Bundesliga Archives - Page 87 of 415 - ProSoccerTalk | NBC SportsThe Bundesliga could return in as few as 10 days, as German chancellor Angela Merkel is set to make a Wednesday announcement on the resumption of sport in her country. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights] Reuters says that Merkel will give the league “the green light” to begin play on May 15, kickstarting Bayern Munich’s bid to defend its title from Borussia Dortmund (four points back), RB Leipzig (five points), and Borussia Monchengladbach. The bottom of the table is less congested, though even last-place Paderborn has hope of at least reaching the relegation playoff spot. Most of the Bundesliga clubs have nine matches left, with two having 10 to play following the mid-March suspension of the league due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It showed Hertha’s Jordan Torunarigha being tested by a physiotherapist who was wearing only a simple face mask as protection. The physiotherapist, David de Mel, repeatedly asked Kalou to “delete” the video, before the player walked away laughing, saying he was “only joking. ”The DFL sharply criticized the footage on Twitter. “The pictures from Salomon Kalou from the changing room of Hertha BSC are completely unacceptable.
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Bundesliga. Multiple outlets say the target date is May 9, but the federation refrained from putting a firm date in its release. The announcement comes just days after the Netherlands banned public events until at least Sept. 1. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights] The matches will begin behind closed doors next month if the government okays the plan.
“I am surprised that players allow this to be done to them. Football should be a role model, not `bread and circuses, ”‘ he wrote in reference to training sessions. Players and staff around the league began giving samples Thursday as part of an ongoing process designed to enable teams to return initially to full training, then to games later this month. Most teams have not commented on test results. Werder Bremen said samples given Thursday by its players and staff were all negative, and that they will undergo another round of testing Sunday. One player from another Bundesliga club, Paderborn, tested positive in March. Germany’s top two flights are prepared to play soccer if they get the green light from the government. That conditional is a massive one, but the German Football Federation has announced plans for the return of the Bundesliga and 2.
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The DFL said 1, 724 tests for COVID-19 were carried out over two rounds among players, coaches, physiotherapists and other staff as part of its hygiene concept in a bid to restart competitive games some time in May. Only four possible cases had been reported before the league’s report on Monday. Cologne on Friday said it had three positive cases, while second-division side Stuttgart reported one “inconclusive result” from a person on Sunday. “The responsibility for compliance with general hygiene rules is a prerequisite every day for each individual, ” the league said in its report. Clubs across the top two divisions have committed to finishing the season by the end of June. COLOGNE, Germany — Cologne’s players are continuing to train despite the three positive tests for coronavirus at the club that have unsettled the German soccer league’s restart plans. [ MORE: PL release statement]Cologne said Friday that three people had tested positive but didn’t name them or say whether they were players, who are currently training in small groups.
“The experts evaluate it as such that, due to the hygiene and infection prevention measures in group training, we can continue to train with those who tested negatively as we had been, ” team doctor Paul Klein said on the club website Saturday. Klein added no-one at the club was considered “category one” in respect of the three individuals who gave samples Thursday. That is typically someone who either lives with an infected person or had close contact with them. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights] Cologne’s announcement brought criticism from Karl Lauterbach, a lawmaker with the Social Democratic Party, the junior partner in Angela Merkel’s coalition government. Lauterbach said on Twitter that “probably two players, one staffer” were infected. He is a professor of health economics and was based at Cologne University before entering politics.
The necessity of a quick return to sport is debatable, of course, but Germany is giving an informed, intelligent platform for others to follow. Follow @NicholasMendola BERLIN — Hertha Berlin player Salomon Kalou is being criticized for broadcasting a livestream showing social distancing measures being flouted. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights] The Ivory Coast striker took his phone with him on Monday as he fist-bumped teammates in greeting, clapped hands with fellow forward Vedad Ibisevic, complained about a pay cut, and burst in on a teammate apparently being tested for the new coronavirus. The footage, which has since been deleted, was broadcast on the same day the German soccer league (DFL) reported 10 positive cases of COVID-19 among the country’s 36 clubs in the top two divisions, and it appeared to contradict the league’s assertion that everything was being done to prevent the spread of the virus.
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