During a Nations League match between England and Germany, a large number of England fans were arrested for displaying the Nazi salute. After the British coach warned England fans about their unsportsmanlike behavior during the match, the fans reacted badly.
In the run-up to a friendly match against Germany in the Nations League, eight English football fans were arrested in Munich, according to city police.
In the wake of the Nazi salute, three fans were arrested by police, according to reports. In addition to the arrests previously mentioned, two arrests were made for insulting police officers, one fan was arrested for urinating in public, and one for lighting flares in their hotel rooms.
New immigrants to Germany are punished with up to three years in prison if they do the Nazi salute. Foreigners tend to get off with a fine for the offensive gesture.
As reported by the Munich fire brigade, the fan who let off a pyrotechnic flare were not able to protect themselves from its effects, and that allowed smoke to fill the first floor of the hotel, triggering the hotel’s fire alarms.
The social media images post suggested the neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic “Millwall Berserkers” hooligan group might be in the city, holding banners in various locations.
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Gareth Southgate, the British coach who supervised the England team during the World Cup, had warned England fans against misbehaving in Germany during the game. The Sporting Director of the World Cup team told an interviewer that it is embarrassing when you hear about what happened in London, and it reflects badly on the country and the team.
Overall, fans seem calm
DW was told by a police spokesman that the fans were “verry calm in general” and agreed that “the atmosphere in the city was very serene.”
It has been a quiet operation so far for police, and he says that isolated incidents are to be expected and that while there will be a few more arrests, the entire operation has been quiet so far.
Around 5,000 English supporters are in Munich to watch their team play against Germany at the Allianz Arena, which is located on the grounds of Bayern Munich.
Glass bottles are not permitted in the city center for the duration of the festival as the city has imposed a ban on glass bottles.
SID reported that 880 suspected English hooligans dropped their passports ahead of the match.
Since the Coronavirus pandemic, England has played its first significant full-capacity international match s. There have been some reports of English supporters trying to circumvent the ticket limit by buying tickets under their local hotel addresses.
As an added bonus, next week’s game follows comparatively soon after the chaotic situation in Paris that led to disproportionately large boycotts by Liverpool supporters just before and after the Champions League final.
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