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This weekend we saw another return to Bundesliga Soccer. Soccer cannot control a pandemic. Apparently nothing can, not even Dr. Fauci, who they called "the Fauch" when he was a high school stud... The Bundesliga has been wary, but has been providing the framework for some sort of return. Last weekend's first matchday came and went without any major fallout and viewing figures across the world showed that many people had been longing for live sport. It could be that the contagion window of 14 days passes without major outbreaks among the German League's stars, we all hope for that. Time will tell, and perhaps other leagues may come back, following the lead of the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga's CEO Christian Seifert admitted on Friday that "normal" Soccer would only return once fans are back in stadiums and protesting against the authorities. He told the Suddeutsche Zeitung: "That's somehow also part of our Soccer culture." At Monchengladbach on Sunday, where some 13,000 cardboard cutouts of fans were placed on the seats, a banner read: "Silent faces, cardboard reminders: Soccer without fans is nothing! For Borussia, against games behind closed doors!" Fans will not return before September. Ahead of Der Klassiker (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) on Tuesday, matchday 27 of the Bundesliga season was about Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund maintaining momentum as Germany's top flight played a second weekend of games. Seven-time defending champions Bayern began the day four points ahead of their great rivals and that is the way things stayed after both clubs won, although the leaders were forced to work harder than they might have expected, while Dortmund possibly lost a key defender in their victory. In the end, it was a procession for Bayern Munich as they dispatched Eintracht Frankfurt 5-2, but a shaky five-minute spell early in the second half will serve as a valuable lesson against complacency for Hansi Flick's men, with Dortmund lying in wait. On tap today, the Bundesliga offers Schalke vs. Augsburg, Koln vs. Dusseldorf, and Mainz vs. Leipzig. The "weekend" will wrap up with the above mention Der Klassiker on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CET, along with three other games. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/246386373.1034931.1590325843391%40mail.yahoo.com.
