Fans' return to football stadiums 'not suitable' given virus trend: German minister

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Germany's health minister Jens Spahn said Monday he opposes the Bundesliga's plans for the partial return of football fans to stadiums next season ...

Bundesliga clubs hope there will not be empty stands when the league resumes in Germany on September 18 AFP/Tobias SCHWARZBERLIN: Germany's health minister Jens Spahn said Monday he opposes the Bundesliga's plans for the partial return of football fans to stadiums next season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

However, the proposal by the German Football League first needs approval by the government, and Spahn's comments dashed those hopes."The DFL concept is good in theory. However, in the pandemic, what is decisive is the practice in everyday life," Spahn added."In the current situation, spectators in the stands would send the wrong signal."

"We do not intend to pass a resolution on the DFL's hygiene concept," Kalayci told newspaper Berliner Morgenpost before the conference.The final nine rounds of league matches last season were all played behind closed doors. "Especially because before and after the game, no one can exclude and control large crowds of people and alcohol consumption.

"The danger of a mass infection would be real," chairperson Susanne Johna told the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung newspaper.

 

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