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Apparently, the green shoots of soccer recovery are beginning to sprout.
For the first time in two months, tangible progress is being made, with the Bundesliga leading the way for the rest of Europe.
On Thursday it was confirmed that Germany’s first flight will resume next week with Borussia Dortmund entertaining Schalke at Revierderby on May 16.
It will be one of the highlights of the weekend’s action with champion Bayern Munich in the famous and supporter Union Berlin.
Both games will remain untouched by the atmosphere of a live crowd, of course, with football ready to play behind closed doors, but the Bundesliga return is opening a path for the rest of the continent to follow.
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The way German football is re-assimilated into everyday life will be closely watched by its English counterparts desperate to resume their own flagship league.
“This is a huge and positive step to bring optimism back to people’s lives,” UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said this week.
“It is the result of constructive dialogue and careful planning between soccer authorities and politicians.”
With less than 7,000 COVID-19-related deaths, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is well positioned to raise the curtain on the start of football.
However, the UK has a much more difficult path to navigate given the death toll that has tragically risen above 30,000.
However, affirmative action continues in other parts of the continent, with claims that La Liga, in Spain, will resume from June 20.
Speaking on Friday, Javier Aguirre, Mohamed Salah’s former Egypt boss, revealed that the league’s top officials have informed his Leganés team of an imminent resumption.
“We already have a start date for the league,” said Aguirre. “On June 20, we will start the League and in five weeks we will officially end on July 26.”
The players have already returned to train in Spain with players such as Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and their colleagues who resumed their physical work earlier this week with the champion Barcelona.
For the Premier League, a defining moment could come on Monday when all 20 teams are represented by videoconference.
Club officials have met every fortnight, but had initially planned to meet again on Friday when they intensified their dialogue on a weekly basis.
However, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson widely informed to announce a reduction in closing restrictions next Sunday, the clubs will meet again, digitally, on Monday to launch a nice plan for the much discussed ‘Project Restart’.
“Public health and safety will come first and if we can get a plan that works, then I would like to see it go ahead, because I think it will be good for the nation and good for football in general.” “Oliver Dowden, secretary for digital, culture, media and sports, said Friday.
“I will certainly meet with the Premier League, the English Football League and the FA on Thursday and I am very hopeful that we can get this going.”
Liverpool will naturally be watching with great interest.
The Reds, of course, have a vested interest in winning the league title. Your efforts deserve to be so well crowned and you will be eager to know what’s next for your hopes.
Jurgen Klopp and his players are ready to descend on Melwood once again as soon as the green light comes on.
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The Reds boss has told his players to stay focused and fit during the closing period to give themselves the best possible chance to start running when soccer returns to these shores.
With just six points needed to close a first league title in 30 years, the coaching staff has urged professionalism. They know that a campaign to make history is still within walking distance.
The Reds had been away from their base since they voluntarily suspended operations in West Derby on Friday, March 13.
However, several first-team stars have taken over the club in the slight reopening of their training setup, with a maximum of three at a time allowed to use pitches at Melwood.
These movements anticipate a possible return to full training each time the go-ahead arrives.
It will be another great leap forward for football’s attempts to restore procedures to what could be defined as the new post-pandemic normal.
English football is not yet at full speed, but progress is on the way. Progress is continuous, although marginal.
Liverpool, in its quest to end what has been an enormously successful season at the top, can at least welcome that for now.
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