It is the end of February when Christian Seifert first realizes that Corona “can become a real problem”. The carnival is approaching, the DFL boss escapes the unloved hustle and bustle with his wife and older daughter to Florence. There, airport staff in full-body protective suits with face masks and fever measuring pistols await them. Seifert understands the dimensions of the pandemic in Italy. They stay there until Sunday, on the return flight he thinks about "how things are going to develop in Germany now". Two weeks later he knows. A reconstruction.
Christian Seifert: Then Jens Spahn calls, he saves the number
2021-03-09T15:52:09.210Z
Germany will go into lockdown in March 2020. And with it the Bundesliga. DFL boss Seifert starts a bitter struggle to return to the field. It looks good. Until he receives a text message on May 4th: "We have a problem."
Source: welt