Kickers Offenbach: How will the regional league continue in the partial...

Update from Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 8.30 p.m .: According to the resolutions of the federal and state governments, starting November 2nd Profisportveranstaltungen continue to take place without spectators, Amateursportbetrieb in all public and private sports facilities, however, is prohibited. In the German regional leagues, the rule creates uncertainty: Here professional against amateur clubs.

Regionalliga Südwest: Management asks for clarification of the Corona rules

How things will continue in the league from matchday 13 has not yet been decided. According to information from the management, the continuation depends on the Approvals from the responsible federal states. The Regionalliga Südwest asked the responsible federal states what the future of the league should look like in the November lockdown. Teams from five federal states play in the Regionalliga Südwest.

The gaming committee and the shareholders’ meeting of the Regionalliga Südwest GbR have decided that the 12th matchday will be carried out next weekend, taking into account the respective official requirements. That explained the management of the Regionalliga southwest in the evening in a press release.

Regionalliga Südwest: Is it possible to play in partial lockdown?

First report from October 29th, 2020: Offenbach – Where does professionalism begin, where do the amateurs end? A question that is currently in the Regional football leagues imposes; Football classes in which professional and amateur teams play. After the political decisions on Wednesday, there was still lively guesswork among the clubs yesterday as to how things will proceed. Especially in the southwest season with teams from five different federal states, which are subject to different arrangements and classifications.

The good news first: At least on this match day, the ball will still roll. “We can say with certainty, everything else is currently difficult,” shared the Regionalliga southwest on Thursday morning (29.10.2020) with.

“I assume that Saturday will be our last game. I’m even afraid for the rest of the year. That would mean that we would have 32 games from January ”, said Michael Görner, President of the FSV Frankfurt, the “Bild-Zeitung”. Andreas Trageser, chairman of FC Bayern Alzenau, agreed with this assessment: “I am assuming that after the game on the weekend in Freiburg we won’t play another game this year. After this Lockdown We still have three games to play in 2020, but we are not allowed to train and then we might meet teams that are in the juice. That would be a competitive disadvantage. We are like everyone else Amateurs at the limit of resilience. “

“The top amateur league” – guesswork about game operations in lockdown

Trageser also compares the relationships with local rivals Kickers Offenbach. “The kickers get up in the morning, after breakfast they only deal with Soccer and go to bed with football in the evenings. “He thinks:” The Regionalliga is the top amateur league. “

And the OFC? “We would like to continue playing after the game against Schott Mainz, taking into account the current conditions. We are professionals, this is our job. It would be very hard for me not to be allowed to play. But since many opponents are amateurs and have a clear competitive disadvantage, it is difficult to reconcile ”, said coach Angelo Barletta on Thursday afternoon. He was previously a trainer in Alzenau for several years.

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Barletta added with a view to opponents like Elversberg or Ulm: “In this league ten clubs work under professional conditions. Maybe you have to create new structures so that the professional clubs stay among themselves. There are certainly ways and means not to have to shut down completely. “

When asked whether he could be more specific in view of these statements, he replied OFC-Trainer. “I know exactly how Schott Mainz plays, but not exactly how we can manage the league.” The regional league wants uniform rules for all clubs and refers to the ministries of the federal states. (app / cd / jp)