Bundesliga: Several games threaten to be canceled due to Corona

The Corona numbers, which are again increasing sharply, are also posing ever greater challenges for professional football. After FSV Mainz 05 applied to the German Football League to postpone the game in the Bundesliga at FC Augsburg, second division team Hamburger SV followed suit on Thursday. While the game in the upper house had already been postponed by the DFL, the Hamburgers were still waiting for an answer on Friday afternoon.

HSV: Game against Aue is on the brink

After a corona outbreak in the team, the north Germans want to postpone the home game against FC Erzgebirge Aue scheduled for Saturday. “Unfortunately, we would not be able to play in the current situation and have canceled the training sessions scheduled for today,” said HSV sports director Jonas Boldt. The suspected corona cases were confirmed after tests. “A large part of the squad and staff has contracted the corona virus,” said HSV, without naming the exact number of sick people.

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One day after the announcement, the second division team completed a training session with 13 field players and four goalkeepers on Friday afternoon. Of the 13 healthy outfield players, Jonas Meffert would not be available on Saturday due to a yellow card suspension. “In order to be prepared for all eventualities, we are preparing for the home game against Aue,” said the Hamburgers via Twitter. The opposing team from Aue made their way to Hamburg on Friday afternoon because they didn’t want to wait any longer for a decision from the DFL. “If the game is not canceled, we assume that the game will be played. We can’t just leave for Hamburg at 5 p.m.,” said the Saxons.

League competitor Fortuna Düsseldorf became more specific and already reported 14 infected professionals, head coach Daniel Thioune is also affected. It is unclear whether the Düsseldorf team can compete in Paderborn on Saturday (1.30 p.m.). The club is now in exchange with the DFL for this reason, it said. The remaining healthy players complete their training sessions.

Several Bundesliga teams affected

More and more clubs are concerned about corona failures. An unspecified number of suspected cases is making SC Freiburg’s planning for Saturday’s game against VfL Wolfsburg more difficult. 1. FC Union Berlin has to do without a quartet against VfB Stuttgart after further cases. After goalkeeper Andreas Luthe and striker Kevin Behrens, the iron players are missing midfielders Levin Öztunali and Genki Haraguchi, who also tested positive for the virus. VfL Bochum has to do without a total of four professionals due to the corona. As the Bundesliga soccer team announced on Friday, Michael Esser and Danilo Soares also tested positive for the virus. Maxim Leitsch and Luis Hartwig are therefore not available for Sunday’s game at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Borussia Mönchengladbach is missing the important league game on Saturday against Hertha BSC, of ​​all coach Adi Hütter. The Austrian is in quarantine after a positive corona test. In Frank Geideck, another of Hütter’s assistants has been in isolation since Tuesday. Interim coach Mike Büskens is also absent from FC Schalke 04 in his first game in his new role. Because of his infection, he was only able to follow the first practice sessions of the second division team from his home office. Schalke sports director Rouven Schröder has also become infected and, like Büskens, will not be there for the game on Sunday in Ingolstadt.

BVB game faces cancellation again

Beriets for the second time in a row could get Borussia Dortmund. According to media information, the corona problems at Arminia are growing before the duel with Bielefeld. After positive tests in the trainer and functional team, a number of professionals are said to have tested positive for the virus. The club has not yet confirmed this ahead of the game. The press conference originally scheduled for Friday was postponed to Saturday at short notice.

Whether the duel between Arminia and the second in the Bundesliga from Dortmund is threatened with a transfer remains open for the time being. The club only wants to comment on this at the press conference on Saturday morning. According to the requirements of the German Football League, a club can submit an application if fewer than 16 professionals are available. BVB was already affected on the previous matchday when the game in Mainz had to be postponed due to the corona.

Augsburg vs Mainz canceled

The Bundesliga game planned for Saturday between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz 05 is now finally being postponed due to the Corona outbreak at Rheinhessen. This was announced by the German Football League on Thursday evening. The match will be postponed “because 1. FSV Mainz 05 still does not have the minimum number of players required by the DFL rules of the game due to positive corona findings,” it said. A new game date should be announced as soon as possible. The Mainz game against BVB was canceled last week and postponed to next Wednesday.

According to the DFL rules of the game, an application for a transfer can be granted if fewer than 16 players are available. Among them must be at least nine licensed players and among them one goalkeeper. Injured or banned actors count as available and not in the absences.