The president of a German club calls for the cessation of football activity due to the epidemic, and the association responds

Today, Wednesday, the German Football Association rejected the call of the president of a second-tier club to stop the “Bundesliga” and the second division matches until the end of the year due to the high number of people infected with the emerging Corona virus.

And the German League stated in a tweet that the position agreed upon by the 36 clubs since the beginning of the epidemic, has always been the basis for acting on the basis of federal regulations. Therefore, a nationwide self-imposed shutdown in the form of a seasonal shutdown is not a problem.

” Helge Leonhardt, president of Erzberg Oh, told MDR and Bild newspaper on Tuesday evening that football officials should act and pause for several Weeks..

Leonhardt told the newspaper: "We want to close football until the end of December. The next four weeks will be very difficult for our country, and there will be a crucial test for us. There will be a need for smart and organized work, not chaotic work.

” Leonhardt told MDR:I trust virologists and doctors, and when they say we are facing exciting weeks, the footballers of the club should not go to Bremen to play in front of 20,000 spectators."

"We must make protecting people a priority, and set an example. I made this call to the integrity of the German League, regardless of whether it will be listened to or not."

Five rounds are left in the first and second division in Germany until the end of 2021, and Leonhardt said that those rounds can be held in the middle of the weeks early next year.

Many clubs, starting from Bayern Munich, the German champion, to Magdeburg, the third-tier competitor, are missing players who were infected with the Corona virus, or they had to isolate themselves because they had contact with other infected people.

Leonhardt also spoke of distorting the competition because matches should be played without an audience in Saxony, while small numbers of fans are allowed in other states, according to strict rules, or even the stadiums are allowed to be filled with fans.

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