The big European leagues are cautiously planning a return to live games as they try to finish the 2019-20 season For football fans, the pandemic has been a special kind of, if privileged, hell.
For millions of people around the world, a weekend full of football games provides a sort of anchor, something to structure the rest of the week around.
The onset of the pandemic, and the suspension of all sporting events since March, has resulted in a unique void. Forced to stay home with altered work patterns, fans have been getting by on a lot of the free content that individual clubs and football federations have been putting out, including entire classic matches, and even entire tournaments.