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SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach has clearly criticized the relocation of the Champions League home games from RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach to Budapest.

“Nobody knows exactly what the infection situation really is in Hungary.

And that players are allowed to leave the UK for such a game is also wrong, ”said the politician Sport1 in an interview.

"It is a distorted competition that contributes to pandemic fatigue because it questions the credibility of our rules," said the member of the Bundestag.

In the Europa League and Champions League, a total of eight games have been relocated to other countries due to the coronavirus pandemic and the current travel restrictions.

The Bundesliga club RB Leipzig play against Liverpool (February 16) and Borussia Mönchengladbach against Manchester City (February 24) in Budapest.

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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim will not compete in the Europa League against Molde FK (February 18) in Norway, but in the stadium of FC Villarreal in Spain.

The lively travel activity of the clubs in the corona pandemic is controversial.

Criticism also of Müller's return trip from Qatar

The health politician also criticized the trip to the Fifa Club World Cup of FC Bayern Munich: “We rightly advise citizens against any unnecessary trip abroad, and international football simply ignores these rules.” The record champions were in the Left for Doha last week and returned on Friday morning.

However, without Thomas Müller in the team pilot.

The striker was flown back to Munich in a kind of medical specialty plane after previously testing positive for the corona virus.

"Normally, a trip with a known infection would of course be unthinkable," said Lauterbach.

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