Hertha fans halt Bochum match by covering emergency exit

derwesten.de (German)

A German second-division match between VfL Bochum and Hertha BSC was briefly halted after Hertha fans covered an emergency exit with a banner. Referee Wolfgang Haslberger stopped play in the 21st minute despite repeated warnings. Fans ignored calls to remove a banner covering an emergency exit, reading "the relic of the workers' club: we toil, you cash in." Play resumed about six minutes later. Similar incidents have occurred before: visiting fans from Stuttgart and Mönchengladbach previously blocked escape routes at Bochum's Ruhrstadion, causing stoppages.


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