Bavaria announces “resistance” if UEFA wants full stadiums at Euro

The Prime Minister of Bavaria, conservative Markus Söder, expressed his skepticism on Wednesday about the possibility that Munich must host the Eurocup matches with a large audience in the stadium and announced “resistance” in case UEFA so dictates.

“Sincerely, right now I can't imagine having to maneuver with a large crowd“, indicated Söder, in declarations to the private chain RTL-ntv.

The Bayern Munich stadium will host three games of the group stage of the German team -Against France, Portugal and Hungary-, in addition to one of the quarterfinals.

In the event that UEFA requires that they be played with a large number of attendees, “will face strong resistance from the German government”Söder noted.

Söder has continued until now a line of maximum caution against the coronavirus and in Bavaria they have been rigorously applied the restrictions imposed on public life to stop contagion.

Since November Restaurants, leisure and culture are closed throughout Germany, a situation to which non-essential commerce was added in December. There is no roadmap for de-escalation of these restrictions.

Until now, 12.7% of the German population have received the first dose of the vaccine, while 5.5% of citizens also received the second.

The accumulated weekly incidence is 124 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. From the 100 cases, it is considered that special measures should be activated to stop the spread of COVID-19.