Cancellation of Neugersdorf: red

The Oberliga catch-up game scheduled for Saturday between red-white Erfurt and the FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf was canceled. Reason is after presentation of the Neugersdorfer, that several Corona cases had occurred among guests. Leftover is a hull cabader of ten men. However, since all members of the Neugensdorfer team and their function team had contacted each other during the week in training, other positive cases could not be excluded.

The competent Northeast German Football Association (NOFV) demanded, after presenting the FCO, that the game is held and Neugersdorf should fill his squad with A-teenagers. This refused the Oberlausitzer with the indication that the A-youth would have a dot game in the regional league itself on Sunday. The Nofv then posted this A-youth game, the team council of the Oberliga footballers rejected still to compete in Erfurt. As a reason, the FCO writes in a message: "The team council rejected it unanimously to provide themselves available under these conditions for the game participation for reasons with regard to their own health and also to protect the opposing team players. Everyone still had on Wednesday In training direct contact with the now positively tested players, so that the uncertainty itself is affected, just too big. " Thus, the Board of Directors see "no handle to influence the self-responsible personal decision of the players elsewhere. That's why we will not compete in Erfurt under these circumstances."

The amateur behavior of our opponent will certainly cost us a further five-digit amount in addition to the coronary financial damages.

Franz Gerber, sport director of red-white Erfurt

In Erfurt you took note of the Erbost. Sports director and investor Franz Gerber: "This news is a shock and another neck strike for the FC red-white Erfurt in this heavy time." Gerber explains why this cancellation is problematic for RWE: "We now have to give calls with our numerous service providers to avert more economic damage. The amateur behavior of our opponent will certainly cost us a further five-digit amount in addition to the coronabed financial damages." After all, the ticket sales ran and also all other preparations for a home game before 1000 spectators - more are not allowed due to the currently applicable restrictions - in full swing. Thus, for Erfurt loud gerber clear: "We will not accept that and we defend." In a notification, RWE announces legal action against "this amateur-like behavior", because "the justification of the guest club is by no means acceptable for us".

Now the Nofv is needed to decide on the rating of the game. In a similar case in Baden-Württemberg, the game tagged in November was evaluated against the sports lovers village features as a 3-0 victory for the Stuttgart Oberlausitz Neugersdorfs.