Football is one of the world’s most coveted sporting activities with millions of fans following the elite sport. However, even football couldn’t continue to entertain fans as news of the deadly coronavirus broke earlier this year to suspend not only footballing activities but crippled even economies.
Gradually, the world has found a way to ease lockdown rules and hence allowing football to return but not as we enjoyed it in the past. But what other choice is there?
The German Bundesliga
The German Bundesliga was the first of the top 5 Europe footballing competition to resume as Bayern Munich finally wrapped up the league on Wednesday to make it 8th successive Bundesliga title.
Dortmund who were potential contenders to win the Bundesliga, however, lost their game on Wednesday at home to Mainz 05.
TUESDAY 16TH JUNE
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Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 VfL Wolfsburg
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1. FC Union Berlin 1-0 SC Paderborn 07
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SC Freiburg 2-1 Hertha Berlin
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Werder Bremen 0-1 Bayern Munich
WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE
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Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 FC Schalke 04
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3- 1 FC Köln
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Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Mainz 05
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FC Augsburg 1-3 1899 Hoffenheim
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RB Leipzig 2-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
The Spanish La Liga
The Spanish La Liga followed closely behind the Bundesliga and got to a restart on June 11th with Messi, the face of the La Liga showing why he is one of footballs greatest to ever play the game as his side, Barcelona, looks to keep the distance between them and Real Madrid further apart in a bid to secure the title. Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have managed to win both their games so far ahead of this weekends fixtures.
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So as to finish the season on time to restart next season across all leagues, measures have been put in place and the fixtures all piling up.
MONDAY 15TH JUNE
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Levante 1-1 Sevilla
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Real Betis 2- 2 Granada
TUESDAY 16TH JUNE
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Getafe 0-0 Espanyol
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Villarreal 1-0 Mallorca
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Barcelona 2-0 Leganés
WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE
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Eibar 2-2 Athletic Bilbao
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Real Valladolid 0-0 Celta Vigo
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Osasuna 0-5 Atlético Madrid
THURSDAY 18TH JUNE
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Alavés 2-0 Real Sociedad
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Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
The Premier League
The world’s most-followed league, the Premier League, resumed back on the 17th of June 2020 with 2 outstanding games played. It started with all enthusiasm and support for current world issues such as the ‘Black Lives Matter‘ movement.
As usual, the most followed league restarted with controversy as Sheffield United was denied a winner due to technical errors on the goal line.
The other game, however, was more of a familiar one. Manchester City thumping Arsenal by 3 goals on the night with Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, and Phil Foden getting on the scorers’ sheet. David Luiz also gave us a replay of how horrendous he is at defending, an all too familiar occurrence as he also got sent off during the game.
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WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE
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Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
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Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal
The Coppa Italia
Juventus were denied an opportunity to win their first silverware of the season as they were edged out on penalties by Napoli on Wednesday night.
Napoli held the Serie A defending champions to a goalless affair in normal time and defeated them 4-2 on penalties as Dybala and Danilo lost their spot-kicks to hand Napoli their first silverware since 2014.
A lot of backlash from fans came for Cristiano Ronaldo who lost a penalty a week ago against AC Milan in the build-up to the Coppa Italia final. Fans condemned him for not taking a penalty during the game.
The Italian Serie A would restart on June 20.
Read More: Juventus loses Coppa Italia final to hand Napoli first trophy in six seasons
Champions League and Europa
UEFA has announced the proceedings for the restart of the Champions League and Europa competitions.
Champions League knockout games are set to be played in August during a 12-day condensed tournament and Lisbon, Portugal would host the remainder of Champions League games while the Europa would be completed in cities across Germany.
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