BERLIN — Defending champion Bayern Munich returned to action Sunday with a 2-0 win at Union Berlin as the restart of German soccer continued in empty stadiums.
Players’ shouts echoed off the empty rows of concrete terracing around Union’s stadium as Bayern moved closer to an eighth straight league title.
As at all games in the Bundesliga this weekend, players wore masks when not on the field and substitutes sat apart from one another in the stands.
Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said it was “a question of motivation of attitude” to succeed without fans in the stadium and that the game seemed to take longer than usual.