Munich (dpa) – 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”.
Despite the many Corona cases, the game takes place at FC Bayern because, according to the rules of the German Football League, 16 players ready to play are enough for the kick-off. However, injuries are also included in this number, including currently national player Leon Goretzka. The DFL literally writes: “Suspended players or players with” typical sports “injuries are therefore considered” available “within the meaning 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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