Anyone who had been looking forward to two impressive choreographies from both sets of fans at today’s Franconian derby between Fürth and Nuremberg 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 also in place. However, they were called off just a few minutes before the start of the 277th Franconian derby.
The Fürth ultras explained on ‘Instagram’ that they had not agreed with the conduct of the police officers involved during the preparations. They therefore said they had decided with a heavy heart to cancel the choreographies around the match entirely. So the first choreography was scrapped.
But why did the visiting Nuremberg fans follow suit? Fan representatives of FCN said that while the sporting rivalry with Fürth virtually knows no limits, they would show solidarity with their opponents when it came to the choreography and would not display their own either. 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.
Nevertheless, the atmosphere in the stadium has still been worthy of a derby – on the pitch, Fürth initially had the upper hand thanks to a penalty goal from Klaus (22.), before Scobel equalised a few minutes later (26.).
Shortly afterwards, Klaus scored again and put the Cloverleaves back in front (41.).
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.
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