2023-09-25 03:39:33
The second division duel Holstein Kiel against Hertha BSC was spectacular, especially thanks to the final phase. But after the final whistle, football took a back seat. Former Kieler Fabian Reese, match winner for Hertha, handed over a donation from the Berlin fans for a sick Holstein fan.
The final act of his return to his old place of work in the Holstein Stadium was a matter of the heart for Fabian Reese. The striker in the Hertha BSC jersey had just contributed significantly to Berlin’s 3-2 (2-0) victory at his former club with the winning goal from a penalty kick and an assist.
“That was a nice gesture. Football becomes extremely irrelevant.”
— Fabian Reese
Shortly after the end of the second division game on Sunday, everything sporting took a back seat for the Kiel native in view of the fate of a Holstein supporter. The 16-year-old is suffering from lymph node cancer. With a plastic bucket in his hand, Reese walked across the pitch from the Hertha to the Holstein fan block. The bucket contained money that the Berlin fan scene donated for the young man and his family. The blue T-shirt Reese wore bore the encouraging message: “Fight, Ian!”
“Separated by colours, united by the subject”
“A decent sum was raised,” said Reese on “Sky” and praised the action of the Hertha fans. “And then they came up to me. ‘Watch out, don’t you want to hand this over?’ He could only “take off his hat. I think being separated in the colors, united in the cause fits quite well,” said the 24-year-old. “I think it was a nice gesture that made football extremely irrelevant.”
The Kiel fan scene had launched a call for donations and announced that they would collect donations for the game against Berlin. Hertha BSC also pointed out the campaign in its travel information.
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