Bundesliga restart gives hope to other leagues - Schalke's Wagner


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Schalke 04 v TSG Hoffenheim - Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - March 7, 2020 Schalke 04 coach David Wagner reacts REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

(Reuters) - The resumption of the German Bundesliga next weekend amid the COVID-19 crisis will give hope to other European leagues that they can also successfully return, according to Schalke 04 coach David Wagner.

The Bundesliga season will restart on May 16, making it the first European league to resume amid the pandemic that has infected more than 3.95 million people globally and killed more than 270,000.

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