DFB investigates long break between VfL Bochum & VfB Stuttgart

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Banners blocked escape gates

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After the almost hour-long half-time break in the Bundesliga duel between VfL Bochum and VfB Stuttgart (1-0), the DFB will investigate what happened next week. The association confirmed this at the request of the German Press Agency on Sunday. VfB CEO Alexander Wehrle rejected any responsibility on the part of Stuttgart and verbally attacked those responsible in Bochum.

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Because visiting fans had blocked escape gates and escape routes with fence flags, referee Bastian Dankert initially did not continue the game after the break when the score was 0-0. Compared to April, when VfB played in the same stadium with the same banners without discussion, Wehrle says those responsible have changed and new regulations have been drawn up. “If you change the rules, you have to check the release carefully before the game,” said Wehrle in the “Sport1” talk panel “Doppelpass”.

VfL Bochum had announced that, on instructions from the building regulations office, a safety deficiency had to be remedied for the current season. The visiting club was informed in advance about the safety regulations. According to the Westphalians, fence flags were installed “in violation of the rules”. These only became visible during the first half under the previously removed protest banner. The visiting fans “used the duration of a briefing before the start of the first half to hang up banners in violation of the rules and cover them with a protest banner.”

According to Wehrle, the banners were put up before the game “together with the security service”. “Everything has been released.” Due to the league-wide protest against investors joining the German Football League, an additional banner was briefly hung up. There is no question that security must be guaranteed at all times, said VfB. “From our perspective, that was the case.”

The VfB fans were also ready to find a solution, said Wehrle: “The fans, the ultras, offered to take down the banner and then leave the stadium. Those responsible didn’t want it. “In the end it turned out that the escape gates could be opened despite the banners,” said Wehrle. One should not bring into the debate that the clubs are kowtowing to the Ultras: “In that case it was an issue for the regulatory authorities in Bochum.”

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