The continuation of the football season is getting closer: Vice Chancellor and Minister of Sport Werner Kogler assumes “that we will come to a solution this week – maybe by Wednesday.” He keeps the ball flat, but yesterday’s agreement was so close that the plan for the Bundesliga and the ÖFB could already be presented today: the cup final between Salzburg and Lustenau at Pentecost, then power play in the Bundesliga with English rounds.
What is certain is that team training is approved for the Bundesliga teams and Lustenau on Friday. It was already allowed in the German Bundesliga last Friday. “Amazing, it was really, really nice to be back on the pitch as a whole with the whole team,” said Bayern Munich’s David Alaba. But the closer the kick-off gets, the bigger the doubts and the critical voices get in Germany.
Germany: doubts and criticism
“I can understand any pair of parents who says: Why can’t my child go to school or daycare, but the Bundesliga can play? You have to put up with the question,” said Leverkusen professional Julian Baumgartlinger to the “kicker “. The 32-year-old ÖFB team captain added: “But it must not only be given to football, but primarily to politics.” The debate about football in times of the corona crisis is not always fair. “Football has a radiance, it is fascinating but it also polarizes. Discussions are normal there. But it deserves a fair chance.”
One thing is certain: the professionals also put their health at risk. “Despite all the tests, the bottom line is that there is still a risk,” said Tienush Rassaf from the Essen University Hospital. It warns of cardiac muscle damage in undetected professionals with corona as well as possible consequential damage.
But the virus is not the only threat. “The players will be flat after 60 minutes,” Karlsruhe professional Marc Lorenz criticized in the “Badische Latest News” the lack of preparation. “Then the fatigue will come and then the serious injuries.” Austria’s Bundesliga professionals will be at least somewhat better prepared: they should be able to get used to the stress for at least two weeks.
The damage from the ghost games
The continuation would also secure the last part of the TV money for the twelve upper house clubs. At LASK, it accounts for around 15 percent of the total. The athletes collect more than twice as much on the day of the match through tickets and food for the spectators. This is eliminated by the ghost games.
“With the necessary distance, a healthy number of people and creative protective measures, I think football games with a certain number of spectators are definitely possible,” Sturm President Christian Jauk suggested in the “Kleine Zeitung” that the losses in the millions should be somewhat reduced. Austrias CEO Markus Kraetschmer is of the same opinion and added with regard to the opening of the restaurant next Friday: “It is then incomprehensible to me why we are not allowed to open parts in the VIP and Hospitality area.”
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