Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich’s CEO, said he was “ashamed” when Bayern fans unfurled banners targeting Hoffenheim chief investor Dietmar Hopp.
During Bayern’s game against Hoffenheim in Sinsheim on Saturday, a game in which they won 6-0, visiting Bayern fans in the away supporter section of PreZero Arena revealed multiple banners calling Hopp a Hurensohn (son of a whore). The actions caused a game stoppage of roughly 15 minutes, after which Bayern and Hoffenheim players kicked the ball around to run out the clock.
“I must say clearly and definitively: I am ashamed ... of what happened in the away end,” Rummenigge told reporters after the game. “I apologized to [Hopp], but there is nothing to apologize before because what happened was inexcusable.”
Asked by BFW how he would remember this 6-0 result, Rummenigge said: “As a dark day of football.”
Rummenigge, as well as head of sport Hasan Salihamidzic and incoming Bayern chairman Oliver Kahn, later joined Flick’s and the players’ protest. Eventually, all players, coaches and executives went into the tunnel to wait for Dingert to resume the game.
“I saw in the dressing room after the second game stoppage that the players were angry and shocked at our own fans,” Rummenigge said afterward.
The match, and the ensuing events, comes two days after Bayern celebrated its 120th anniversary. Away supporters before the game held signs depicting both old and new crests before and throughout the game, also occasionally lighting flares. But Rummenigge said the demonstrations against Hopp ruined the celebrations.
“It would have been a wonderful week. We had a great game in London. We had a great game today,” Rummenigge said, when asked by BFW about the timing of the fan protest. “And with this act, everything was ruined.”
"That was the very ugly face of FC Bayern. We had the whole thing filmed. We will be vigorous against them and they will definitely be held accountable. We've allowed far too much. A rethink must take place today. We have to do everything we can to combat it"
"These people are the enemies of football. They always say it's our club, no it's not your club. We want to have nothing to do with such people at FC Bayern"
tobabilty
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I'm so annoyed to know that fans like that exist, they should've thought before hand about what they were doing and also, Hoffenheim's stadium should probably have better security to ensure that fans aren't carrying flares, I do hope those fans get the right treatment and not just be left alone.
Bayern1901
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This was by far the best match Bayern have played all season long . We could have scored 12 goals at least. These were not Bayern supporters as far as I’m concerned. More like a militia or a small movement ,protesting against a person involving him and his mother. What a shame what a performance what a day . Let’s go Bayern .
Rahi09
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We are not criticizes Mr Dietmar Hopp Borussia Durtmund fans done that before even i don't know exactly what is the main problem... With Dietmar Hopp But it's disappointing as a bayern fan [Hitface]
Yardie1
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They where terrible I wanted to see the Brazilian magician gets his second hatrick and I wanted Hoffenheim paid for what they did last year at home. They humiliated us under dumb Kovac. But am loving the way the team is playing. And I hope Lewy have a speedy recovery. If he did play he probably scored an hatrick.