The return of the German football jeopardizes as two Dresden players came out positive from the coronavirus test.
Both of Germany’s top leagues Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 were planning their return on the field after German Chancellor approved the idea, but the second-tier match between Hannover 96 and Dynamo Dresden that was set for 17 May wouldn’t be happening because two of the players from Dynamo are tested positive for the virus.
According to the official website of Dresden, both of them don’t seem to have any kind of symptoms, but the whole squad – including supporting and coaching staff – is thinking to go for 2-weeks of quarantine period at home. The club restarted its training last Thursday.
Dresden falls at last spot in the division, whereas Hannover has a chance to promote outside of the Bundesliga.
Bundesliga is going to be the first significant football league and most popular sport in the world to revive again after the worldwide COVID-19 epidemic halted any kinds of games for two straight months.
A large scale testing would conduct for all the players, team photos and handshakes will be banned, and the football will be disinfected thoroughly before starting the play. These and many other safety precautions would take place upon the restart. Find the career life of Bastian Oczipka from Schalke 04 here.
According to the World Health Organization stats on Saturday, Germany has a total of 7369 COVID-19 deaths so far. However, the number is very low as compared to the deaths in other European countries i.e., the UK, France, Italy, and Spain, all of which have crossed the barrier of 25000 deaths to date.
Still, all the games would happen behind closed doors without any spectators.
While talking to CNN, The sporting director, Lutz Pfannenstiel, Fortuna Dusseldorf, said that our league very much depends on the TV money. So, in order to claim that they definitely have to play the matches.