A week before the DFB Cup game between Hamburg club Teutonia Ottensen and RB Leipzig in Dessau’s Paul-Greifzu-Stadion, unknown persons attacked the pitch. It is now unclear whether the game can be played. “You can’t play the way it looks now,” says Benjamin Völker from Dessau’s sports promotion department.
on An attack has been made on the lawn of the Paul-Greifzu Stadium in Dessau. The police and the German Football Association (DFB) have confirmed this to the MDR. Apparently, unknown persons have applied a substance to the lawn that has severely affected it. The BILD reported about it first.
DFB: “Working flat out on a solution”
According to by Benjamin Völker from the Sports Department of the City of Dessau, “You can’t play the way it looks now.” the head of the department told the MDR: “It’s dead grass that doesn’t grow back that quickly. We’re looking for a solution with everyone involved. There may be solutions and ways.”
DFB spokesman Tobias Wolf said: “We are working hard with everyone involved to find a solution. We are examining all options.”
Brown areas on the lawn
The battered turf can be clearly seen in photos from the Paul-Greifzu-Stadion in Dessau, especially in the area of the kick-off circle and in both penalty areas. Large brown areas can be seen there on the otherwise green playing field. In order to It is currently unclear whether the football cup match in Dessau between the Hamburg club Teutonia Ottensen and RB Leipzig can be held in Dessau on August 30th.
Hamburg clubs do not want to give up places for the game against RB
Of the Regional league club Teutonia Ottensen wanted the DFB Cup home game against the defending champion Leipzig in Dessau, 375 kilometers away, because their own stadium has artificial turf not the regulations of the German Football Association (DFB) is equivalent to. However, FC St. Pauli and Hamburger SV did not want to make their stadium available for a game against RB Leipzig. The DFB rules do not provide for an exchange of home law. Therefore, a move to the Leipzig Red Bull Arena is out of the question. Like all other games, the first round game could not be played around the last weekend in July because RB had received the German champions Bayern Munich there in the Supercup final. The game ended 3:5.
RB Leipzig is criticized by many football fans because they see the club as just a marketing product.
DFB Cup comes to Dessau
On August 23rd, from 3 p.m., the DFB Cup will be on display in Dessau near the peace bell next to the town hall. The mascot of the defending champion, the bull “Bulli”, should also be there.
ZDF broadcasts the game
The presale for the game in Dessau has been running since the beginning of August and has led to the start of long queues at the ticket counter. More than 7,000 tickets were already sold within a few days. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The encounter, if it takes place, but also broadcast on ZDF will.
dpa, MDR (Martin Naß, Fabian Brenner, André Plaul, Dirk Hofmeister)
