Fans haunted by looming 'ghost games' in Bundesliga restart


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Borussia Moenchengladbach v FC Cologne - Borussia-Park, Moenchengladbach, Germany - March 11, 2020 Borussia Moenchengladbach's Breel Embolo celebrates scoring their first goal with Stefan Lainer and teammates during the match being played behind closed doors while the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video/File Photo

(Reuters) - With players' voices bouncing off the empty stands and the leathery thud of the ball audible across the pitch, Germany's Bundesliga will have a very different feel when it resumes on Saturday.

Having been starved of action for two months due to the COVID-19 shutdown, German football fans must grudgingly and quickly adapt to a new reality, with all matches to be played without spectators in order to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.

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