German Chancellor Merkel Gives Go-Ahead For Bundesliga To Restart May 15
Bundesliga team FC Bayern Munich, at the team training ground in Munich, southern Germany, on April 6, 2020. Bayern Munich’s players resume training sessions in small groups amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Christof STACHE / AFPThe Bundesliga will resume on May 15, the German league confirmed Wednesday, after Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders gave the green light to restart behind closed doors following weeks of shutdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Bayern Munich and Germany captain Manuel Neuer said the players now had an “enormous responsibility” to be role models and follow the hygiene guidelines. Bayern Munich, seeking their eighth consecutive Geman title, were four points clear at the top of the table when play was halted in mid-March. “We are very pleased that people in Germany have behaved so magnificently that the spread of the pandemic has at least been contained,” said Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke.
The league has long urged restarting play, which it says is vital for a sector that employs 56,000 people in Germany.
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