german football

‘Ghost tickets’: German club sells 72,000 tickets for game in empty stadium | Football News – Times of India

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DRESDEN: German third-tier soccer club Dynamo Dresden has said it sold more than 72,000 tickets for a game played in an empty stadium with no fans. Former East German champion Dynamo offered fans the ‘ghost tickets‘ – named for the German habit of dubbing empty-stadium matches ‘ghost games’ – for five euros ($6.10) as a … Read more ‘Ghost tickets’: German club sells 72,000 tickets for game in empty stadium | Football News – Times of India

Bundesliga boosts profile as football-starved fans tune in

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Germany’s Bundesliga will attract legions of new armchair fans around the world this weekend when it becomes the first of Europe’s major football leagues to resume after a two-month shutdown due to the coronavirus. In normal circumstances, the German game, dominated in recent seasons by Bayern Munich, lacks the marketing pull of England’s Premier League … Read more Bundesliga boosts profile as football-starved fans tune in