Reports: Around 500 Bayern fans barred from Schalke match
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- Police reportedly issued stadium-area exclusion orders to about 500 Bayern Munich fans before the club’s match at Schalke.
- Sport1 and Bild reported that Bayern and Schalke supporters fought in a parking lot before kickoff.
- Bayern played its first away match of the season in Gelsenkirchen without its organized supporters’ group.
Bayern Munich played its first away match of the season in Gelsenkirchen without its organized supporters’ scene after police reportedly barred around 500 of the club’s fans before kickoff.
According to reports by Sport1 and Bild, Bayern supporters fought with Schalke fans in a parking lot before the match. The reports said police issued the Bayern fans exclusion orders before the game began.
The reported confrontation occurred because the two groups of supporters had not been separated before the match. Bayern visited Schalke on Saturday evening for the top-flight meeting, the clubs’ first encounter there in three years.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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