The upcoming ‘partial lockdown’ will also hit professional football hard. As part of that, spectators will no longer be allowed to participate in sports competitions, the authorities said NOS and RTL News. According to political journalist Ron Fresen, the the Dutch squad has to play in an empty Kuip on Tuesday in the crucial World Cup qualifier with Norway.
As a result of the increasing corona infections, the outgoing cabinet is implementing a package of measures. The KNVB feared on Thursday that empty football stadiums would also be part of this and is now seeing that fear come true. Initially, the ‘partial lockdown’ will apply for three weeks. That means that the Eredivisie and Kitchen Champion Division have to do without spectators for at least three rounds. There is also a European round within that period.
More details; ‘lockdown’ 3 weeks; catering closed for 7 hours, no audience at sports competitions, e.g. the Dutch-Norway in empty stadium, 1.5 meters coming back, extension QR to amusement parks and zoos. And tomorrow decides about 2G
— Ron Fresen (@ronfresen) Nov 11, 2021
The KNVB hoped to be spared on Thursday. “We are waiting for the decision of the cabinet, but professional football has things in order,” the football association said The Telegraph. “We have a skilled and professional competition organization that always checks the corona admission ticket. Otherwise you simply won’t get in. We have fully cooperated in the field labs and then the pilots with corona test proof. This has given us knowledge and experience that we also have with other sectors. parts.”
It should become clear during a new press conference on Friday evening at 7 p.m. what the exact measures will be. The KNVB sold all available tickets for the duel with Norway, so that any measures would mean a bigger downer. Hundreds of matches have now been played with the public and not a single match has led to major corona infections. The figures from the RIVM and GGD also confirm this. Any restrictive measures for stadium visits will therefore have little effect on the contamination figures. have an effect because people visit each other at home to watch football without checks.”
Stadiums in the Eredivisie and the Kitchen Champion Division remained largely empty last season due to the corona pandemic. In mid-September of this year it was announced that stadiums could be completely filled again. Spectators must be able to present a vaccination certificate or a negative corona test at the stadium. The relaxation came into effect on September 25, making Willem II – PSV the first game in which the full occupancy rate could be used again. Until that time, stadiums were not allowed to be filled or only two-thirds full.
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