in the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen (October 31) has been affected, but there is hardly any improvement in sight. Because as a guideline, professional football had agreed on a value of 35. It is exceeded almost everywhere.
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It is already clear that the fourth game day will manifest the return to ghost mode. It was clear for a long time that FC Augsburg would have to play their game against RB Leipzig in front of empty ranks. Also that Schalke cannot rely on fan support against Union Berlin. When Arminia Bielefeld’s hopes of allowing a few hundred supporters to play against FC Bayern burst on Friday, tears flowed at the office. “It’s a shame for everyone in Bielefeld who was looking forward to games like this.”said sports director Samir Arabi – nobody is allowed in.
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300 fans are allowed in the games of 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach, where the health department received approval for 10,800 spectators on Friday. The biggest backdrop on the weekend will probably come together in Sinsheim, where TSG Hoffenheim is planning against Borussia Dortmund with 6030 spectators. The low incidence for the Rhein-Neckar district (30.5) makes it possible.
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There’s a rumble behind the scenes. Those responsible in Frankfurt were annoyed about a “symbolic policy” because even the Eintracht women are not allowed to visit. When considering the fact that the University Clinic Frankfurt has proven that the first home games of Eintracht for up to 8,000 visitors did not result in contagion, they missed the point.
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Alexander Wehrle, managing director of 1. FC Köln and at the same time DFL board member, demands: “We should basically ask ourselves whether we are only looking at the incidence value or using the clubs’ extensive hygiene concept.” Jan Lehmann, board member at FSV Mainz 05, where 250 visitors are allowed against Bayer Leverkusen, criticized a certain illogic in this context: “So far we have no evidence that there were contagions in stadiums. I therefore find the decision objectively difficult to understand . ” City spokesman Ralf Peterhanwar replied: “All parameters are in the red area. Even a Bundesliga team has to accept that. A virus doesn’t stop at the stadium gates. “
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Due to the reduction in the number of visitors, the Rheinhessen people are going through the rags of up to 500,000 euros today alone. A number of clubs had calculated with part of the audience income. If only ghost games take place over the long winter, this will tear big holes in the budget planning. The partial admission of viewers should actually run until the end of October as a test: Now the field trial threatens to fail early.
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