The reason: at the same time, the women’s team plays the second leg of the Women’s Nations League final against Spain in Madrid, starting at 6:30 pm. There was a risk of overlap with the cup match if the women’s match went to extra time. Since both the women’s international match and the cup match will be broadcast live on free-to-air television through the ‘ARD’ network, the start of the match was postponed by 15 minutes as a precaution.
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By the way, it is not the first time this season that BVB has been affected by an unusual start time. In the second round against Eintracht Frankfurt, the match was also scheduled later than usual; back then, it started at 6:30 pm instead of the usual 6:00 pm. The reason was also the parallel match of the women’s team.
This time, first the women, then the BVB, and deliberately at 9:00 p.m., in order to properly plan the television broadcast of both matches.
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