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Football and the coronavirus
  • BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL - APRIL 2: Mineirao Stadium is lit up in green, the color of hope, as a token of appreciation to all the professionals involved in the effort to minimize the spread of the coronoavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on April 2, 2020 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In addition to the lighting, the phrase "We are together and isolated" is projected on the stadium. (Photo by Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)
  • MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 07: Manchester United Foundation and club staff package up 30,000 items of food and drink to deliver to Stretford Food Bank, Salford Royal and a number of other local charitable organisations in Manchester dealing with impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on April 07, 2020 in Manchester, United Kingdom. This follows the £50,000 donation to the Trussell Trust to support 19 food banks across Greater Manchester as part of a joint fan-led initiative with Manchester City. Manchester United donates perishable food after every home game and looks forward to restarting this service when football resumes. (Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images)
  • One of the venues of the EURO2020 (postponed until 2021), the Puskas Arena is illuminated by white light in honor of the efforts made by the health care staff against the new coronavirus COVID-19 on April 6, 2020, on the 25th day of the partial curfew of the corona virus in Hungary. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)
  • A woman stands at the temporary coronavirus treament center at the Signal Iduna Park soccer stadium in Dortmund, western Germany, on April 6, 2020, due to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. - A part of the Borussia Dortmund football stadium was turned into a treatment center for patients with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
  • MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 06: A general view of an incomplete sitework at Santiago Bernabeu, where Real Madrid plays its football matches, due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic after the construction works has been put on hold in Madrid, Spain on April 06, 2020. (Photo by Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
  • dpatop - 06 April 2020, Bavaria, Munich: Robert Lewandowski from FC Bayern Munich drives his car into the underground car park at the FC Bayern training ground on Säbener Straße. The professionals of FC Bayern Munich will start training in small groups on this day. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)
  • 06 April 2020, Bavaria, Munich: Robert Lewandowski (l-r), Alphonso Davies, Kingsley Coman and Joshua Zirkzee from FC Bayern Munich train on the one pitch on the FC Bayern training ground on Säbener Straße. The professionals of FC Bayern Munich will start training in small groups on this day. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)
  • DORTMUND, April 3, 2020: Photo taken on April 3, 2020 shows a medical staff wearing protective suits, standing in the COVID-19 testing center at Borussia Dortmund's stadium in Dortmund, Germany. Borussia Dortmund's stadium housed a COVID-19 testing center From April 4. Rooms in the Westfalenstadion's north stand have been prepared to take in people suspected of suffering from COVID-19. It is hoped the center will relieve pressure on the medical facilities in the city of Dortmund. (Photo by Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund to Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)
  • ZEIST, NETHERLANDS, April 3: All is quiet at the Dutch football association KNVB headquarters amid the coronavirus outbreak in Zeist, Netherlands, on April 3, 2020. In the coming weeks it will be decided whether the Dutch professional football leagues will continue after June 1 or not. (Photo by BSR Agency/Getty Images)"r
  • MINSK, BELARUS - APRIL 3, 2020: Sanitary workers screen the temperatures of football fans before a 2020 Belarusian Premier League Round 3 football match between Dinamo Minsk and Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino at Dinamo Stadium. The Football Federation of Belarus has decided not to postpone the national football championship in connection with the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, with the 30th season of the Belarusian Premier League starting as scheduled on 19 March 2020. Dinamo Minsk won the match 2-0. Natalia Fedosenko/TASS (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko\TASS via Getty Images)
  • MINSK, BELARUS - APRIL 3, 2020: Football fans on an empty stand during a 2020 Belarusian Premier League Round 3 football match between Dinamo Minsk and Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino at Dinamo Stadium. The Football Federation of Belarus has decided not to postpone the national football championship in connection with the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, with the 30th season of the Belarusian Premier League starting as scheduled on 19 March 2020. Dinamo Minsk won the match 2-0. Natalia Fedosenko/TASS (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko\TASS via Getty Images)
  • MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: The official Nike Premier League match ball with a protective mask. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 40,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. on April 3, 2020 in Manchester, England (Photo by Visionhaus)
  • LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 02: A general view of The London Stadium, home to West Ham United as it lights up to thanks the NHS on April 02, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Members of the public are being encouraged to applaud NHS staff and other key workers from their homes for a second week, after the success of last week's "Clap for Our Carers" campaign. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 40,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
  • LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 02: A general view of Brentford Community Stadium, the future home of Brentford Football Club, on April 2, 2020 in London, England. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 40,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
  • LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 02: A general view of the barricaded entrance to Stamford Bridge stadium, home of Chelsea Football Club, on April 2, 2020 in London, England. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 40,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
  • WUHAN, CHINA - APRIL 01: (CHINA OUT) Men wear a mask while playing football in field on April 01, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. The government stipulates that residents with green health code can go out. The central Chinese city where the coronavirus (COVID-19) first emerged last year, will lift the lockdown on April 8, local media reported. (Photo by Getty Images)
  • QUERETARO, MEXICO - MARCH 29 : General view of empty Corregidora Stadium during the suspension period as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus at Corregidora Stadium on March 29, 2020 in Queretaro, Mexico. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 20,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Cesar Gomez/Jam Media/Getty Images)
  • Children wear face masks as they play football during a government imposed lockdown amid corona virus epidemic at kearaniganj in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2020. (Photo by Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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