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The division will become the first of Europe’s top leagues to return during the Covid-19 crisis and the former Germany international is impressed.
Former Germany star Thomas Doll is excited about the pending return from the Bundesliga and praised the German Football League (DFL) for putting the professional game into operation once again.
The Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga will resume on Saturday, with the Revierderby clash between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke as a highlight.
Bayern Munich continues its search for an eighth consecutive title in Union Berlin on Sunday.
The DFL has implemented a detailed program of coronavirus testing and social distancing measures to ensure the smoothest progress possible after the German government granted permission for the sport to return, and the former Hamburg and Eintracht Frankfurt Doll midfielder is impressed.
“I’m more than ready for the reboot,” Doll said. Statistics perform . “Everyone who loves soccer must have really lost it, even if we know there are many issues, which are even more important than soccer.”
“I also talked to a lot of guys, they are all happy with the restart. There is a difference between a stadium with spectators and an empty one, but I think everyone is aware of the fact that there is no other possibility at the moment.” “
An extensive deployment of Covid-19 tests to Germany’s top 36 clubs has formed a key pillar in the restart plans.
Cologne entertained Mainz on Sunday despite confirming three positive tests, reported to have been two players and a physical therapist, last week, while Dynamo Dresden’s 2.Bundesliga meetings with Hannover and Greuther Furth will be rescheduled after his team was quarantined for two weeks.
“I think the reboot can be successful if everyone acts in accordance with this brilliant concept of the DFL, which is not so easy to handle,” Doll said. “If everyone sticks to this, it can work.”
“We have already seen a lot of evidence, I think only 2,000 people in the Bundesliga. Cologne has already been affected, unfortunately they are now Dynamo Dresden and Hannover. That is a shame, because you do not want to be behind the other teams.”
The Bundesliga restart plans were thrown into useless light when seasoned Hertha Berlin attacker Salomon Kalou posted a Facebook video now removed from him mocking social estrangement and security measures in the club’s training group.
Hertha suspended the Ivory Coast international and Doll feels they had little choice.
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“There was no other way to protect the club,” he added. “The decision was not only made by [head coach] Bruno Labbadia, the whole club decided to suspend Kalou.
“For now Kalou realizes his mistake. But that is no excuse for his failure.
“He is not 18 anymore, so at his age you should be a little smarter. He had already paid the price for that. He put Hertha in a very bad situation, so they only had the option to pull the cord.”
