Two months without playing because of COVID-19... And he gets expelled after four minutes!

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Player gets carded after months without playing because of COVID-19. Screenshot/skySPORT2HD

Just four minutes into the game, Diekmeier was heading for the dressing room tunnel at Erzgebirge Aue-Sandhausen. The referee sent him off with a straight red. An unusual turn of events in the German second division after the coronavirus.

Diekmeier's back. Four minutes into his team's first game after a two-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Sandhausen player was sent off.

Diekmeier lasted just four minutes on the pitch as professional football returned to Germany, with his team visiting Erzgebirge Aue.

These are the unusual images of the completely empty German stadium at the return of the second German division. And it seems football antics are back and at full speed... The unusual circumstances were left behind as soon as Diekmeier was shown the red card!

May 16, 2020

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