On March 11, Liverpool and Atlético Madrid played for the Champions League. Finally, the Spaniards won the game in front of 52,000 people and Liverpool were eliminated. The game could have had more devastating consequences than the team’s departure.
3000 fans came from Spain – and probably also brought the corona virus with them, as reported by the “Sunday Times”. According to a study by data analysis company Edge Health, 41 in the UK can be attributed to the Champions League game. 25 to 35 days after the game, football fans died in the hospitals in and around Liverpool.
The game was the last major football game to take place in the UK before general corona restrictions were imposed. 640,000 people were already ill in Spain and 100,000 in the UK.
Investigation initiated
Steve Rotheram, Mayor in the Liverpool city area, had requested an investigation in April, why the game could even take place in front of stadium spectators. It is “scandalous” if people were infected during a sporting event, he is quoted by the broadcaster “BBC”.
Another Corona cooker was the game between Atalanta Bergamo and Valencia CF in front of packed stadium ranks on February 19. A little later, the virus spread rapidly in Lombardy. The Italian region, with its capital city of Milan, became the worst-hit region in Italy by the pandemic.
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