Bundesliga football resumes with cardboard cutout fans in the stands
A file photo of Borussia Dortmund hosting VFL Wolfsburg at their Signal Iduna Park stadium in front of empty southern stands due to a one-mach for Dortmund fans. Dortmund will host Schlke with not spectators at their 80,000 seat venue on Saturday. Picture: REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Yet German fans must now surrender an ingrained Saturday afternoon routine and watch the league restart from afar, knowing any attempt to get close to the team would be a violation of the league’s health regulations. Bundesliga clubs have been thinking of ways to enhance the atmosphere, either by playing music or putting up cardboard cutouts of fans in the seats, as is the case at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
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