It has come from South Africa, but it has already effected Europe big time: New Covid mutation Omicron is causing huge fear in the eyes of European politicians, and after travel and tourism, it will hit sports again. Currently, Germany is the country which is the most effected by it, as they already have a huge number of infected people from the Delta variant, and Omicron has already entered the country. The state of Bavaria is particularly cautious, and measures are taking places this week, and one of them is bad for football, but good one for Barcelona: on Thursday, it will be decided that stadiums, Bayern’s included, will be closed for public until the end of the year. And if you remember, Xavi’s Barcelona will travel to Munich in the last round of the Champions League group phase looking for a win. It will be easier without fans at the stadium.Chaos, boos and protests: Bayern’s General assembly exploded over Qatar AirwaysA decision should be made on Thursday, when the federal-state summit will take place. One of the questions of this meeting will be whether the Bundesliga will play in front of empty stadiums until the end of the year. So far, there is no decision on the national level, so for example, the famous Rhine derby between Cologne and Borussia Monchengladbach was played on Saturday in front of 50.000 spectators, while Leipzig played without fans on Sunday, because the state of Saxony had a huge number of Covid positive cases. But Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soder doesn’t want to rely on a possible dissonant voices on Thursday’s meeting and has already made his own decision. „It makes no sense in the foreseeable future to admit viewers again. It’s an important demand that we decide today that we will no longer admit viewers in the future. If that doesn’t work at the federal level, we would do it for Bavaria alone“ said Soder. Scuffle in the tunnel and police intervention after the Villareal-Barca matchThat means: In the Munich Arena there will be no fans for the remaining home games against FC Barcelona (December 8th, Champions League), Mainz 05 (December 11th, 15th Bundesliga matchday) and against VfL Wolfsburg (December 17th, 17th matchday). And don’t forget, Barcelona has to win in Munich in order to advance to knockout stage of the Champions League and they need all the help they could get. An empty stadium will surely help, but will it be enough?
