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The stewards with the orange vests in the corridors, with their backs to the playing field and looking up at the patrol, raised suspicions.
Apparently there was something to guard in the stands of the Stadium Indoor Hall in Cairo.
The arena, currently the venue of the Handball World Cup, has a capacity of 16,200 spectators.
Completely oversized for the purposes of the self-imposed decree of the Egyptian organizer and the world association.
Because spectators should no longer be allowed to come into the halls, the participating teams were promised.
Best possible infection protection against Corona, the captains of the European national teams around the German left winger Uwe Gensheimer had campaigned for it shortly before the start of the tournament.
Originally the organizers wanted to use up to 20 percent of the audience capacity in the halls.
During the opening game between hosts Egypt and Chile (35:29), the TV cameras also gave the impression that everything had taken its normal course.
They only showed the bottom tier of the audience, empty as desired.
No spectator in sight.
Only the folders could be seen on TV on every staircase.
In itself unnecessary.
The match between Egypt and Chile
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The Danish newspaper "Ekstra Bladet" now reports, however, that they certainly served a purpose.
Because there were spectators in the upper echelons, the paper estimates that it should have been almost 1,000.
In addition, the Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi with his entourage and several dozen VIP guests.
As it was said, at least the necessary distance had been maintained.
Red tape - and again and again spectators
Al-Sisi had said in the opening speech that he would like to “also apologize to our Egyptian family here because we will be playing without a spectator - we are very sorry”.
He hoped, said the 76-year-old, that the World Cup “will be the light at the end of the dark tunnel”.
In the "Ekstra Bladet", however, the Danish national team sports director Morten Henriksen is quoted, who was at the game in the hall in which Denmark meets Bahrain this Friday.
He reported that, for example, the Danish ambassador to Egypt had been invited to the game, but he “nicely canceled”.
Henriksen said he initially “had no clarity about why these people were in the hall for the opening game.
I really hope it wasn't a spectator.
That would be amazing.
I very much hope that there were some other people. "
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The paper published photos of the stands.
The audience can be seen in the upper rows.
Many seats are locked with red tape, but free seat shells can be seen again and again.
Shortly before the defending champion Denmark's opening game at the World Cup, a Danish international has tested positive for the corona virus.
It is World Cup debutant Emil Jakobsen, who was previously infected with the virus.
The Danish handball association announced on Friday morning that he will be isolated just like his roommate Morten Olsen.
This means that Jakobsen will not appear in the evening against Bahrain.
Olsen is hoping for a negative test later in the day.
DHB demands a quick reaction in the Cap Verde case
The tournament is already overshadowed by the Corona problems feared by many critics.
Norway's superstar Sander Sagosen from the German record champions THW Kiel expressed severe criticism of the local conditions.
"So far it has all been a parody and Wild West," said the 25-year-old backcourt player.
People went in and out of the Norwegians' team hotel, and all the teams came together to eat.
"Some things need to be optimized"
DHB sports director Alex Kromer confirmed after arriving at the handball world championship in Cairo that some health measures were not being fully observed.
Source: Stats Perform News
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There are also numerous corona cases among various teams, which culminated in the World Cup being canceled by the Czech Republic and the USA.
After the renewed infections in the German World Cup opponents Cape Verde, a possible tournament exclusion of the Africans is still open.
The German Handball Federation (DHB), together with other nations, is calling for a quick reaction from the IHF world association to deal with Africans, as DHB sports director Axel Kromer said on Friday morning in Giza, Egypt.
“We have expressed our concerns and our worries.” Cape Verde will play its first World Cup game against Hungary this Friday evening (8.30 p.m.), and on Sunday the duel with the DHB team will be on the agenda.
Whether this will happen is open.
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At the technical meeting with the IHF, the possible game rating was already discussed if Cape Verde should not compete, as Kromer said: "Well, there seems to be all options." After Corona cases had occurred among the Africans before the tournament, another four players tested positive after arriving in Egypt on Thursday.
However, the DHB is satisfied with the hygiene conditions in their own hotel.
“Where we are, everything is done for us.
We have optimal framework conditions here.
We are trapped a bit here, but also in a very beautiful setting where you can look at the pyramids.
Everything is done here to ensure that we are well, ”said Vice President Bob Hanning in the ZDF's“ Morgenmagazin ”before the World Cup opening game on Friday (6:00 pm, in the sports ticker of WELT) against Uruguay.
The team is also doing everything possible to prevent infection with the virus.
The players had breakfast in their hotel rooms on Friday to avoid contacts.
“Everything we have mentioned will be implemented.
I think the risk is not in here, but rather comes in from out here.
Especially when teams like Cape Verde move into the hotel with cases.
That's more of a risk, ”emphasized the 52-year-old Vice President of the DHB.
World Cup squad with strangers - the faces of the DHB team
The German handball players start the controversial World Cup in Egypt.
Due to the corona, there have been some prominent cancellations, so that national coach Alfred Gislason has to rely on partly unknown faces at his first major tournament in the DHB dress.
Source: SID