At the end of October, the fans of FC Schalke 04 amazed the league with a breathtaking show of curves before the game against SC Freiburg (0:2). But around two months later, the choreography is still causing trouble with the Gelsenkirchen police. There is talk of a “severe breach of trust”.
A curve show by Schalke fans that is well worth seeing on October 30th this year may have consequences for the supporters of the district club. Because a few weeks after the choreography, which was widely shared on social media and received nationwide attention, the Gelsenkirchen police are not in good spirits with the ultras.
What happened? Before their own team entered the home game against SC Freiburg, the S04 fans presented a huge plastic banner showing an oversized jersey. Through the use of smoke, this was immersed in a blue hue over the course of the process. An effect worth seeing. However, the smoke did not escape as quickly as the fans had hoped and subsequently covered parts of the field in fog, so that the game had to be interrupted for a short time.
The Gelsenkirchen police and also the fire brigade, who had approved the registered choreo, but knew nothing about the use of pyrotechnics, spoke of a “breach of trust” after the game and renewed their accusation against the Ultras in an interview with “WAZ”. .
Police criticize fan march
“Basically, the exchange with Schalke about Ms. Rühl-Hamers as the person responsible at S04 is great,” said Peter Both, deputy head of the Gelsenkirchen police department, to the newspaper, adding: “But unfortunately the organized fan scene doesn’t play along.”
The game against Freiburg therefore meant “clearly a bitter breach of trust”. The police also announced at the time that they no longer wanted to agree to the security concepts of Curve Show for the time being.
The fact that the Schalke fans took an “unannounced march across Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse” over the next few weeks after the Freiburg game and this “blocked it for an hour” was extremely unsuitable for changing the relationship.” , Both continues.
FC Schalke 04: Police are disappointed with Ultras
The head of the police department criticized the fact that there was no “willingness from Ultras and Co.” give “to sit down with us and talk openly and honestly about planned fan campaigns before, during or after the games”. In this way you will “never find a solution”.
He could say for the police: “I firmly believe that there will be choreographies again in the arena – we just have to reach the goal together.” According to Both, however, how this goal is to be achieved due to the legal provisions that prohibit the use of pyrotechnics and thus would have made the considerable choreography mentioned impossible, the police chief did not explain.