Premier League broadcasters are expected to offer the option of noises off when games resume, with the ebbs and flows of the crowd noises expected to help garner closer attention
As football takes tentative steps into its new normal, the Bundesliga continues to lead. Germany’s cavernous stadiums being emptied of fans took some getting used to and there have been subtle changes to the actual football. Home advantage barely exists, there has been an increase in the rate of injuries and the ball stays in play for a higher proportion of the 90 minutes.
BT Sport audiences in the UK were treated to a further innovation over the weekend: the piped-in crowd noise that had been available in Germany and the US since the Bundesliga’s reboot in mid-May. Judging by a social-media straw poll, the reaction was largely positive. As enlightening as it has been to hear players and coaches barking at each other, the sound of the crowd, faked as it might be, added a warmly familiar ambience.
Written by John Brewin
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