The ongoing corona crisis has not yet brought competitions to a halt in Europe. Roger Schmidt also does not think it necessary that club football should be stopped. The PSV coach is of the opinion that the international matches that are scheduled for November should be removed from the agenda by UEFA.

“If things continue like this and the situation worsens, we have to ask ourselves whether it really makes sense to let players travel to other countries and help spread the virus as possible,” Schmidt said in an interview with Football International. “Now that more and more people are getting infected, also within football clubs, I think playing international matches makes no sense.” However, the PSV coach also realizes that he has no influence on the decision-making in this regard. “I can’t decide this and I understand the importance of international football, but the health of the players is ultimately above all else.” The Dutch national team will play next month against Spain (November 11), Bosnia and Herzegovina (November 15) and Poland (November 18).

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Schmidt describes football in its total as a ‘very difficult decision’. “I think football is important for the people. They can hardly go anywhere, cannot go to a restaurant or do anything else. What is still possible is sitting at home and watching football”, the German coach emphasizes the importance of football. “So football has an important task, but of course we have to constantly review everything. We have to wait and see how the numbers are going and on that basis new decisions have to be taken. At the moment I think it is still correct by play, but if it gets worse, we may have to reconsider. “

PSV is currently seriously affected by the corona virus. Nine players have been infected, namely Eran Zahavi, Jordan Teze, Nick Viergever, Denzel Dumfries, Pablo Rosario, Timo Baumgartl, Cody Gakpo, Joël Piroe and Maxime Delanghe. Due to the recent contamination, Zahavi and Teze were not admitted by the authorities in Cyprus on Wednesday. PSV faces Omonia Nicosia in the group stage of the Europa League on Thursday evening.