Bremen – Hundreds of SV Werder Bremen fans celebrated their 6-1 win against 1. FC Köln on Saturday evening and the fact that the relegation was no longer considered possible. The police had to intervene. Does that have any consequences?
The swimmer, who comes out of the neighboring stadium pool in Bremen early Saturday evening – the bag under his arm, the towel still over his shoulders – is visibly irritated at first. Before the Weser Stadium there is no getting through! Around 500 fans spontaneously came together in front of the Ostkurve to get there Werder Bremen no longer considered possible jump on the Relegation place to celebrate.
Waving flags, loud chants and honking cars: there are atmospheric pictures, no question. in the Corona Context however, they seem just as strange, because hardly anyone keeps their distance here. The police approaches, in the end everything remains peaceful. An evening in front of the Weserstadion.
Werder Bremen fans celebrate reaching the relegation like a German championship
Around 50 people have set up in front of the stadium’s fan shop during the game. Cell phones, radios, live streams, all of this conveys good news after the other: Tor Werder Bremen, Tor Union Berlin, Tor Werder – the temporary rescue, at the latest from the middle of the second half, it is a sure-fire success. Camera teams capture the first cheers, Pizarro chants, Ujah tributes. “Now we want that HSV! ”Then it’s over, then it gradually gets crowded on Franz-Böhmert-Straße. “Like the championship!” Shouts a man in a black event jersey. And indeed: for a brief moment, reaching the relegation feels like the old, glorious moments.
The Cologne bus pulls up to gradually collect the Cologne players. Every replacement and supervisor, however unknown, is celebrated loudly! Tenor: Thanks for this 6: 1 with the manageable resistance! It made sure that also in Bremen on June 27th: “Et still jot jejange!” As Anthony Modeste on the bus, it gets particularly loud: “Modeste, Modeste, Anthony Modeste!” SV Werder Bremen fans. So long and fervently that the Effzeh striker reappears in the door shortly after getting in, waves, knocks on the logo.
Werder Bremen: Does the gathering of fans at the Weserstadion have any consequences?
A little later a police car appears, the loudspeakers on the roof creak briefly, then: “Congratulations on reaching the Relegationsplatzes, but please keep to the distance rules. ”Many fans try to do this, but it is not possible. It is simply too full for this, the emotions are too fresh for many. But one thing is clear: a larger crowd in front of the stadium? That is exactly what Bremen’s senator Ulrich Mäurer (SPD) always wanted to prevent.
Why he threatened it, none in Bremen Ghost games allow. Now it has happened. Will there be consequences? Still unclear. The first assessment of the police came on Saturday evening comparatively mild: “As a rule, the people addressed were insightful and cooperative. According to current knowledge, there have been no major incidents so far, ”says a press release. (dco)
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