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Project Fussball – DW's German Football Podcast

Join Project Fussball's diverse panel of experts as they go deeper into the topics around German football. In the final episode of the first series, we find out how a profession­al player managed the pandemic.

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In our first season of Project Fussball we will look at the impact COVID-19 has had on German football.

The final episode of season one, James chats to Bayer Leverkusen and Iceland midfielder Sandra Maria Jessen about playing and living during the global pandemic.

In the penultimat­e episode of series one, Werner Wolf, president of Bundesliga club Cologne, and Sandra Schwedler, chairwoman of St. Pauli's supervisor­y board, are the guests. Both talk to James about how the pandemic changed life in the boardroom.

In episode three, former Sportfreun­de Lotte, Bochum and Hallescher FC head coach Ismail Atalan and SC Sand head coach Nora Häuptle speak to James about what it's like to coach during the pandemic.

Our second episode was with former player and current analyst Thomas Broich, who discussed how he believes the game has changed during the pandemic and how the future of football has been affected.

Our very first episode saw us chat to match-going fans in Germany, discuss their role in a pandemic, the big questions about being a fan and what lies ahead.

Project Fussball

Everyone knows who scored the winner on Saturday in the Bundesliga and which games

Germany have before the European Championsh­ips, but what about the bigger topics in the world's most popular sport?

Project Fussball is a podcast dedicated to the stories, not scorelines, reasons, not results of German football.

In Germany, football is deeply woven into the tapestry of society, so what are the stories beyond the score lines? Who should we be listening to? And what must we learn from them?

We have a whole range of topics that we are ready to dive into. A new episode will drop every two weeks, and each series will consist of five episodes.

Writer, commentato­r and podcaster James Thorogood will host the show, but the stars of Project Fussball will be the guests and experts as we look to dive into a diverse range of topics with a variety of voices.

You can get in touch with the show via Twitter, Instagram.

Join us as we explore the role and responsibi­lities of football and tackle the issues changing the face of German football culture.

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