Chocolate Coins Cause Bundesliga Stoppage As Fans Protest Investment Deal At Gladbach-Bremen Game – News18

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany: Foil-wrapped chocolate cash flew onto the sector within the Bundesliga on Friday as followers made their unhappiness with an funding deal clear by forcing the motion to be briefly stopped in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s recreation towards Werder Bremen.

Fan teams throughout Germany have pledged to protest the league’s plan to promote a stake of future broadcast revenues to an out of doors investor. The teams have agreed on a silent protest with no singing and chanting for the primary 12 minutes of every recreation this weekend.

When the 12 minutes had been up, Gladbach’s followers went a step additional by hurling the chocolate cash in gold foil — a standard vacation reward for kids — onto the sector. There was a 5-minute stoppage whereas stadium workers, joined by referee Felix Zwayer, picked up the cash.

There had been additionally protests within the second division. A recreation between Paderborn and Hansa Rostock was briefly stopped as a result of Rostock followers adopted the 12 minutes of silence with a show of flares.

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