In near darkness, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich and David Alaba sat down on the turf. At last, the strangest season was over. Yet even before Bayern collected the Champions League trophy, the new season was already underway. The early rounds of the next Champions League and Europa League were already being played. Other teams had long since returned to preseason training.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2020 15:11 UTC