Launched Friday evening with the spectacular Berlin derby, won 4-0 by Hertha before the Union, the 27th day of the Bundesliga continued this Saturday afternoon with several shocks. The League intends to play the 8 remaining days before the end of June. Despite stadiums still empty due to sanitary measures linked to the coronavirus, the players ensured the show.
A minute of silence in tribute to the victims of Covid-19
Rarely has a minute of silence been respected so much. And will not have so aptly named. In empty stadiums for supporters due to sanitary measures, the matches of the 27th day of the Bundesliga - the 2nd contested since the resumption of the season across the Rhine - were all preceded by a minute of silence. The players, gathered in a circle in the middle of the field, also wore black armbands around the arm. Criticized last weekend for the lack of tribute to victims of coronavirus across the country, the German Football League has therefore rectified the situation and announced that moments of meditation would be respected before kick-off.
"German professional football would like to express its compassion over the next two championship days," said Christian Seifert, president of the German league. The coronavirus has claimed many victims around the world. At the same time, we want to thank the doctors, nurses, politicians and all the other sectors who are directly fighting the pandemic in our country. "
If Germany is less affected by the pandemic than Italy, Spain or France, it still deplored 8,352 deaths this Saturday.
Models in Mönchengladbach
They will not walk alone either ... If certain German stadiums logically displayed bare stands, empty and sadly gray, that of Mönchengladbach sported him stands filled with ... mannequins. An astute stratagem which gave largely illusion of the presence of supporters for the televiewers of the match.
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🏟 Borussia M'Gladbach plays its first home game, in front of 13,000 cardboard supporters! pic.twitter.com/yJG6wN5hLp
An initiative of the fan group "Fanprojekt Mönchengladbach" which allows supporters to print, for 19 euros, a life-size image of them on cardboard. Nearly 13,000 figurines have been placed in the stadium stands. Holders of a year card have even had the privilege of seeing their double cardboard installed exactly in their usual place. Despite the presence of these supporters and a goal from Marcus Thuram (the second in two days), Mönchengladbach was beaten (1-3) by Leverkusen during one of the shocks of the day. Leverkusen took the opportunity to grab third place in the ranking from his victim of the day.
Dortmund get closer to Bayern
The shock of the season between Bayern Munich (which plays this Saturday at 6.30pm against Eintracht) and Borussia Dortmund next Tuesday during the 28th day looks more indecisive than ever. Lucien Favre's players strengthened their place as Bayern's dolphin by winning in Wolfsburg (2-0) thanks in particular to a goal by the kid from Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis) and ex-player of Lorient Raphaël Guerreiro, already the author of a double last week.
This match was also marked by the expulsion of Felix Klaus from Wolfsburg, the first red card since the resumption of the championship. Dortmund also announced before the match that Mario Götze, national hero and scorer of the 2014 World Cup final for Germany, will leave the club at the end of the season.