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Visiting a football match becomes an ordeal: you must adhere to these rules

According to Maijer, competitions with the public are quite feasible with this protocol. “But it is a lot of hassle. For everyone. For the clubs, the players, stewards and the supporters. You have to stick to so many rules.”

In order to make optimal use of the permitted capacity, clubs can put people from the same household next to each other. The same applies to young people under the age of 18 where the 1.5 meter distance does not have to be maintained.

Box office

If a club offers individual tickets, there should be 1.5 meters between each seat. In this way, a stadium may only be filled for 20 percent. Clubs can also choose to work in pairs or triplets with youth under 18 or people from the same household. That way the occupancy rate can increase.

The question is whether it will still be fun that way, says Maijer. “You can no longer just go to a game with a few friends. You may not visit away games anyway. In principle, you are alone in the stands, unless you can go with a family member. They can sit next to you. I think clubs will also bet on. That way they can still fill their stadium up to 40 percent. Otherwise they will only fill up to 20 percent. ”


Away supporters

The reason that supporters are not yet welcome in the initial phase is that tensions can arise between supporter groups where it is difficult to enforce the measures. In addition, the KNVB wants to give the clubs as much opportunity as possible to let season ticket holders in despite the restrictions. In this way they can also use the boxes.

Time periods will be used to prevent crowding at the entrances. These would be periods of 15 to 20 minutes in which a group of people is always admitted to the stadium.


Marcel Maijer: “Getting in and out of the stadium is going to be quite a thing. It goes per stand, for which a time slot is issued. You may have to be in a stadium two to three hours in advance. Or worse: your club has just dried and you have to wait for hours in the stadium until you can go home. ”

Code of conduct

Supporters should also behave differently in the stadiums. For example, yelling and cheering is forbidden for the time being, Prime Minister Mark Rutte recently indicated. It may even put you on a stadium ban.

The exact rules for this have yet to be worked out and are not yet in the KNVB protocol. Before the start of the competition there will be more clarity on this.

Health check

Naturally, the standard corona rules also apply to a stadium visit. Always keep a distance of 1.5 meters, wash your hands, cough and sneeze regularly on the inside of the elbow and stay home if you have complaints.

Visitors must then undergo a health check in the stadium. If you answer ‘yes’ to one of the questions below, you may not enter the stadium.

– Have you had one or more of the following (mild) complaints in the past 24 hours or at the present time: cold, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, mild cough, shortness of breath, increase, fever and / or sudden loss of smell or taste?

– Do you currently have a roommate / family member with a fever and / or shortness of breath?

– Have you had the new coronavirus (diagnosed with a laboratory test) and has it been diagnosed in the past 7 days?

– Did you have a roommate / family member with the new coronavirus (determined by a laboratory test) and did you have contact with this roommate / family member less than 14 days ago while he / she still had complaints?

– Are you in isolation because you have had direct contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus?


Registration

Maijer thinks the supporters will stick to the rules. “It will also be much less crowded in stadiums. Clumping together is not allowed anyway. There will really be a completely different atmosphere. There is strict control. Violation of the rules will mean that matches may soon have to take place behind closed doors. And you can even get a stadium ban. ”

All supporters who attend a match are registered. In the event of any detected infections of persons who have been present at a competition, it must be possible to conduct a thorough source and contact investigation by the GGD.

Start professional football

On August 1, the ball will roll again in the Netherlands. Then the ‘FOX Sports Eredivisie Comeback’ will start. Dutch professional clubs practice against each other in this. The public is also welcome again. The premier league then starts on September 12. The Kitchen Champion Division starts on August 28.

The clubs will have to have their own plan approved by the Security Region in which their stadium is located.


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