Start of the Bundesliga
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Indoor hockey doesn’t work without a spectator
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The stadium hall during a Bundesliga hockey game in Neuss before the corona pandemic. Anyone who wants to witness the comeback of black and white in the German House of Lords on Sunday must be vaccinated or tested.
Photo: Woitschützke, Andreas (woi)
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Neuss Under 2G conditions, the hockey Bundesliga starts its season under one roof at the weekend. Only those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered are allowed on the stands in the stadium hall. HTC SW Neuss is all about staying in class.
On Saturday, a little more than a year and ten months after the promotion to the Bundesliga with a 4: 3 win in Bonn, the HTC SW Neuss is in the hall on Lehnerstrasse as a guest of the HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim (4 p.m.) ) his comeback in the upper house of the German hockey elite. The next day, the champion Rot-Weiss Köln will come to the stadium hall on Jahnstrasse (6 p.m.).
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“And the boys are all up for it,” says coach Matthias Gräber. If only there weren’t the worries and uncertainties that returned with the fourth corona wave. Anyone older than twelve years (according to the new Corona Protection Ordinance, children and adolescents up to their 16th birthday) is only allowed into the hall in Mülheim if he or she has been vaccinated or has recovered. In addition, the mask requirement applies in the entire hall (including on the seat) and tickets can only be purchased online. Rules that apply similarly on Sunday in Neuss, only tickets are still available at the box office. Even the most sophisticated hygiene concept cannot take away the fear of getting infected anyway. As far as the further course of the season is concerned, Gräber is therefore skeptical: “We have been lucky so far – not a single Corona case in months, dead, toi, toi! All are vaccinated. But we should enjoy it as long as we can … “
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