Football: Bundesliga to resume season

Bundesliga, the German top-flight professional football league, is scheduled to return after being suspended for almost 2 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As per an online report:

Fredi Bobic, Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director, told ESPN exclusively on Friday that at one stage, it looked like it was “50/50” over whether the league would return or be cancelled. But now the league is back, the players and staff know full well the scrutiny they are under.

“Everybody will watch the Bundesliga to see how the players are on the field and outside the field. Hopefully they will do it positively. A lot of our colleagues can participate in that — if everything works, the handbook, the plan, everything, we can give that to other federations and other sports.”

The Bundesliga is the first football league to resume play after being suspended.

Teams will play behind closed doors with respect to the situation, with about only 300 people inside stadiums at the maximum.

Bayern Munich still leads the 2020 season league table.