During the second division game between Hamburg and Hannover, fans showed a banner with Martin Kind in the crosshairs. Now the club boss is announcing consequences.
Managing director Martin Kind of Hannover 96 announced consequences in a first short statement after escalating fan protests, including crosshair banners and his face in the middle. “I don’t want to comment on that now. There will be reactions. Over,” the official told the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung”. “The important thing is that you have to decide something,” emphasized the 79-year-old, without first going into details.
Hamburger SV’s second division game against Hannover 96 (3:4) had a break of more than 30 minutes in the second half on Friday evening before it was called off by referee Sören due to protests against the planned entry of an investor into the German Football League Storks confessed. In the guest block there were also three banners with portraits and a crosshair each – including the head of 96 managing director Kind. “Crosshair posters are an absurdity, that doesn’t work, we don’t have to talk about it,” 96 sports director Marcus Mann criticized on the TV channel Sky.
HSV supporters had also attached heavy bicycle locks to the posts of a gate. These could only be removed using a cut-off machine. Objects were also thrown onto the field.