More than 20,000 SV Werder Bremen fans could travel to the Bundesliga away game at Hertha BSC on Saturday, but a planned march by Bremen supporters in Berlin is causing a stir. What challenges both clubs and the Berlin police are now facing.
Bremen – In the days leading up to the game, it is not possible to say exactly how many Werder fans will end up making their way to the Berlin Olympic Stadium on Saturday. What is certain, however, is that there will be many. Between 18,000 and 25,000 Bremen supporters, according to the current estimate Werder Brementhe away game could be at Hertha BSC on Saturday (3.30 p.m., in the DeichStube live ticker) in the stadium, which poses organizational challenges for both clubs and the Berlin police.
In the center: one of the followers of the SV Werder Bremen planned Fan March from the Berlin radio tower in the west end right through the city area to a good three kilometers away Olympic Stadium. “This march has been somewhat restricted by the police,” said Werder’s media director Christoph Pieper on Thursday. After a security meeting that took place in Berlin on Tuesday, the club was informed. To meet up with fans of Hertha BSC, who are also planning a march to the stadium, the Bremen supporters should now walk one and a half kilometers in the opposite direction to the “Messe Süd” S-Bahn station and take the train from there to the stadium. Which apparently not all Werder fans agree with. As the DeichStube learned from the Berlin police, an elevator (title: “The demand for freedom of movement and civil rights also for football fans”) with 1000 participants was officially registered by a private person on Wednesday, which is to run from the radio tower to the Olympic Stadium. “Currently there are no reasons against it,” says the police, who cannot simply ban such a lift against the background of freedom of assembly.
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Werder Bremen asks fans to avoid the Theodor-Heuss-Platz subway station in Berlin
Werder Bremen had already pointed out to his fans on his own website a few days ago that the “Theodor-Heuss-Platz” underground station on the way to the radio tower should “absolutely be avoided”. The reason: supporters of Hertha BSC for her Fan March to the stadium. “There will be a police barrier between Theodor-Heuss-Platz and Hammarskjöldplatz, which will not be able to be overcome,” the club also announced. The route of the elevator registered on Wednesday runs in the direction of Theodor-Heuss-Platz, but then turns off beforehand, leading through a residential area before it via Heerstraße and Flatowalle to Olympic Stadium should go. According to the police, the route still has to be checked, and a change in the route is quite conceivable. Consultation should be held with the applicant for the lift in the near future.
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Hertha BSC expects 12,000 to 15,000 SV Werder Bremen fans in the Berlin Olympic Stadium
One thing is certain: the participants in the modified will be at the Olympic Stadium fan marches and the elevator to several other green and white fans. At the request of DeichStube shared Hertha BSC on Thursday that the Bremen supporters have fully exhausted the contingent of 7,500 tickets made available for the guest area. “In the sale, we can also see that the blocks next to the guest area will be well filled and Werder fans will certainly be there,” it continues. However, Hertha’s estimate of the number of fans in Bremen is significantly lower than that of Werder Bremen: The bottom of the league expects 12,000 to 15,000 guest fans. The Olympic Stadium is said to be sold out with 75,000 spectators, which is very rarely the case in Berlin. (dco)
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