The corona virus continues to cause chaos in German football. A game in the 3rd division was canceled at short notice this afternoon. The visiting team had fewer than 16 players available.
The third division game between Halleschen FC and Viktoria Berlin (7 p.m.) was actually supposed to kick off tonight. But nothing will come of it. Three hours before kick-off, the duel between the table-15. and the 12th will be cancelled.
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The reason: Viktoria Berlin’s coach Benedetto Muzzicato does not have 16 players available. Large parts of the team have had to be in quarantine since Tuesday.
Viktoria already weakened in Kaiserslautern
Already in the away game in Kaiserslautern (0:2) the capital city entered badly weakened. The DFB has not yet announced a catch-up date. It is also still unclear whether Viktoria can play the home game against FSV Zwickau on Saturday (2 p.m.).
The third division promoted Viktoria Berlin has played a solid season so far, the gap to the first relegation zone is five points. In order to position itself even better than in the first half of the season, the club announced the loan of Franck Evina on Monday. Evina was loaned out by the second division club Hannover 96 until the end of the season.