BERN (Reuters) - When Borussia Moenchengladbach met neighbours Cologne in the Bundesliga's first-ever game without fans back in March, even the referee missed the crowd.
"Football has lost half its value," said Deniz Aytekin - despite being spared the customary abuse from the stands.
In Belarus, the only European league to plough on through the global health crisis, Dinamo Brest filled the stands with mannequins sporting cut-out portraits of real supporters. "The campaign organisers are regularly overrun with orders," said Gladbach fan representative Thomas Weinmann. Fans who download its Myapplause app choose which club to support and which match to watch, and then get four options: cheer, clap, sing or whistle.
Mraz added that different sounds could be played in different parts of the stadium and sound levels adjusted to recreate the impression of having home and away support.
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