there are a lot of forces at stake here, basically Merkel isn't really down with deconfining this quick (in general, sports is a small potato) but is under a lot of pressure from regional leaders, who have a lot of power in Germany, so she's letting them make this decision, and hinting that it's on them if there's a relapse.

Real talk tho, I'll take any live futbol. Throw me some Fortuna Dusseldorf v SC Paderborn and I'll watch that shit like it's WC '86