The Saxony Cup final between 1. FC Lok Leipzig and Chemnitzer FC can take place on Saturday as planned. The police and the city confirmed this to the MDR on Thursday morning.
The final in the Soccer Saxony Cup between 1. FC Lok Leipzig and Chemnitzer FC in the Bruno-Plache-Stadion, which was in the balance until the end, will take place as planned on Saturday (June 3) at 4:15 p.m. (in the live stream and ticker in the SpiO app and on sport-im-osten.de). “We have enough strength to be able to secure the football game,” confirmed Olaf Hoppe, spokesman for the Leipzig police department, on Thursday (June 1) to MDR.
Matthias Hasberg, spokesman for the city of Leipzig, then said when asked by MDR: “Since the police say they can secure it, there is no reason to prohibit it.” As of Thursday morning, more than 9,300 tickets for the duel between the two regional league teams for entry into the DFB Cup had already been sold.
“Day X” protest, city festival and Grönemeyer concert in Leipzig
As the reason for the original request to move the final to another date, the city had given a lack of personnel capacity in the security and regulatory authorities. Many police forces were brought together on June 3 for the DFB Cup final between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt in Berlin, and the city festival and a concert by Herbert Grönemeyer are also on the program in Leipzig.
In addition, in the left scene as a reaction to the judgment in the Process around Lina E. mobilized nationwide for June 3rd for the “Day X” protest in Leipzig. Due to the “risk forecast for the protection of public safety and order”, the city decided to restrict the right of assembly for the weekend. Since the Saxon Football Association also insisted on the Saxony Cup final being held as part of the “Amateur Finals Day”, the Saxon Ministry of the Interior had successfully asked for reinforcements from the Federal Police.
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