Monchengladbach – The Monchengladbach fan project has started producing cardboard figures for other Borussia ghost games in the Bundesliga. Printing started with well over 1000 first figures.
“The demand was very quick,” said co-initiator Ingo Muller of the German Press Agency. Interested fans can order cardboard figures to be printed with a photo of themselves. The cardboard mates are then installed in the otherwise empty stadium and are intended to reduce the sadness in games without spectators.
The costs for this amount to 19 euros, a profit should not be achieved. “We hope that we can at least build a small backdrop for the players,” said Muller.
The idea for the project came after the first ghost game in the Bundesliga at the beginning of March between Borussia and 1. FC Koln (2-1). “Such an empty stadium is hardly visually bearable,” said Muller.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, no Bundesliga games have taken place since the Rheinderby. From May onwards the season should continue without spectators. The first printed cardboard figures are to be distributed in Borussia Park in the middle of this week.
