Freiburg (AP) – Helen Breit, as spokeswoman for the fan alliance “Our curve”, sees the partial admission of spectators in the football stadiums as a challenge and an opportunity at the same time. “If the associations are really serious about their self-criticism and actually initiate a structural and value change in football, then we may all go back to the football stadium with a smile on our faces because we can then say: We have the break optimally used. But maybe that’s utopia, “said the 33-year-old from Freiburg to the German Press Agency.
The general assembly of the German Football League (DFL) votes on Tuesday on uniform measures for a restricted return of supporters in the 1st and 2nd league. It is planned, for example, that there will be no tickets for guest fans until the end of the year. “Our curve” and the ultra-organization “Pro Fans” have spoken out against this plan.
“I think the longer it goes on that we cannot all go to the stadium together, the more we are challenged to organize this social cohesion differently,” said Breit, referring to the consequences of the corona epidemic for the diverse active fan work. The partial admission of spectators will “have another major influence” in professional football in the next few months.
As a board member of “Our Curve” and an educationalist, Breit sees a possible loss of interest for fans in football. “Groups have already said: They will go to the stadium in the usual way – or not at all. On the list of priorities for some people number one was: going to football matches. Of course, that is falling further. It remains to be seen how many People then come back and say: That is still in number one to three. Or how many have it slipped to number five to six. “
The Corona time could also have a strengthening effect, “because we – precisely because we are not in the stadium – are so focused on fan and club politics.” “Our curve” represents broadly in the AG Fan Cultures of the DFL and the German Football Association (DFB).
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