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Belarusian Soccer Team Replaces Real Fans With Mannequins

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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via Twitter (Dynamo Brest)

Belarus seems to have COVID-19 figured out.

The president there, Alexander Lukashenko, says you only need to drink vodka and visit the sauna twice a week to combat Coronavirus. The country is not in lockdown and sports continue without fans.

As such, soccer team Dynamo Brest is tackling the atmosphere problem by putting mannequins in the stands, dressing them with jerseys, and then adding cutout images for heads:

Seems goofy but it’s actually a great idea, as ESPN explains:

The club found a creative solution to the lack of in-stadium support by inviting fans from around the world to buy virtual tickets online. In return, the fans’ photos were pasted onto the top half of a fashion dummy sitting inside the stadium, and the fans themselves receive a matchday magazine sent to their home address.

The money raised will be donated toward fighting the pandemic.

Philly teams should do this when play returns. I will pay $100 to sit behind home plate at Citizens Bank Park. Tape my face to a mannequin and give me a Mike Lieberthal shirsey. All of the money collected can go to Philabundance.

Fantastic idea by FC Dynamo Brest.

(Belarus is a country in Europe)

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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