On the 29th, the game against Bayern at home was interrupted twice due to abuse in the visiting fan area. The players of the two teams finally protested by passing each other and ended the game.
Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, March 1st (Reporter Liu Wei) on the 1st, the official website of the German Bayern Munich released a statement by rumenigel, the chairman of the board of directors of the club, regarding the incident of Bayern fans abusing ditemar hope, the investor of Hoffenheim at Hoffenheim’s home court on February 29, saying that he would severely punish the fans who caused the accident, people with such acts will not have a place in the stadium.
Rummenigge first expressed shame and shame on this matter, “German football needs to deal with this chaos together. This is the ugly side of football. I would like to express my apologies to Mr. Hope, who has made positive contributions to Hoffenheim’s football and sports career.”
Rummenigge said: “There is no excuse for playing the slogan of abuse. We have filmed the whole process and will take the most severe measures to punish the fans who humiliated Bayern, they are about to pay for it. People who do abuse should not have a place in the stadium.”
Recently, the Bundesliga has seen the phenomenon of fans abusing hope by playing slogans and shouting collectively in many venues. On the 29th, the game against Bayern at home was interrupted twice due to abuse in the visiting fan area. The players of the two teams finally protested by passing each other and ended the game.
Hope is a representative of the commercialization of German football. He once played for Hoffenheim youth team. After becoming a club investor, it only took eight years to bring the team from the fifth league to the Bundesliga. According to German media reports, he invested more than 0.25 billion euros in the club, including 0.1 billion euros to build the Rhine-Neka arena for the team, which can accommodate more than 30000 people. Due to sharp and rapid commercial measures, Hope was criticized by many conservative fan groups and was regarded as “a Kingyuan football businessman who disregards football tradition”.