The impact of the coronavirus epidemic is astonishing. The German Football Championship resumed on Saturday, but as gatherings of people are forbidden, matches are being held behind closed doors.
In order to avoid sadly empty stands, the FPMG fan club imagined cardboard spectators. The club, which supports Borussia VfL Mönchengladbach, is offering, for 19 euros, to have the life-size busts printed and installed on cardboard fan boxes.
The idea was implemented for the first time during the match played last Saturday at Borussia Park. Following the success of the operation, the supporters' club invested more and more grandstands and ended up filling 13,000 seats (for a stadium with a capacity of 54,000 people).
Many fans proudly wear their team's colours, and others have taken the opportunity to express their displeasure with the closed-door system, appearing with masked signs in their hands saying "Ghost Game, est?!".
Although Mönchengladbach lost 1-3 to Leverkusen, it may be an idea to dig up...
