The opening match of the second half of the season between FC Bayern and Gladbach was on the brink for a long time. In the end, Munich had to play. Bavaria’s Thomas Müller found clear words for this decision.
Bayern Munich’s CEO Oliver Kahn has called for a revision of the game rules in view of the corona situation at the German record champions. “I’ve already experienced a lot in football, but that’s also an absolute novelty for me that eleven of our regular players are now absent,” said Kahn on the Friday evening before Bayern’s opening game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the DAZN streaming service. He could only “suggest, when everything has calmed down a bit, to look again at the regulations and to revise them”.
Thomas Müller also had a clear opinion about the game schedule despite numerous Corona failures. “Political, too political”, the DFB national player called the decision of the DFL at DAZN. When asked whether it was fair to really whistle the game, the 32-year-old replied: “I would rather doubt it. Does the league have to know what it is doing.”
“From a time when there was no Corona”
The game that Munich lost 2-1 in the end (here go to the match report) took place despite the many corona cases at FC Bayern, because according to the rules of the German Football League, 16 ready-to-play players are enough for the kick-off. However, injuries are also included in this number, including currently national player Leon Goretzka. The DFL literally writes: “Banned players or players with ‘typical sport’ injuries are therefore considered ‘available’ in the sense of the statutes.”
Kahn said: “There are regulations from the DFL, and these regulations, we accept them, we accept them for today. I just believe that the regulations were made at a time when Corona did not yet exist has.”
For him it is “not really understandable” that players “who are sometimes injured in the long term are considered fit for action,” said Kahn. “You should think about it.” The team was “nonetheless” prepared. “And of course we’re hot for this game,” said Kahn.
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