🤯 Fan groups call off tifos before kick-off, row at second-tier derby

🤯 Fan groups call off tifos before kick-off, row at second-tier derby Anyone who had been looking forward to two impressive choreographies from both sets of fans at today’s Franconian derby between Fürth and Nürnberg at Sportpark Ronhof was left pretty disappointed before kick-off. The stands behind the goals remained empty – even though two certainly striking choreographies had of course been planned, and the necessary resources were in place. However, they were called off just a few minutes before kick-off of the 277th Franconian derby. On ‘Instagram’, the Fürth ultras explained that they were unhappy with the conduct of the police officers involved during the preparations. They said that, with heavy hearts, they had therefore decided to cancel the choreographies around the match entirely. So the first choreography was scrapped. But why did Nürnberg’s away fans follow suit? FCN fan representatives said that the sporting rivalry with Fürth knows virtually no bounds, but when it came to the choreography, they would show solidarity with their opponents and also not display their own. This emerges, among other things, from a report by ‘Nordbayern.de’.  And that is exactly what happened: there was nothing to be seen around kick-off of the derby. So far, neither of the two clubs nor the police have officially commented on the incidents. Nonetheless, the atmosphere in the stadium is still worthy of a derby – on the pitch, Fürth initially had the upper hand thanks to a penalty goal from Klaus (22’), before Scobel equalized a few minutes later (26’).  This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.