The Bundesliga remains determined to restart its season on Saturday,despite having to postpone two matches after the entire Dynamo Dresden squad was placed into isolation for 14 days.
Germany's plans to restart competition on May 16 suffered an early setback after the entire team of second tier Dynamo Dresden were placed in a two-week quarantine following two positive coronavirus tests.
The Chancellor tells Germans that infection numbers are low enough to allow schools,restaurants and soccer to return. But any spike will prompt another shutdown.
Germany's Bundesliga says it plans to re-start on May 15,making it the first of Europe's top soccer leagues to get under way following the novel coronavirus stoppage.
The German league has been suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic and the government is expected to decide on Wednesday on a potential resumption.
Cologne's players are continuing to train despite three positive tests for coronavirus at the club that have unsettled the German soccer league's restart plans.
Michel D'Hooghe says the game's administrators should consider the punishment due to the need to protect players and staff near the pitch from COVID-19.
Bundesliga leaders FC Bayern Munich will reportedly resume training on their pitch under strict conditions.
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Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim players spent the final 13 minutes of their game on Sunday (AEDT) farcically playing the ball among themselves as they wound down the clock.
The Schalke captain charged out of his goal and tried to kick the ball away,but crashed into the chest of a Frankfurt midfielder with his leg at full stretch