Gladbach sporting director Max Eberl said: “The cardboard cutouts are a monument. They’re supposed to show that football without fans just isn’t the same. It’s a great campaign which provides a lot of atmosphere in the stadium.”
The Bundesliga is the first major football competition to restart as the German government was satisfied by the proposed safety measures after infection rates went down.
Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to allow first and second-division clubs to return to action so that the season can be completed.
The German government released the following statement: “The Federal Chancellor and the heads of government of the federal states consider the continuation of play in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga to be justifiable for the 36 clubs eligible to start there at their expense from the second half of May.
