Not sure if anyone has been following this, but there were a some truly surreal scenes at the Bayern-Hoffenheim game earlier today. The match was stopped, twice, and the final 15ish minutes were "played" in protest of the fans behavior. There's a lot of backstory here, but the Bundesliga has a unique ownership structure and clubs like Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig are often persona non grata due to their, er, different structure. The behavior and language/messages used by the Bayern fans, and Monchengladbach fans last week is nothing short of revolting. I'm also rather torn on the essence of this whole argument, and not particularly empathetic of their argument, mostly because those complaining about Hoffenheim (and Leipzig) are the privileged ones. Old money always complains about New money.
There was a stoppage in today's Dortmund match because of "hateful chants" which I couldn't understand. Neo-naziism is so pervasive, it's even risen in Germany -- its birthplace.
Unfortunately its not new or isolated to a particular club. The first time I recall hearing about it was with Dortmund fans trying to block RB’s bus from reaching their stadium and then attacking RB fans outside the stadium. https://www.dw.com/en/dortmunds-south-stand-to-be-closed-for-wolfsburg-match/a-37528838 I enjoy the soccer played in the Bundesliga but some of their fan actions are revolting.
