Germany has experienced an alarming rise in COVID infections in recent weeks, prompting the German government to take drastic measures and establish restrictions. One of them has been to keep the public out of football stadiums again, a shame for the show, but something necessary to combat the pandemic.
The German media suggest that the Bundesliga will be held behind closed doors until at least 2022. But these restrictions will also affect Champions League matches, where there will be no capacity in German stadiums either. This implies that the game that Barça will play at the Allianz Arena will be played without fans.
By playing as a visitor, and with the need for points that the Barça team has, this is great news for them. Bayern with qualification in hand and without an audience, it may be that they enter the game more relaxed and Barça can take advantage of it to scratch a victory that a priori seemed impossible.
“Football has an important role as an example. Right now we have to reduce contacts everywhere,” wrote Söder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria on Twitter. The move may be somewhat drastic, but it is necessary to slow the spread of a virus that still kills many people on a daily basis.
The match between Bayern and Barça will be held on December 8 at 9:00 p.m. For football fans it will be a shame not to be able to enjoy a packed Allianz Arena on a Champions League night, although Barça fans will prefer this situation if it means that it favors the team. Xavi is introducing some changes but the team still has many shortcomings that they have to solve if they want to beat a team like Bayern Munich. For the sake of football, let’s hope that Barça goes through the rounds and we can see how Xavi’s work evolves.
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