Football fans breathed a sigh of relief after the official announcement of the resumption of the German Football League matches beginning May 16, and began to talk about the status of competition in this competition and the most prominent confrontations expected in the coming weeks.
The German Football Association announced today, Thursday, the resumption of domestic league matches later this month, making the German League the first major league to resume competitions after stopping since the beginning of last March.
The League stated that the league will return to play matches without the presence of the fans, and the start will be from the twenty-six fun games that start on Saturday, 16 of this month.
This stage witnesses the derby confrontation between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke as well as five other matches, including Union Berlin and Bayern Munich, and Federer Bremen with Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich, seeking their eighth consecutive title, topped the table with 55 points, four points behind Dortmund, while Leipzig is third with 50 points, and nine rounds remain at the end of the competition.
Attention draws attention to a number of matches during the coming weeks, where Bayern Munich will have to overcome the obstacle of Dortmund (stage 28), Leverkusen (stage 30) and Mönchengladbach (stage 31) on the way to the title, while the task of Dortmund will be less complicated, and one of its most prominent confrontations will be to receive Leipzig at stage 33.
All clubs must enter closed training camps of seven days in total isolation before 16 May, and all players must undergo Coronavirus testing before the camps are completed in order to reduce the risk of infection.
There will be about 300 people, including players, technical equipment and referees, in and around stadiums during match days.
The German Association announced that the last game of the season is scheduled to take place in the week beginning on June 27, in order to avoid legal problems of about 100 players whose contracts will expire on June 30.