Well, at least it's something.
The Bundesliga, the German national
soccer league, will begin playing again next Saturday (the 16th).
Crowds won't be allowed to watch the games, and the players will
have to be quarantined for a bit, but at least it'll give us
something to watch.
Even if we didn't get to see one of the
games in person.
If you recall, the reason for our
now-cancelled German trip was to see RB Leipzig take on Fortuna
Dusseldorf in a game originally scheduled for last weekend. We'll
still get to see the game, only it's now scheduled for mid-June and
we'll have to watch it on TV because for (probably) the rest of the
calendar year all Bundesliga games will be “ghost games”. But
heck--
At least it's one return to normalcy in
a world that's currently anything but normal.
They're starting up games in Germany
because the country has been amazingly successful in controlling the
spread of Covid 19. Even though they had quite a few cases earlier
this year they had a rigorous testing program, leaders who believe in
science, and residents who follow social distancing rules. Because
of that, Germany had amazingly few deaths despite the number of
cases. So they feel confident in slowly re-opening their country,
and giving people something to watch on TV—Bundesliga games—is
part of that plan.
Now let's hope it goes off without a
hitch. Because, you see, part of the protocol is that if even one
player tests positive in the future, the season's cancelled.
But it's something. Our team, RB
Leipzig, kicks off the rest of the season next Saturday by hosting SC
Freiburg, which is the exact game we went and saw last year.
Hopefully, the result will be the same and hopefully, it'll be the
beginning of seven weeks of non-stop action.
Hopefully.
On that (hopeful) note, have a great
weekend. Stay warm, and don't forget Sunday is Mother's Day!!
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