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For this reason, the BVB game was interrupted
13.03.2025 – 10:35 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
During the Ramadan, believers do without food and drink for many hours. Because the sun is lost three minutes after the start of the game in Lille, it affects the evening game.
The Champions League duel between OSC Lille and Borussia Dortmund was interrupted early on for a short break. After just eight minutes, referee Sandro Schärer decided to pause the game for about a minute to give the professionals the opportunity to eat due to the fasting month. The background was that the sun went down just a few minutes after kick -off on Wednesday.
To the background: During the Ramadan, it is fasted from sunrise to sunset. For today, March 13, 2025, that would mean, for example: Lent was at 4:28 a.m., fasting ends at 6:11 p.m. However, only in the eastern part of Germany. These times change daily because days during the fasting month are getting longer. Means: Between the breaking of fasting in East Germany and southern Germany, for example, there can be a difference of 20 minutes. Lille, using the example of the BVB game, a little further away.
TV expert Tobias Schweinsteiger praised this decision at DAZN and explained: “This is a very, very important sign of approving this break. This is often underestimated, but the boys are so important. The break is very important for athletes. The players usually use a light food so as not to strain the body too much and still quickly get energy.
Trainer Niko Kovač had mentioned in advance that the Ramadan was “naturally” taken into account when planning the squad. In this game, full -back Ramy Bensebaini was not in the starting eleven. Kovac emphasized: “Of course we as a trainer support that. I think you do that. But we have to see that we put the boys on the pitch that have the necessary strength.”
The Ramadan is a central part of Islamic faith. During this time, believing Muslims do without food, drink, smoking and sexual activities from dawn until sunset. In the evening, fasting is traditionally broken together. After the fasting month, the festival of fasting is followed by the lasting of several days, also known as the sugar festival.
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