Decisive response to offensive banners about Hoffenheim’s owner jar with recent inaction when racism was involved
Dietmar Hopp stood in the rain, hands clasped together, brandishing them in thanks to the Bayern Munich players who stood around him, to the home supporters in the PreZero Arena and to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Hasan Salihamidzic, who had already warmly embraced him on the pitch. It was an unusual, unprecedented ending to an unusual, unprecedented afternoon.
Bayern had beaten the home side, Hoffenheim, with far greater comfort than expected, 6-0, but the champions running riot in the rare absence of their seemingly indestructible top scorer Robert Lewandowski became barely a footnote in proceedings. It was all down to one banner, raised in the visitors’ section in the corner of the stadium, with the game long since done.
Written by Andy Brassell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/02/dietmar-hopp-banners-chaos-raises-questions-about-bundesliga-priorities-german-football under the title “Chaos caused by Hopp banners raises questions about Bundesliga priorities | Andy Brassell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
