Football clubs in Bavaria must once again prepare for ghost games. Minister President Markus Söder announced these on Tuesday morning.
Accordingly, the CSU politician wants to enforce ghost matches in football even if the federal and state governments do not agree on a unified approach to fight the Corona pandemic. “It makes no sense in the foreseeable future to allow spectators back in. It is an important demand that we decide today on a nationwide basis that we will not do spectators in the future. If that doesn’t work at federal level, we would do it for Bavaria alone,” Söder told “Bayerischer Rundfunk “ On Twitter, he specified: “The high level of mobility in arriving and departing is currently not responsible. Football has a great role model function. We must now reduce contacts everywhere.”
Accordingly, Bavarian clubs such as record champions Bayern Munich would have to play their remaining matches scheduled this year in front of empty stands. The FCB has three home games left this year, the Champions League second leg against Barcelona and the Bundesliga games against Mainz and Wolfsburg. Other professional clubs such as FC Augsburg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth, second-division teams 1. FC Nürnberg, Jahn Regensburg and FC Ingolstadt as well as third-division clubs Würzburger , 1860 München and Türkgücü München are also still in the competitive phase before the winter break.
Saxony already one step further – Baden-Württemberg announces ghost matches
Whether other sports in Bavarian halls would also be affected by the planned ghost game regulation was left open by Söder. However, these were also not exempt from the previous regulation, which allows a maximum of 25 per cent of the total spectator capacity in Bavaria. In addition, the 2G-Plus rule applies everywhere.
What is planned in Bavaria already applies in Saxony. There, sporting events must take place without spectators, and Baden-Württemberg also announced a return to ghost matches.
On Tuesday at 1 p.m., caretaker Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her designated successor Olaf Scholz (SPD) plan to discuss the crisis with the state premiers by telephone.
