🚨 Police flood the pitch: fans run riot in 2. Bundesliga
🚨 Police flood the pitch: fans run riot in 2. Bundesliga In Dresden, the second-division match between Dynamo Dresden and Hertha BSC was interrupted after around 20 minutes. Just moments earlier, football was the last thing on anyone’s mind at the Rudolf Harbig Stadium; instead, a large police unit was on the pitch.
After just about five minutes, the match had already been briefly paused because of pyrotechnics in Hertha’s away section and the resulting poor visibility caused by the smoke. But that was nothing compared to the scenes that unfolded around 15 minutes later. At first, it was clear that chaos had broken out in the away end and that fans were on the field.
Shortly afterward, many Dynamo fans charged toward the away section, with rockets being fired back and forth. A little later, it became clear that Dresden supporters had apparently stolen the Hertha flag from the away end. On the way back, the large group of ultras was pursued by police; according to the ‘nitro’ commentators, pepper spray was used, after which a police line formed in front of Dresden’s K-Block.
While consultations between security staff, police, and officials got underway, burning blue-and-white flags could be seen in the Dynamo section — accompanied by the chant: “Where did your flag go? ” The away end, meanwhile, fell silent after the hunt-like scenes. Some Hertha fans apparently left the stadium, while the teams returned to the pitch, the clock was reset to 19 minutes, and the match was restarted.
The message is pretty clear: if anything like this happens again, the match faces immediate abandonment. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.