Bundesliga restart: this is how it should continue – the complete game plan, corona tests, staff, taboo for fans

It is the sign that football fans and clubs have been waiting for. On May 9, the Bundesliga could continue its season after almost two months off Corona. Prime Minister Markus Söder (Bavaria) and Armin Laschet (North Rhine-Westphalia) brought this date on Monday in the live broadcast of the picture in conversation, Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn apparently does not ignore the restart and speaks of one “Slice of normality, even if in an empty stadium”.

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The clubs of the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga should breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if the season breaks off, TV and sponsorship money may be lost. Loud Kicker that would put 13 clubs in such a financial imbalance that bankruptcy is in danger. No wonder that the league absolutely wants to avert a season break like in other sports. However, there are a few questions to be answered.

Game schedule: Eight weekends will be available from May 9 until the end of June. There are still nine game days to be played. At least one round would have to be played during the week. Probably even two, the cup final should also take place on a weekend. There is also the catch-up game between Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt and the semi-finals in the cup. It is also unclear how things will continue in the European Cup. Five German clubs are still represented in Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig (both Champions League), Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt (all Europa League). The picture reports that the 33rd and 34th matchday should be played first, followed by the catch-up days. It would look like this.

An overview of the remaining Bundesliga matchdays

• Matchday 33 (May 9-10)

Bavaria – Freiburg

Leipzig – Dortmund

Hoffenheim – Union

Düsseldorf – Augsburg

Hertha – Leverkusen

Mainz – Bremen

Schalke – Wolfsburg

Cologne – Frankfurt

Paderborn – Gladbach

Catch up game

Bremen – Frankfurt (May 13)

• Matchday 34 (May 16/17)

Dortmund – Hoffenheim

Leverkusen – Mainz

Gladbach – Hertha

Wolfsburg – Bavaria

Frankfurt – Paderborn

Bremen – Cologne

Freiburg – Schalke

Augsburg – Leipzig

Union – Dusseldorf

• Matchday 26 (May 23/24)

Düsseldorf – Paderborn

Dortmund – Schalke

Leipzig – Freiburg

Hoffenheim – Hertha

Cologne – Mainz

Union – Bavaria

Frankfurt – Gladbach

Augsburg – Wolfsburg

Bremen – Leverkusen

• Matchday 27 (May 26/27)

Mainz – Leipzig

Freiburg – Bremen

Schalke – Augsburg

Cologne – Dusseldorf

Paderborn – Hoffenheim

Hertha Union

Gladbach – Leverkusen

Bavaria – Frankfurt

Wolfsburg – Dortmund

• Matchday 28 (May 30/31)

Bremen – Gladbach

Leipzig – Hertha

Leverkusen – Wolfsburg

Hoffenheim – Cologne

Augsburg – Paderborn

Union – Mainz

Dortmund – Bavaria

Frankfurt – Freiburg

Dusseldorf – Schalke

• Matchday 29 (June 2nd / 3rd)

Bavaria– Dusseldorf

Gladbach – Union

Wolfsburg – Frankfurt

Hertha – Augsburg

Mainz – Hoffenheim

Freiburg – Leverkusen

Schalke – Bremen

Cologne – Leipzig

Paderborn – Dortmund

• Matchday 30 (June 6-7)

Dortmund – Hertha

Leipzig – Paderborn

Leverkusen – Bavaria

Frankfurt – Mainz

Bremen – Wolfsburg

Düsseldorf – Hoffenheim

Freiburg – Gladbach

Augsburg – Cologne

Union – Schalke

• Matchday 31 (June 13/14)

Bavaria – Gladbach

Wolfsburg – Freiburg

Hoffenheim – Leipzig

Düsseldorf – Dortmund

Hertha – Frankfurt

Mainz – Augsburg

Schalke – Leverkusen

Cologne – Union

Paderborn – Bremen

• Matchday 32 (June 20/21)

Dortmund – Mainz

Leipzig – Dusseldorf

Leverkusen – Cologne

Gladbach – Wolfsburg

Frankfurt – Schalke

Bremen – Bavaria

Freiburg – Hertha

Augsburg – Hoffenheim

Union – Paderborn

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Corona tests: The conversation is that the Bundesliga players are regularly tested for the corona virus. The DFL is apparently considering testing players, coaches and members of the functional teams every three days with a quick test on Corona in order to guarantee the safety of possible ghost games. By the end of the season, around 20,000 tests would probably be due. Schalke’s head of the supervisory board and meat manufacturer Clemens Tönnies has already offered to have corona tests carried out in his company laboratory.

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