Bierhoff, the leader of the German national team, said at the video conference of the German Football Association on the same day: I am very happy to see the whole team make such an emergency aid decision.
Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, March 18 (Reporter Liu Wei) the German men’s football team announced on the 18th that it would donate 2.5 million euros to fight against the new Crown pneumonia epidemic. Meanwhile, the German Football Association indicated its intention to cut spending to deal with the crisis.
The German men’s football team said in a public statement on the 18th: “We have encountered challenges that we have never had before. We hope that every good deed can help people.” The international players, such as Neuer, Kimich, Walder Schmidt, and Kinte, voice their support on their respective social media accounts. “As the national team, we hope to do our part. In this difficult time, we must stand together and set an example.” Jin Te said.
Bierhoff, the leader of the German national team, said at the video conference of the German Football Association on the same day: “I am very happy to see the whole team make such an emergency aid decision. We hope to release signals to the society, to unite, to support and assist each other. In all fields of society, everyone must behave as consistently as a team.”
Germany originally planned to play the warm-up match in the European Championship with Italy and Spain this month. As the European Championship was postponed until next year, the warm-up match also stopped accordingly.
The head coach of Germany, Loew, believes that it is the right decision to postpone the European Championship. “I don’t know how the German national team and league matches cope with the next changes. We are paying attention to the development of the epidemic every day. Of course, it is best to resume the game as soon as possible, but of course, the premise is to ensure everyone’s health.”
The current state of full shutdown of German football has caused many small and medium-sized clubs and low-level league teams to fall into a survival crisis due to the sharp drop in income. Some athletes will face salary cuts and shrinking transfer fees.
Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Association, said that in the future, the German national team competition may be conducted in the form of “ghost match” without live audience, and the German Football Association has to face the situation of reducing expenses. “Before I asked, Loff and Bierhoff told me that they were thinking about self-salary reduction.”