Bundesliga return in May now looks inevitable but fans are far from happy Andy Brassell
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Games could resume next month with just over 300 people in the ground and strict safety measures in place
The historic is about to become the everyday in Germany. As it stands, the derby between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Cologne – the last Bundesliga match played before the shutdown – is the only Geisterspiel (“ghost game”, without fans) ever to have taken place in the top flight. Whenelite German football resumes at some point in May, as now seems inevitable, this unique spectacle will become just the tip of an echoey iceberg.
The Bundesliga is set to become the first elite European league to restart following the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown, and the CEO of the German league (DFL), Christian Seifert, has said the league is ready to get going as soon as 9 May.. Though it seems the governing body’s preference was to begin a week or two later, they have made it clear they will be guided by “what the politicians decide.” Continue reading...
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