2nd league
Hamburg (dpa) – The German Football League has canceled the game of the 2nd Bundesliga between Hamburger SV and FC Erzgebirge Aue at short notice.
As the DFL announced late Friday evening, HSV did not have enough players available after another Corona case. The game planned for this Saturday (1.30 p.m.) is therefore cancelled. A new game date should be announced as soon as possible, according to the DFL.
After a corona outbreak on Thursday, Hamburg had applied to the DFL for the game to be canceled because, according to the club, “a large part of the squad and staff was infected with the corona virus”.
Because the DFL had not made a decision for a long time, HSV and Aue had prepared for the game. The Hamburgers completed a training session with 13 field players, two young talents and four goalkeepers. In addition to the well-known Corona case Moritz Heyer, the regular players Sebastian Schonlau, Sonny Kittel, Faride Alidou and David Kinsombi were missing from this unit. “In order to be prepared for all eventualities, we are preparing for the home game against Aue,” said the Hamburgers via Twitter.
The penultimate table from Aue made his way to Hamburg on Friday afternoon because the club 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 when asked by the dpa.
According to the DFL rules of play, a team must have at least 16 eligible players for a game to take place. These 16 players must include at least nine licensed players – including a goalkeeper. Suspended players like Hamburg’s Jonas Meffert are counted among the players who are available although they are not allowed to be used.