Interruption in the Allianz Arena: Climate activists want to chain themselves to the gate - Müller intervenes
Created: 08/27/2022Updated: 08/27/2022 7:59 p.m
By: Marius Epp
Activists briefly caused a rush in the Allianz Arena - Thomas Müller apparently had little understanding.
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The game between FC Bayern and Borussia Mönchengladbach had to be briefly interrupted.
Two intruders tried to chain themselves to the gate.
Munich – In the 18th minute of the Bundesliga top game (to the live ticker) an extraordinary scene occurred: at least two people tried to attach themselves to the goal of Gladbach keeper Yann Sommer, as also reported
by
tz.de.
Apparently they were climate activists.
Their shirts read: "Stop the fossil madness".
However, the endeavor was not entirely successful.
The people made it onto the field, but it didn't take a minute for the security service to be there.
Security personnel were able to stop the activists before they could attach themselves to the posts.
Bayern star Thomas Müller helped, tried to tear a male member of the group off the post and yelled at him angrily.
FC Bayern – Gladbach: Activists cause the game to be interrupted
The game went on pretty quickly.
In the stands, Bayern bosses Hasan Salihamidzic and Oliver Kahn watched the action with raised eyebrows, "Brazzo" then shook his head in disbelief.
"One of the activists fell while trying to get onto the field and had to be treated," informed commentator Wolff-Christoph Fuss.
Expert Lothar Matthäus spoke of "praise to the security service", the fans accompanied the action with loud whistles.
A little later, it is also clear who is behind the campaign: The association "Last Generation" acknowledged the campaign on Twitter with a statement.
Climate protection activists threaten after the action in the Allianz Arena: "It was just a foretaste"
The activists issue a threat: “In a world that is 3-4 degrees hotter, water shortages and collapsing social systems will also destroy football.
Gaming disruption is just a taste if climate collapse doesn't end," the tweet said.
"We appeal to viewers: inside and people in front of the television: end the ignorance of this all-destroying crisis!"
The action in the Allianz Arena is not the first public appearance of the radical climate group "Last Generation", which wants to draw attention to climate protection through civil disobedience.
Just a few days ago, members stuck to a picture in the Berlin Picture Gallery and blocked traffic in Munich.
(epp)