Football is back. More specifically, the Bundesliga is back, and its return before any other league in Europe has brought with it thousands of new viewers.
The Revierderby - between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke - was the main event on Saturday. Without fans at the Westfalenstadion it was an oddly subdued, eerie spectacle.
But players and fans - watching at home - soon acclimatised. And Dortmund ran out emphatic winners, putting four goals past their rivals.
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