How Germany Got Its Soccer Back
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🗓️ 18 May 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The Bundesliga became the first major sports league to return to play this weekend. Lucky for soccer fans, it has also been arguably the most exciting league in Europe this season. The Athletic’s Raphael Honigstein joins us to explain how a well-organized pandemic response helped Germany become the first European nation to bring back major sports, the strange spectacle of games with no fans and social-distancing during celebrations, and whether or not anyone will unseat perennial champions Bayern Munich.
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| 0:30.0 | Extraordinary times. |
| 0:35.1 | And match day 26 of the Bundesliga kicks off. |
| 0:43.6 | This weekend, the Bundesliga became the first major sports league to return to play. |
| 0:48.6 | And lucky for soccer fans, it's arguably the most exciting league in Europe right now. |
| 0:52.7 | Today, the Athletics Rafael Honnichdain joins us to explain how Germany became the first |
| 0:57.7 | nation in Europe to bring back sports, why some people aren't thrilled with the decision, |
| 1:03.2 | and what to expect in the very close title race. |
| 1:06.2 | We have, if not a genuine forward race, at least two and a half teams who can push by |
| 1:11.8 | and all the way. |
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| 1:17.8 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:19.1 | It's Monday, May 18th, and this is Dolan. |
| 1:23.2 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:27.6 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart. |
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