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The optimism is great.
Where they get it from is open - and also questionable.
But Aleksander Ceferin, the President of the European Football Association (Uefa), believes after a meeting with Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) EM games in Munich are possible even under the difficult conditions of the corona pandemic.
It was a good meeting, said the Slovenian on Wednesday evening on the sidelines of the Champions League game FC Bayern Munich against Paris Saint-Germain (2: 3) against Sky.
He is also sure, according to Ceferin, "that the Prime Minister is trying to ensure that the EM will take place here".
Recently there had been big discussions about the fact that Uefa would insist on EM games with spectators in the twelve venues.
Due to the infection situation in Germany, no sporting events with spectators are currently allowed.
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"I also don't believe in discussions at European level: it only takes place where viewers may be completely admitted," said Söder to RTL.
If Munich were to be obliged by UEFA to allow fans, this would, according to Söder, "also meet with resistance from the German federal government".
"We have really had good experience with the question of the so-called ghost games," said Söder.
However, Bavaria's Prime Minister pointed out that despite all security measures, players had repeatedly been infected with Corona.
Aleksander Ceferin has been President of Uefa since 2016.
On Wednesday he met Markus Söder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, in Munich
Source: dpa / Laurent Gillieron
Upon request, Munich announced that it would “continue to plan with different scenarios as far as possible spectators in the stadium are concerned”.
The three group games of the German national team against world champions France (June 15), European champions Portugal (June 19) and co-hosts Hungary (June 23) as well as a quarter-finals (July 2) are to be hosted in the FC Bayern stadium.
"Goodwill and a lot of optimism"
Ceferin said in the evening on Sky that one had to look at what the health situation was like.
"If the situation allows, we expect spectators," he emphasized.
At the meeting with Söder he said: "There is a lot of goodwill and a lot of optimism."
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While there is great skepticism in Germany, almost two months before the opening game, several EM hosts are committed to hosting the games in front of spectators.
From Spain (Bilbao), Scotland (Glasgow) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Uefa received relatively specific commitments by Wednesday.
Assuming a negative corona test and a favorable pandemic situation, up to 12,000 spectators are to be admitted to the tournament in Amsterdam's Johan Cruyff Arena this summer (June 11 to July 11).
Similar numbers are possible in Hampden Park in Glasgow.
England (London), Russia (St. Petersburg), Denmark (Copenhagen), Romania (Bucharest) and Italy (Rome) had already announced their willingness to have an audience performed.
The English are even hoping for a full Wembley stadium for the final.
Only Ireland with Dublin publicly announced that it could not yet give any guarantees.
The Irish association FAI announced that the situation will be monitored in an exchange with Uefa - Dublin may therefore be threatened with withdrawing European Championship games.
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Apparently, it is said, all hosts should have the opportunity to modify their concepts until April 28th.
There were initially no official statements from Hungary (Budapest) and Azerbaijan (Baku) - but neither country is considered restrictive when it comes to football matches.
For Alexander Fischer, Bayern fan club boss, the return of football fans to the stadiums is currently not at all justifiable due to the tense corona situation.
"In view of the current vaccination quota, I think it is absolutely insane if you would do that," said the spokesman for Club No. 12 - an umbrella association of fan clubs and active Bayern fans - in an interview with the "Süddeutsche Zeitung": "Sure the fans want to go back to the stadium - but only when it is responsible from a pandemic point of view.
Not earlier."