German Bundesliga set to be the first of the top-5 European Leagues to return post Covid-19 break.

All eyes of the sporting world will be on the German Bundesliga as it's set to be the first among the top 5 football leagues in the world to make a return post covid-19 break. The Bundesliga will return with a fascinating local derby as Title-Chasing Borussia Dortmund will host Schalke in a local derby on the 16th of May.

The DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) announced that the games will be played behind closed doors to avoid gathering of people as a precaution to the deadly Covid-19.The German Bundesliga has the highest average attendance of any other league in the World. Playing games behind closed doors will take away the excellent fan' culture in Germany. The teams have to play without the loud, vocal and passionate support for the rest of the season. Borussia Mönchengladbach are planning to have cardboard cutouts of fans to fill up the stadiums with other clubs looking the follow the trend.

A stumbling block among the discussion of resumption of football was whether the games should be played on neutral venues or as traditionally home and away. The German government eased the national lockdown just in time for the Bundesliga to continue playing games home and away. This will be a big boost for the clubs especially the ones in relegation scramble. The DFL announced that all the necessary measures and precautions will be taken at all the venues to ensure smooth running of football.

Games will be played behind closed doors 

In another big change, the managers will now be allowed to make five substitutes. This comes as no surprise considering the increasing number of precautions taken against Covid-19 to ensure smooth sailing till the end of the season.

Even though the plans to start the league are well in place, the ever lasting threat of the corona symptoms showing back exists. The DFL however are confident that there will be no such problems. "All the players will be tested and medics will be provided for each matchday", said a spokesperson. The Borussia Dortmund managing director, Carsten Cramer remained confident that there will be no problems of a player testing positive for Covid-19, he said," A positive test won't be a catastrophe as long as we have the rules and recommendations for how to get along with it."

Bayern Munich are 4 points clear at the top of the table 

Other leagues , especially the Premier League and La Liga will be looking intently at how the restart of Bundesliga is carried out as they prepare to start for life after Covid-19.