Unfortunately, football games are often associated with a large police presence due to difficult fans.
The hard core of the Fradi fan camp from the Hungarian champions Ferencváros may also appear intimidating to peaceful passers-by, but the “violent outbursts” are actually of the pyrotechnic kind and limited to the environment of the respective venue.
Lautstarke Ferencváros-Fans
The Hungarian champions lost 2-0 to Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League on Thursday evening. Paper form to a certain extent. Fradi tried to fight bravely, but the Werkself were calmer overall and had the necessary luck on their side. Let’s see how the Bundesliga side hold their ground in the hopefully full Puskás Arena when 65,000 fanatical fans heat up the atmosphere in the second leg.
Even the Welt stated in her report after winning the home game: “The more than 2,000 fans who accompanied the Hungarian champions were so loud at times that the Leverkusen supporters had to make an effort to sing against it.” Leverkusen is just not Dortmund. In Budapest, the balance of power will be different, at least in the stands. The fact that the Fradi fans were allowed to create a good atmosphere in the BayArena is certainly not due to German domestic politics.
Pocket knives, firecrackers and masks
They put 500 (!) police officers on the special train as soon as it had crossed the Czech-German border near Bad Schandau. The club had organized this train for almost a thousand fans, and they were now sent one after the other onto the platform for “depth control” – as if there were no more admission controls in German stadiums…
Nancy Faeser’s federal ministry had sent the police officers on their trail because the Fradi fans are considered “extremely violent” and Germany was once again in danger. In fact, pocket knives, firecrackers and masks were found. After two hours of thorough “work” there were a total of three (!) ads. While leading German media write about a routine action, the affected fans had a completely different impression.
Anti antifa with balloons
They perceived the ransacking of their luggage and the body searches as harassment. And that was probably the aim of this action: to humiliate the “opponent”. The club Ferencváros are now officially complaining to UEFA, but it is already clear that this intervention by the German police state will have been “proportionate”.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry, headed by football-mad Péter Szijjártó, had to provide all consular support to ensure that the fans did not end up missing the game because of the thorough police work against elements that were dangerous to the public. In any case, the Hungarian football fans no longer showed their frustration in the stadium; With balloons they signaled to the stewards how Anti-Antifa works.
“Is that a joke? German federal police stop the Fradi special train! Our “friends” in the West teach us about democracy and the rule of law.”
moralizing hosts
In the social forums, however, it was seething. Is that how you treat “friends”? Can the Germans – after the embarrassing rainbow play at the EM 2021 – still be decent hosts? Should the Leverkusen fans experience the hospitality of the anti-terror center TEK in Budapest? All these questions went through people’s minds in the face of a large contingent of German police hundreds working on a special train.
Shouldn’t the interior minister have made the Hungarians happy with a successful search? For a month now the lake has been quiet; that’s how long the international manhunt for the terrorists who organized a manhunt in Budapest with eight people, some seriously injured, has been advertised. According to investigators, the largest cells of the international Antifa gang responsible for these attacks are at home in Germany. Three alleged perpetrators, known by name and address, are wanted on warrants. Is it too much to ask that Nancy Faeser should be doing her real work instead?
