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Rostock (AP) - Hansa Rostock's CEO Robert Marien has drawn a preliminary positive conclusion after the first game in front of spectators in German professional football for almost five months.

«Everything was successful.

We are now doing our first internal evaluation, ”he said on Saturday after his team's 1-0 win in the third division against Halleschen FC.

According to him, none of the 1,100 rapid corona tests made in front of the Ostseestadion were positive.

777 fans were admitted to the game.

According to Marien, around 700 had come to the 29,000-seat arena.

All visitors and employees at the game had been registered and tested before admission.

Rostock's Lord Mayor Claus Ruhe Madsen (non-party) had described the game with spectators as groundbreaking for other sports and industries.

The police were also satisfied after the game.

Overall, she was with a number of emergency services in the double-digit range in and at the stadium.

The rapid tests ran smoothly and without a gathering of people, it said in a message.

Even during the game, the spectators kept the prescribed distances and the mask requirement.

"The sporting event went smoothly throughout."

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Rostock has one of the lowest seven-day incidences in Germany.

The health department of the Hanseatic city and the state government had given their approval for the nationwide pilot project.

The experience that FC Hansa collects should be made available to all interested professional clubs.

Guests in the stadium included an observer from the German Football Association, two representatives from Union Berlin and employees from other sports clubs.

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Message from Hansa Rostock on the return of the audience

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