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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Handball Bundesliga team Füchse Berlin will probably have to postpone the start of the second half of the season next Tuesday.
The game of the European League at Sporting Lisbon is about to be canceled.
"We assume that it will fail," said manager Bob Hanning.
Portugal is currently one of the high-risk areas in Europe with a seven-day incidence of over 800 corona cases.
In addition, the country “came on the special list because of the issue of mutation”, added Hanning.
After returning from Lisbon, the foxes would therefore have to be quarantined.
"And we can't afford that," said sports director Stefan Kretzschmar.
Both athletically and financially, the cancellation is annoying for the Berliners.
«We have already booked the flights and you won't get a refund.
There are a lot of difficulties involved, ”said Kretzschmar.
The game was supposed to take place on November 17th, but had to be canceled due to corona cases in the own team.
So now the rejection will probably follow.
Finding a new date in the tight schedule could be difficult.
“Of course we now have a few question marks about the European League, how we can manage it all.
But that is certainly not our problem at first, »said Kretzschmar.
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The Füchse will now start the second half of the season in a week's home game in the Bundesliga against TUSEM Essen on Sunday (4 p.m. / Sky).
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