Bundesliga start with historic district derby: Dortmund versus Schalke in the live ticker

The Bundesliga starts after the Corona break with the Revierderby. Dortmund against Schalke. Here you can follow the game in the live ticker.

• The Revierderby : Borussia Dortmund against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker .
• The first match day since the Corona break * in the Bundesliga . 
• The league starts under special conditions and with  ghost games * .

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke 04 -: - (- :-), Saturday 3:30 p.m.

Dortmund - The restart of the Bundesliga starts with a bang! The League is back with the well brisantesten Derby in German footbal l back - the Ruhr derby. Borussia Dortmund against FC Schalke. BVB against S04, black-yellow against blue-white, Lüdenscheid-Nord against Herne-West, Lucien Favre against David Wagner .

But the Revierderby never had any similar signs as this year. The league comes from the Corona break * and is the world's first major sports league to resume regular operations. The league and also Bayern * boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge expect an extremely high number of spectators in front of the screens. 

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke: Derby with unusual signs - live ticker

The training procedures in the past few weeks were also unusual. After the cancellation, the players were only allowed to train at home. Then we worked in small groups and only recently has complete team training been allowed again. The teams will also have to get used to new cheers *. 

But it is not the unusual training methods that make the derby, according to Sebastian Kehl , "certainly the most unusual derby in history". Of course there is also the viewer aspect. The game, like the rest of the season, will be a ghost game without fans . No battle cries, no chants, no special choreo.

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke 04: "No home or away game" - live ticker

"Saturday will start a lot from scratch, there is no home or away game of the kind, no advantages and no disadvantages," BVB international Julian Brandt told Sky . "In the end, it depends on who best accepts this situation and who can best deal with it."

⏳ A look at Saturday! #MondayMotivation #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/Ynn16ffH7q

The season starts "from zero", but it is important to follow the existing numbers. Because therefore the Dortmund have almost only final games in front of them if they want to continue to put pressure on FC Bayern Munich * in the fight for the championship . They are only four points behind the German record champions * - but the Borussia will not lack motivation in the big derby anyway. 

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke 04: "Knappen" under pressure again - live ticker

At FC Schalke the sporting signs look a little different. The "Knappen" held their sixth place and qualification for the Europa League with only one point ahead, but the last games were anything but successful. The team of David Wagner has been waiting for a win for seven competitive games, among other things it set clear bankruptcies against RB Leipzig (0: 5) and 1. FC Köln (0: 3). 

The anticipation for the derby can also be seen under the mask # S04 | # BVBS04 | #Revierderby pic.twitter.com/fSuEyjyM6c

In the derby against BVB, fans will only be able to cope with a defeat if they recognize the correct use of their team. One that you can rely on is central midfielder Weston McKennie : "Just fight for the ball again, tackle a tackle, I really miss that," said the American. Schalke will be happy to hear that and would rather see it. Even neutral fans can hardly wait to finally see the players in the derby again.

Before the derby there will be important decisions about the Bundesliga. Among other things, it is about relegation and home law. FC Bayern starts sporting operations against 1. FC Union Berlin. You can also follow the game in our live ticker. 

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