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Germany bans fans from stadiums again amid spike in Covid infections

by souhaib
October 29, 2020
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Football fans in Germany have been banned from stadiums again as part of Government measures to fight a second Covid-19 wave.

Chancellor Angela Merkel unveiled a series of new restrictions on Wednesday after a jump in coronavirus cases and deaths across Germany.

It means that football fans won’t be able to attend matches from November 2, setting back efforts to return crowds to stadiums in the Bundesliga and beyond – to the disappointment of the German football league.

Socially distanced fans of Borussia Dortmund cheer during their win over Schalke last week

Bundesliga fans will be banned from stadiums once again from next week under new rules

Bundesliga fans will be banned from stadiums once again from next week under new rules

This weekend’s round of fixtures, therefore, will be the last to have fans present for at least a month.

It comes at a time when France have announced it’s latest plans for sport after a second lockdown was announced in the country, with elite sport – including Ligue 1, the Six Nations and Paris Masters tennis – all allowed to continue without fans. 

The revelations represent a setback for English clubs pressing the government to rethink its current ban on fans in stadiums. 

Germany has shown the way in getting fans back into stadiums – from the beginning of the current Bundesliga season in mid-September, clubs were allowed to bring spectators back up to 20 per cent of stadium capacity provided the local area infection numbers were below a certain level.

On October 3, for example, Borussia Dortmund welcomed 11,500 spectators to the 81,365 capacity Signal Iduna Park for their 4-0 victory over Freiburg – this is the highest attendance of the Bundesliga season so far.

However, reigning Bundesliga and European champions Bayern Munich were unable to have any fans inside their Allianz Arena because of a rise in infections in the local area.

Supporters of Hertha Berlin hold aloft scarves during their Bundesliga match with Stuttgart

Supporters of Hertha Berlin hold aloft scarves during their Bundesliga match with Stuttgart

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a series of measures to tackle the second wave

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a series of measures to tackle the second wave

‘The Bundesliga and second Bundesliga clubs developed in the past weeks a health plan for the effective protection of spectators in the stadiums and agreed it with local health authorities,’ the German league (DFL) said.

‘Fans and clubs then stuck to the rules with discipline living up to their responsibilities. That is why it is regrettable that this will not be possible for now.’

Germany was largely successful in keeping Covid-19 infection and death rates below those of many other European countries in the pandemic’s first wave but numbers have risen alarmingly in recent weeks.

Cases rose by 14,964 to 464,239 in the 24 hours prior to Merkel’s announcement of the latest restrictions, according to Germany’s infections and diseases agency, the Robert Koch Institute.

Deaths rose by 85 to 10,183 and Merkel warned the country’s health system would be ‘overwhelmed’ if the current rate of infections continued unchecked.

The news from Germany comes as a setback to English clubs who want supporters back

The news from Germany comes as a setback to English clubs who want supporters back

‘Our health system can still cope with this challenge today, but at this speed of infection it will reach the limits of its capacity within weeks,’ Merkel said.

Under what has been described as ‘lockdown lite’, German bars will close and restaurants will be limited to just takeaways. Social contact will be limited to two households with a maximum of 10 people.

Schools and kindergartens will, however, remain open and a financial rescue package was announced for small businesses.

Professional sports will continue but behind closed doors as was the case when the Bundesliga became the first major European league to resume in the summer.

Spain and Italy have both seen deaths increase in recent weeks, although they are lower than during the first wave – unlike in the Czech Republic and other countries in Eastern Europe where deaths have risen to record levels  

Germany cases

Angela Merkel is also discussing a fresh lockdown with regional leaders today in an attempt to head off a sharp rise in cases (left) and as deaths begin to creep up (right)

It came after Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge warned the ‘Bundesliga could collapse in its entirety’ if it was suspended again.

‘If the Bundesliga is suspended again, if we are not allowed to play even without fans, bit-by-bit several clubs would have to declare bankruptcy,’ Rummenigge said on Tuesday.

‘And as a result, the Bundesliga would be in danger of collapsing entirely.’

In France, elite sport will continue despite a nationwide lockdown announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said. 

‘The coming weeks will be tough economically but also humanely. This is why I wanted to confirm to you that the continuity of the sport which is practiced as a profession is today assured,’ Maracineau told a parliament session overnight.

Maracineanu’s comments will come as welcome news for Ligue 1, as well as French rugby with the national side set to host Ireland on Saturday in their Six Nations finale. 

The Paris Masters tennis tournament is also due to begin on Monday. France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting on Friday to try to contain the pandemic, which is threatening to spiral out of control, Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday.



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