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The presence of about 30 spectators at the home game of second division FC Erzgebirge Aue against Fortuna Düsseldorf caused irritation.

The people had followed the 3-0 defeat of the Saxons on the back straight of the Erzgebirgsstadion and in the second half had loud chants several times.

The photos show how the minimum distance was not observed.

Some people also did not wear a mouth and nose cover, which violates the hygiene concept of the German Football League (DFL).

According to Aues managing director Michael Voigt, the spectators had helped clear the area of ​​snow in the run-up to the game.

“The people were available on call during the game to help clear the pitch immediately if there was more snowfall,” said Voigt.

A ludicrous explanation.

The warning from the DFL

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The incident happened precisely in the phase in which the German Football League had reminded the 36 clubs of the first and second league to comply with the hygiene concept that had been in effect since the outbreak of the corona pandemic.

According to the report, DFL managing director Christian Seifert and DFL director Ansgar Schwenken sent a letter to the professional clubs urging them to pay more attention.

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“The general conditions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic for conducting gaming operations continue to require the highest level of attention and discipline.

In addition to the requirements set out in the concept, you know about the high level of public attention paid to football and thus especially to the behavior of the players on and off the pitch and especially in these times of a proven lockdown, ”the letter said "Kicker" according to its own information is available and from which this quoted.

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The DFL wrote that the clubs of the two top German football leagues "apparently got through the short winter break relatively well in an international comparison in view of the numbers reported," but the Sports Medicine / Special Games Task Force has a compressed checklist for the binding hygiene concept "as further orientation "added", it said.

The DFL asked for a review of the measures and actions and asked the clubs to sensitize the “players / coaches and their other employees to the importance of the implementation of these measures and the entire medical-hygienic concept”.

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