Why did Bayern scold Hoffenheim?

In the early morning of March 1st, Beijing time, the 24th round of the Bundesliga continued to start. Leader Bayern Munich defeated Hoffenheim 6-0 on the field. However, there was a disharmonious scene during the game: some extreme Bayern fans posted slogans insulting Hoffenheim boss Hope. This resulted in the game being interrupted twice. After the game resumed, players from both teams eventually protested by passing the ball to each other and chatting, and the game ended hastily. According to German media reports, Bayern may be punished for this, but the result of this game will not change.

The game was interrupted twice

Just because Bayern fans shouted insulting slogans

There was not much suspense in this game. Bundesliga hegemon Bayern had already lost in the first half Leading 4-0, the score was locked to 6-0 in the 62nd minute.

However, in the 66th minute of the game, the visiting Bayern fans hung up slogans insulting Huocun boss Hope, forcing the game to be interrupted. Bayern coach Flick, Kimmich, Alaba and other players negotiated with the fans, and the game resumed three minutes later.

▲Bayern fans held up banners to insult Hoffenheim boss Hope

In the 78th minute, the insulting banners appeared in the stands again, the game was interrupted again, and the players left the field. Against this background, when the game resumed again, there was no real showdown between the two teams. Players from both sides protested against the move, passing the ball to each other and even chatting until the end of the game. In the last 13 minutes, the players deliberately used this "negative game" attitude to confront the extreme fans. Even the goalkeepers Neuer and Bowman of the two teams reached the center circle. The game eventually ran out of time in this situation.

▲In the final stage, the players from the two teams ended the game by chatting on the court

After the game, Bayern coach Flick said: "I can't understand the situation on the scene. The fans should treat it as My energy is spent on supporting my team. There is no place for such irrational behavior today. I am disappointed and sorry for what happened today. These things have nothing to do with football and cannot continue like this."

He also added: "We have chosen to close our eyes for a long time in the face of what happened in some stands in the past. We have allowed it so much that today we have to completely rethink it. I appreciate the final stage of the game. The way it was conducted was a slap in the face to the Bayern fans who were present.”

The phenomenon of “humiliation” has occurred many times recently

The German Football Association has made a response to this. Punishment

Recently, there have been many public insults against Hope in German stadiums. Last week in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga, during the home game between Monchengladbach and Hoffenheim, the home fans displayed slogans insulting Hope, which affected the progress of the game.

The same scene also appeared in Dortmund's home game against Freiburg on February 29, and the game was interrupted for a time. According to local media "Ruhr News", the Dortmund host warned the fans that if the abusive behavior does not stop immediately, the game may be cancelled. There were boos in the stadium, and it took a while for the restlessness to subside, but the fans still waved slogans insulting the German Football Association to protest the German Football Association's penalty of banning Dortmund fans from cheering at Hoffenheim's home court.

▲Dortmund fans have also insulted Hope in Bundesliga games before.

Previously, Dortmund fans had put up slogans insulting Hope on many occasions at the stadium. They announced 2 years ago that they would not The German Football Association, which will impose "collective punishment" on fans, imposed a penalty: Dortmund fans will be banned from attending Hoffenheim games for three years.

After the game, some German media said that the slogans of Bayern's extreme fans were both insulting Hope and boycotting the German Football Association. This was also confirmed in a statement by Bayern's extreme fans, who said: "The German Football Association Sports Court banned Dortmund fans from going to Hoffenheim for the next two seasons. The German Football Association once again broke their promise not to impose collective penalties, even if This penalty has nothing to do with us, but we think it is an infringement of the fans' rights. We cannot remain indifferent. This is a provocation to us.

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The insult originated from the “50 1” policy

Hope is considered a rebel

Why do Bundesliga fans scold Hope? The source must be traced back German football's "50 1" policy and football culture

In October 1998, the German Football Association officially announced that the Bundesliga and Bundesliga teams would be transformed into joint-stock companies. The specific plan is as follows: the clubs will remain. Member-based system, but the affiliated teams will be converted into joint-stock systems. The club can transfer the equity of the team to other investment individuals or companies under "certain conditions".

The "certain conditions" in the plan. "Restriction" is the "50 1" clause familiar to Bundesliga fans. Among them, "50 1" refers to voting rights rather than controlling rights, and it does not only refer to 51, even a non-integer 50.1 is also acceptable. For "50 1" "The correct interpretation of the clause is: the parent club that establishes a limited company (team) must maintain more than 50 voting rights in the team. Such a policy can allow the team to still be controlled by the club representing the fans, thereby avoiding being controlled by the Premier League. Controlled by such a foreign consortium.

There are also exceptions to the "50 1" clause, which is the "Leverkusen Regulation", or the "Bayer Regulation". This regulation stipulates that if a company is established in 1999. Before September 1st, those who have continuously operated clubs and teams for more than 20 years can be exempted from the restrictions of the "50 1" clause and fully own the teams. To this day, there are still only two clubs in Germany: Leverkusen and Wolfsburg. This bill applies to this team.

In Germany, there are many supporters of the "50 1" policy. This group of fans is particularly resistant to the situation where a certain consortium or owner controls the team, and Hope is. He is considered one of the rebels who broke through this rule.

Hope invested in his hometown team

He created a miracle in the Bundesliga but was considered to have taken advantage of the loopholes

Hope. He is a representative of the commercialization of German football. He became involved with football when he was young. He was still training with the Hoffenheim youth team. Later, he did not become a professional player, but became an outstanding entrepreneur and became a billionaire through entrepreneurship. After becoming a millionaire, Hope found that his hometown club had sunk to the bottom-in 1988, Hoffenheim had been reduced to an amateur level that could only participate in the 8th level of the German League.

Hope was a player. A "Huo Cun" die-hard, out of his love for football and his gratitude to the club that gave him youth training opportunities, he began to invest in Hoffenheim in 1989. He bought a majority of the shares of the home team, and then returned year after year. Unlike ordinary wealthy businessmen who invest heavily in the team with no return on sight, Hope first invested heavily in the construction of the stadium, training center and youth training camp. He did not want to directly buy it for success. , but wants to gradually make the parent team a backbone of German football that can last for a hundred years through its own investment.