German soccer falls silent as 'ghost games' begin

German soccer falls silent as 'ghost games' begin

16-May-2020 12:17:01 | Yahoo Sports

German soccer is normally a riot of color and noise. The Bundesliga season resumed Saturday with what German fans call “ghost games," played without spectators, and in Dortmund it was hard to tell that the city's beloved team was playing at all. Instead of thousands of fans chatting and drinking beer outside the stadium, there were only a few locals out for a weekend bike ride as Borussia Dortmund hosted Schalke in a usually fierce local rivalry.

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