Sinsheim (dpa) - Another hatred of hatred against Hoffenheim's patron Dietmar Hopp caused two interruptions and a novelty in FC Bayern's victory at TSG Hoffenheim.
When Bayern fans held up an offensive poster for the second time in the 77th minute, referee Christian Dingert interrupted the game and sent all the players from the field - after a 15-minute break, the game was only played symbolically and the ball was pushed back and forth. Hopp and Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge demonstratively stood on the sidelines and applauded. The 6: 0 (4: 0) of Munich was a minor matter.
In the pouring rain, Bayern professionals, trainer Hansi Flick and even board member Oliver Kahn had previously stood in front of the curve and gestured wildly at the fans to hang the banner down again.
There had already been an incident with a hate poster in which Dingert interrupted the game for the first time. Because the guests' fans ignited pyrotechnics, the second half started late. Rummenigge hugged the visibly consternated Hopp in the stands, who clapped demonstratively when the players were sent into the cabin.
The 1-1 draw in Gladbach had already been interrupted last week when Hopp's portrait was shown by fans of the hosts in a crosshair. Due to a similar incident, the game Dortmund versus Freiburg was briefly interrupted on Saturday. The various fan groups alluded to a judgment of the DFB sports court, which had given BVB a two-year ban on guest appearances in Sinsheim.
The home fans gave a whistling whistle concert for the continuation of the game, Hopp himself was in the meantime in the catacombs. For the rest of the game, Hopp and Rummenigge stood together on the sidelines.
The first 75 minutes of the game in front of 30,150 spectators in the sold-out Sinsheim stadium were previously a demonstration of the strength of the Munich team, who even without their injured striker Robert Lewandowski took the highest win of the season and consolidated their lead in the table.
Serge Gnabry had his eleventh goal of the season after only two minutes and Joshua Kimmich (7th) shocked the Kraichgauer. Joshua Zirkzee, the replacement for top scorer Lewandowski, followed shortly afterwards (15th). The often scolded Coutinho scored before the break to 4-0 (33.). Coutinho (47th) and substitute Leon Goretzka (62nd) ensured the final score - before football became a minor matter.
For Bayern coach Flick, two years after his departure as managing director at TSG, it was a return to the old workplace. The 55-year-old continued to collect points for his expected contract extension.
After Lewandowski's retirement (25 league goals), which will be missing at least six games due to a fracture of the shin edge on the left knee joint, Flick helped the 18-year-old Zirkzee to make his debut in the starting XI.
Flick didn't have to worry about his offensive. Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann steered the ball with his knee into his own goal. Gnabry had previously shone with an artistic cross. Kimmich Baumann then dipped with a precise low shot. Zirkzee pushed in a quarter-hour swirl to 3-0.
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