EM ambassador Philipp Lahm condemns the latest fan incidents. The former Bayern player has a solution.
- Over the weekend there were numerous insults by fans in the Bundesliga against the Hoffenheim patron Dietmar Hopp.
- Bayern fans in particular had a negative impact.
- Ex-Bayern captain Philipp Lahm condemns the incidents.
Munich - The tasteless fan protests did not leave EM Ambassador Philipp Lahm unscathed . The long-time Bayern and national team captain found clear words about the insults and posters with a portrait of Hopp in the crosshairs. “First you have to distance yourself from it. Something like that has no place in the stadium or outside. ”Basically insults“ have nothing to do with our values. That should not and must not happen, ”said Lahm yesterday in Munich, where he spoke as ambassador for the EURO 2020 and managing director of DFB EURO GmbH about the preparations for the tournament in the Bavarian capital.
World champion Lahm believes video surveillance is a tried and tested means against criminals in the stadium
The former Bayern player * recalled an incident in the 3rd league in which a spectator in Münster had been handed over to the law enforcement officers by racists after comments from racists. Lahm called this "the perfect example" of how to deal with such situations. "Civil courage and the community can solve that in the stadium."
The former world-class defender sees video surveillance as a tried and tested way to “better identify criminals in stadiums. That's how you rule out collective penalties. ”In order to avoid incidents like the last one in the Bundesliga at the four European Championship games in the Allianz Arena *, the organizers tried to“ keep in touch with the fans and the grassroots constantly. It won't be perfect, but we want to take everyone with us, ”said Lahm.
DFB Vice President Rainer Koch believes collective penalties are possible
While Lahm , like Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge previously, speaks out publicly against collective penalties, DFB Vice President Rainer Koch does not rule them out. For him, collective punishment for fans in the event of misconduct remains a possible form of sanctioning. While this was "the last resort," Koch said in an interview with the Legal Tribune Online portal, "it was always clearly communicated that viewer exclusions were not completely abolished."
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This is exactly the attitude that fan researcher Harald Lange sees as problematic. "I would strongly recommend the DFB to withdraw this collective punishment or at least to promise to stop using it," said the professor at the University of Würzburg, referring to the punishment against supporters of Borussia Dortmund.
Fan researcher Harald Lange criticizes collective punishments: "Will rock up week by week"
"It will rock up week after week, unless the DFB manages to let the air out of it," said Lange. "If you were to say, 'The collective penalty was wrong, we deal with it differently', the air would be out immediately. However, this is probably not strategically feasible for the DFB. That would then be interpreted as a form of weakness. ”Instead of punishing entire groups, one had to re-enter into dialogue with the fans.
Lange expressly does not advocate impunity for severe insults. “I find what is happening absolutely abhorrent. I think it is untenable that a man is discredited in this way, ”he said, referring to Hopp . “If those responsible are identified, it must have ramifications, ramifications that criminal law provides for it. Not more but also not less."
DFB Vice Rainer Koch wants to "prevent further escalations"
DFB Vice Chef Koch evaluates the topic in a similar way. “The goal now must be to prevent further escalations. This requires a dialogue with each other, "said Koch, who would tolerate expressions of resentment towards the associations:" D FB and DFL must clearly communicate that criticism as well as harsh criticism of clubs and associations must be accepted by them and therefore not prohibited is that, on the other hand, a red line is crossed if individual people are disparaged or insulted. "
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has also spoken out clearly against discrimination, racism and agitation in football - and encouraged those responsible to consistently implement the three-level rule. "We must not be afraid to apply the rule and we must apply it everywhere," said the 52-year-old Slovenian at the 44th European Football Union (UEFA) Congress in Amsterdam: "It is a serious problem, and we have to do more. Only then can we be proud of ourselves. We have to show future generations that football is equated with openness and tolerance, ”he said:“ Football is a celebration of life, of community and exchange. The problem is in our society, it has to stop. "
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