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Sinsheim (AP) - No goals, hardly any chances, mistakes on the assembly line: The short era of Monday games in the Bundesliga ended with a very bleak zero between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen.

«That was a very intense game.

It hurt a little.

It's a bit of a shame that it ends 0-0, ”said Leverkusen's Sven Bender, who, as a central defender, was still one of the best in the low-point game at the end of the 28th matchday.

«We have already shown a different face today.

It didn't work out so well up front, we have to do that even better, ”said Hoffenheim's midfielder Florian Grillitsch, who classified the game as“ not fish, not meat ”.

For the TV viewers, who could look forward to a spectacle in the face of two strong offensive series, it was very sparse raw food.

Stadium spectators are still prohibited in the midst of the corona pandemic.

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But everyone was somehow satisfied.

Leverkusen are still unbeaten after two games under coach Hannes Wolf, Hoffenheim have at least scored points again after three bankruptcies in a row.

“We started with four out of two, that's very neat.

At home we want to win again, ”said Peter Bosz's successor Wolf, who initially signed with Bayer until the end of the season.

Not much admitted, well defended: Both teams emphasized the positive, but the truth was also: There was no attractive Bundesliga football to be seen in the Sinsheimer Arena.

After the defeats against Stuttgart (0: 2), Mainz (1: 2) and most recently Augsburg (1: 2), the point was also important for TSG to gain distance from the relegation zone.

Even if, with 31 counters and an unchanged high individual class, you don't really think you are in the fight to stay in class.

"I do not think so.

We already know what quality we have.

We are not concerned with how many points we still need so that we do not get relegated, ”said Austria international Grillitsch.

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The appointment on Monday evening, which is particularly unpopular with fans, will then be canceled from the 2021/22 season.

Even if TSG coach Hoeneß said he doesn't want to “open a barrel” at the moment, he also “prefers to play on the weekend”.

The same goes for the fans who hope to return to the corners by the start of August.

During the Monday Games, protests included tennis balls and toilet paper from the stands and onto the lawn.

There was also a boycott of BVB fans and many other protests by supporters, all with one goal: to delete Monday from the Bundesliga calendar again.

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