Is the game against BVB canceled?
19 cases: massive corona outbreak near Mainz 05
3/3/2022 6:53 p.m
Public training has been cancelled, the effects on the 25th matchday of the Bundesliga are still open. But: FSV Mainz 05 reports 19 cases of corona in the professional squad, in the coaching staff and in the support team.
Bundesliga soccer club FSV Mainz 05 is struggling with a massive corona outbreak immediately before the 25th matchday. 19 members of the fully immunized license player area, consisting of professionals, coaches and staff, have tested positive and have gone into isolation, the club announced. The home game against Borussia Dortmund is scheduled for next Sunday (3.30 p.m. / DAZN and in the live ticker on ntv.de).
For the time being, the public training for the professionals planned for this afternoon has been cancelled, and the players who tested negative completed individual training instead. The club is now in close contact with the Mainz health department and the German Football League (DFL) regarding how to proceed.
BVB was also informed immediately “by the DFL and the club”, said Sebastian Kehl, head of the license player department at Dortmund: “We will continue to prepare professionally for the match. As of now, we assume that the game will take place on can take place next Sunday.” According to the DFL rules of the game, a club can only apply for a match to be dismissed under the current regulations if fewer than 16 players (including amateurs who are eligible to play) are available.
The short-term corona problem is not a new situation for Mainz: Immediately before the start of the season, the club had to complain about eleven infections in the ranks of the professionals last August. The game against runners-up RB Leipzig, also on the following Sunday, took place anyway – and Mainz won 1-0.