Bremen / Frankfurt / Main – The fans of SV Werder Bremen can look forward to returning to the Weserstadion soon. With the start of the 2021/22 season, a maximum of 25,000 spectators should be allowed to watch the games in German professional football under certain conditions. The heads of the state and senate chancelleries made this decision on Tuesday. How exactly this framework will be interpreted in Bremen has not yet been determined.
It was only on Monday that the last round of talks between the Bremen interior and health departments and representatives of the SV Werder Bremen given, which discussed how the Return of the fans can best be organized in Bremen. The participants did not want to express themselves publicly afterwards, the tendency of the round should according to information from DeichStube but clearly go in the direction of caution. In other words: The stadium load of 50 percent permitted by federal politics with an incidence of less than 35 will not be fully utilized at Werder’s season opener against Hannover 96 (Saturday, July 24th, 8.30 p.m.).
The federal and state governments had set this mark on Tuesday, as did the fact that the Audience – regardless of the size of the stadium 25.000 remains capped. An exception is the record champions FC Bayern Munich, who are allowed to play in front of a maximum of 20,000 fans in the Allianz Arena at home. The state of Bavaria wants to take a cautious course due to the delta variant, the increasing number of cases in other countries and the expected returnee problem and only allows a maximum occupancy of 35 percent.
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If the distance rules are to be observed, a maximum of 8,500 Werder Bremen fans can enter the Weserstadion
Basic requirement for the Spectators return is the approval by the competent authorities, which can implement the framework requirements of the federal government in different ways. However, the following applies everywhere: People who have not been vaccinated or have recovered from corona disease must present a negative corona test before visiting the stadium. In addition, the applicable hygiene rules and the distance requirement must be observed.
The latter point in particular is for Werder Bremen of great importance. If the fact remains that the fans in the stadium have to keep a distance of at least 1.5 meters from one another, a maximum of 8,500 can be allowed for spatial reasons alone Fans in the Weserstadion come. The German Football League (DFL) does not want to clarify the question of whether (and if so, how many) guest fans will be admitted to the games, by the way, during its general meeting on July 14th. (dco / dpa) Also interesting: is Leonardo Bittencourt facing a transfer from Werder Bremen to Benfica Lisbon?
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