Football in dark: Bundesliga commemorates the victims of the attack in Magdeburg

Football in dark: Bundesliga commemorates the victims of the attack in Magdeburg

On Sunday, December 22nd, the last football games of the Bundesliga are on the program before the winter break, but the sporting aspect takes a back seat. After the tragic attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, the thoughts of the fans and players are among the victims and their relatives. The DFL has reacted: it recommends wearing mourning flores and supports a minute's silence before all games. Borussia Dortmund will compete against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday, but it is uncertain how BVB fans will show their support after the emotional shock.

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Bayern Munich already set a sign and canceled his traditional Christmas show after the 5-1 win against RB Leipzig. Instead, a minute's silence was held in the stadium. In the second Bundesliga, too, the fan camp laid their support in the game between Fortuna Düsseldorf and the 1st FC Magdeburg. The 5-2 victory of the Magdeburg team became a marginal note when the shocking news made the round.

In the other games of the Bundesliga, including sensational games such as the 5: 1 of Bayer Leverkusen about SC Freiburg, the victims of the attack were also thought of. Lothar Matthäus, DFB record-national player, commented after the game that the normality in such a crazy world could not be given. The events in Magdeburg overshadowed the sporting events and made the Bundesliga appear in a different light, such as "https://www.derwesten.de/sport/fussball/borussia-dortmund-maglburg-trauer-schemeflor-scheminute-dfl-id30127623.html"> Derwesten.de Zeit.de reported. This ends a moving football weekend in which football itself was pushed into the background and the human tragedies were in the foreground.