The Bundesliga is back, with social distancing and masks.
Germany’s Bundesliga returned this afternoon — without fans in stadiums.
The Bundesliga became the first major world football league to get back to business in the coronavirus era — and may set a template for other leagues and sports.
In the big game of the day, the Revierderby, Borussia Dortmund beat Schalke 04 by four goals to nil.
Here are the best photos from football’s brave new world.
Erling Håland celebrates his opening goal for Borussia Dortmund in a socially distant manner | Pool photo by Martin Meissner/AFP via Getty Images
The new normal? Schalke’s substitutes keep their distance from one another on the bench | Pool photo by Martin Meissner/AFP via Getty Images
Changed days for the media as well. Journalists in Dortmund sit apart and wear masks in the press box | Pool photo by Martin Meissner/AFP via Getty Images
Fans in Dortmund were able to gather and support their team in “Kneipen,” now open under the newly relaxed rules in North Rhine-Westphalia | Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
A staff member disinfects the match footballs at the game between Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn in Düsseldorf | Pool photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images
Freiburg’s defender Manuel Gulde, right, celebrates a goal against RB Leipzig with an elbow bump | Pool photo by Jan Woitas/AFP via Getty Images
Will the celebratory elbow bump — also displayed here between RB Leipzig head coach Julian Nagelsmann and defender Angeliño — replace the more traditional hug or high-five? | Pool photo by Jan Woitas/Getty Images
Interviews now look different too. Nagelsmann, above, and Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen speak to the media from a distance after the match | Pool photo by Jan Woitas/Getty Images
Fortuna Düsseldorf’s Merkur Spiel-Arena holds 54,600 spectators. It’s unclear when fans will be allowed to return | Pool photo by Carsten Lappe/Getty Images