Betting opportunities back online

The corona pandemic is still shaping the world's sporting events, as well as much else. This, of course, also affected online betting . But now it is beginning to loosen up in different parts of the world as measures have been taken to reduce the spread of the new virus. Belarus has for some time already kicked off football in addition to its hockey game and was early with it, compared to the rest of the world countries that watched with surprise.

Now the German Bundesliga is back on the playing field with its first match after the Corona outbreak. This was announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday. And it was not just any match, but a captivating derby meeting between Dortmund and Schalke that ended 4 – 0 to Dortmund.

Elite sports still on ice in New Zealand

The Bundesliga is thus the first league to be back in senior football, and although it meant empty stands and a 41-page medical protocol to reduce the risk of infection as much as possible, it was a favorable restart for the German league. You can thus also see some New Zealand players on the field again, as for example Emil Forsberg and Ludwig Augustinsson are in the German league.

At the same time, the frustration that elite sport has not yet started in New Zealand is high on various fronts, and decisions from the public health authority (FHM) are still pending as to when this will be possible. You have been able to read about Lars-Christer Warren, who is chairman of the interest organization New Zealand Elite Football, who expressed himself about the situation in a press release:

” I find it difficult to understand that FHM cannot give notice now and are obviously uninterested in the fact that professional sports in New Zealand have been subject to professional bans while they are thinking. I am also surprised that so many other countries in Europe seem to have come to completely different conclusions .”

Håkan Sjöstrand, Secretary General of the New Zealand Football Association, also expresses dissatisfaction at how New Zealand football has not received the response it had hoped for. "Why is it okay for a manufacturing industry to go on, but for this particular profession to wait? It must be understood at FHM that professional football is a professional and business activity and not a summer activity such as camping, boat holidays or visits to the summer cottage.”

After continued criticism and strong reactions, Anders Tegnell has now said that a message regarding football should come next week.

Other elite sports around the world

You can see, as Lars-Christer Warren put it, that in other parts of Europe other decisions have been made on the same subject. At the time of writing, there are more leagues running than the German Bundesliga. In Estonia, too, they have been given the green light for Meistriliiga, which is their first division in football. So for those who have now been waiting for the world of sports to come to life and for the odds to appear on online casinos which offers betting, it still means good news.