On Wednesday, politicians gave the green light for the resumption of Bundesliga operations in the second half of May. On Thursday, the DFL published the game plan for the remaining nine game days. Again SPORTSBUZZER previously reported The DFL moved away from its original plan to start the season again on May 15th. Instead of the duel between Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn planned for Friday evening a series of games will only take place on Saturday (May 16) continue. The season continues with the 26th matchday, followed by chronological days 27 to 34. There is a real cracker at the restart of the Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund welcomes Schalke 04 to the district derby on Saturday. Leader FC Bayern has to run at Union Berlin on Sunday.
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On Monday there is a duel between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen, because the Hanseates could only start group training later than the other clubs. The catch-up game between Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt will take place on June 2nd or 3rd. The season ends on June 27th. After that the Relegation encounterswho decide on ascent and descent. One thing is clear: all games are played as ghost games.
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An overview of the remaining Bundesliga matchdays (exact timings from matchday 27 are still open):
Matchday 26 (May 16-18)
Düsseldorf – Paderborn
Dortmund – Schalke
Leipzig – Freiburg
Hoffenheim – Hertha
Augsburg – Wolfsburg (every Saturday, 3.30 p.m.)
Frankfurt – Gladbach (Saturday, 6.30 p.m.)
Cologne – Mainz (Sunday, 3.30 p.m.)
Union – Bavaria (Sunday, 6 p.m.)
Bremen – Leverkusen (Monday, 8.30 p.m.)
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Matchday 27 (May 22-24)
Bavaria – Frankfurt
Gladbach – Leverkusen
Mainz – Leipzig
Freiburg – Bremen
Schalke – Augsburg
Cologne – Dusseldorf
Paderborn – Hoffenheim
Hertha Union
Wolfsburg – Dortmund
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Matchday 28 (May 26/27)
Bremen – Gladbach
Leipzig – Hertha
Leverkusen – Wolfsburg
Hoffenheim – Cologne
Augsburg – Paderborn
Union – Mainz
Dortmund – Bavaria
Frankfurt – Freiburg
Dusseldorf – Schalke
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Matchday 29 (May 29th to June 1st)
Bavaria– Dusseldorf
Gladbach – Union
Wolfsburg – Frankfurt
Hertha – Augsburg
Mainz – Hoffenheim
Freiburg – Leverkusen
Schalke – Bremen
Cologne – Leipzig
Paderborn – Dortmund
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Matchday 30 (June 5-8)
Dortmund – Hertha
Leipzig – Paderborn
Leverkusen – Bavaria
Frankfurt – Mainz
Bremen – Wolfsburg
Düsseldorf – Hoffenheim
Freiburg – Gladbach
Augsburg – Cologne
Union – Schalke
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Matchday 31 (June 12th to 14th)
Bavaria – Gladbach
Wolfsburg – Freiburg
Hoffenheim – Leipzig
Düsseldorf – Dortmund
Hertha – Frankfurt
Mainz – Augsburg
Schalke – Leverkusen
Cologne – Union
Paderborn – Bremen
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Matchday 32 (June 16/17)
Dortmund – Mainz
Leipzig – Dusseldorf
Leverkusen – Cologne
Gladbach – Wolfsburg
Frankfurt – Schalke
Bremen – Bavaria
Freiburg – Hertha
Augsburg – Hoffenheim
Union – Paderborn
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Matchday 33 (June 20)
Bavaria – Freiburg
Leipzig – Dortmund
Hoffenheim – Union
Düsseldorf – Augsburg
Hertha – Leverkusen
Mainz – Bremen
Schalke – Wolfsburg
Cologne – Frankfurt
Paderborn – Gladbach (every 3.30 p.m.)
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Matchday 34 (June 27)
Dortmund – Hoffenheim
Leverkusen – Mainz
Gladbach – Hertha
Wolfsburg – Bavaria
Frankfurt – Paderborn
Bremen – Cologne
Freiburg – Schalke
Augsburg – Leipzig
Union – Düsseldorf (every 3.30 p.m.)
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It is still unclear what will happen in the European Cup. With Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig (both Champions League), Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt (all Europa League), five German clubs are represented.
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