Bundesliga and the rest: Domestic and European competition discussion

let's be honest a lot of fans of clubs are delusional and are easily swayed by guys like Watzke and company. Dortmund's only ambition seems to qualify for CL, lol and good luck winning anything when you have to replace players all the time. I expect Haaland to be gone in 2021 or 2022 tops.

as for Frankfurt you might not be complaining but unless they win EL they won't make Europe next season. I don't really care much since they barely play any Germans although the club supposedly want to promote more in the future and even reintroduce II.

 

DFB Pokal semifinals:
Bayern vs Frankfurt
Saarbrucken vs Leverkusen

big chance for Neverkusen to make the finals, although sadly Volland is out for the season. Imagine Saarbrucken in RL makes EL.

 

Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke could be played behind closed doors next week because of coronavirus fears, according to Bild. #BVB #S04

— Ronan Murphy (@swearimnotpaul) March 8, 2020

 

Decided: All events in Bavaria with over 1000 guests will be banned in the next 4 weeks. Bayern will therefore play their home games during that period (Chelsea, Frankfurt, potentially CL quarterfinal first leg) behind closed doors [Merkur] pic.twitter.com/aNTHybOiE0

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) March 9, 2020

BREAKING: Serie A has been suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus fears ❌ pic.twitter.com/g3OqzZd57v

— GOAL (@goal) March 9, 2020

 

So Leipzig go through easily to the QF with a 4-0 aggregate win v Spurs. That makes it 6 wins in 7 matches (19-7) for BL clubs v EPL so far this season, with Bayern v Chelsea 2nd leg next week.

Tomorrow Dortmund will play behind closed doors in Paris, and with Mbappé a doubt they have a decent chance.

 

and Dortmund out as expected, they ain't winning shit.

#Favremasterclass
#Favreout

Tuchel takes out his old club 3-2 on aggregate. Well at least Kehrer, Draxler and Tuchel will advance to QF.

 

Rather than playing Brandt in the middle, Favre opt to play defensive duo of Witsel and Can. No creativity going forward, total coward.

 

Exactly, cowardly approach to a tie Dortmund had the ability to win. Favre is wasting a talented squad. Shame as the CL is wide open and there was a chance of another Bayern v Dortmund final.

 

Champions League & Europa League to be suspended immediately, according to Marca. Announcement imminent.

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) March 12, 2020

 

La Liga suspended and 1BL coud be next.

1238082284160528386 is not a valid tweet id

 

Jannes Horn joins Timo Hubers has 2nd H96 player to get coronavirus according to Bild.

don't see how anyone plays games in Germany. Closed doors is just to protect the fans but players are also getting it.

 

I know this might be extreme, but maybe all football should be suspended until March 2021 when hopefully a vaccination has been developed, and all club competitions can be completed in the same time frame as they would normally have been this season? Euro’s could also be moved back a year.

 

With the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, everything feels secondary.

 

Reports say Athletes’ lungs function will drop as much as 30% after corona virus.

30%

I doubt these athletes will ever play at professional level again

Serie A is most affected, Leicester City had another announcement earlier (3 infected) , NBA is suspended too.

Euro 2020 will postpone to 2021, CL n EL might be cancelled this year

 

Which reports? 30% sounds very high.

 

Next Tuesday, UEFA is set to announce the temporary suspension of the Champions League and Europa League as well as the postponement of the Euros to summer 2021. The domestic leagues should also be suspended, although they're not directly related to UEFA [@lequipe] pic.twitter.com/7ZLR3GHKcr

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) March 12, 2020

 

La Liga, Serie A and Eredivisie.

BREAKING: The Dutch football federation has announced that Eredivise has suspended matches until March 31st. (Source: @eredivisie) pic.twitter.com/ZhYnfwMzV0

— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) March 12, 2020

1BL, Ligue 1 and EPL etc need to be next.

 

So the WC 2022 qualification will start before the Euro’s then.

 

at this point, seems like it unless it gets worse in next few months.

seems like no one is certain whether it'll get weaker in Spring/Summer or not.

 

MLS suspended for next 30 days.

 

the expansion part is weird but it does seem likely to be done for the season. Would add AB, HSV, Stuttgart and Heidenheim.

makes you wonder why even bother with this weekend, the games would be irrelevant.

The DFL and DFB are considering ending the Bundesliga season after this weekend, according to the Express. No trophy would be awarded and no relegation would take place. Instead, the Bundesliga would be expanded to 22 teams for 2020-21 with the top four teams from the second tier

— Ronan Murphy (@swearimnotpaul) March 12, 2020

 

if season end now in March and resumes in August/September that's one long ass break from the game.

curious about youth NT, do you axe qualifiers and tourneys? You can't delay them since they work based on age. Talking about U17 Euro and U19 Euro.

 

something is more important than football. At least the Turkey and Kosovo won’t be playing too so there will be less poaching.

I don’t think the youth players want to play during this time too.
There is no perfect way. But safety always goes first.

Lasse Günther and Emrehan Gedikli also said DFB /UEFA are right in this matter.

We don’t even know if 2021 the corona virus matter will be settled. It’s all assumptions. But of course i hope it will be settled by then

Italy and France have many people got infected , more than Germany. The youth tournaments are least of the concern

 

Frankfurt losing 0-2 at home to Basel

 

you mean losing 3-0, they've been shit all season anyways. Won't make any europe next season either.