Bundesliga to resume in May

With ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the CEO of the Bundesliga ,Christian Seifert, has announced that play will resume in Germany’s top two divisions in the beginning of May.

 Practice has already commenced this week in accordance with local health ordinances about distancing amid this outbreak, and apparently Mr. Seifert has liked what he’s seen enough to set a tentative return date. Bayern Munich, for example, have been training in groups of four players for a few days now.

While play will return in all 36 stadiums, the spectators will not. These so called “ghost games” will be a major departure for Bundesliga fans at home and abroad as the game day atmosphere is a major selling point of the league and is so strong that it permeates through the screens for those of us watching thousands of miles away. For now, the 9 remaining games will be scheduled to finish at around the end of June, so a full season is looking like a real possibility.