Weird World: Football team lose 37-0 due to social distancing restrictions

An amateur German football team lost a match 37-0 after socially distancing from their opponents.

SG Ripdorf/Molzen II was only able to field seven players because they didn’t feel it was safe after another team had a player who tested positive for coronavirus.

The team would have been fined £180 if they had forfeited the game, so they decided to go ahead with the game – in spite of the drubbing.

Ripdorf co-chairman Patrick Ristow told ESPN: “We are thankful those seven players volunteered, otherwise the club would have faced a 200 euros fine for abandoning the match.

“That’s a lot of money for us, especially amid the pandemic.”