🚨 Uproar in the 2. Bundesliga: opening match halted for minutes | OneFootball

Just a few minutes ago, the ball started rolling in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in the 2026/27 season. But it didn’t last long.

After a little more than 15 minutes, referee Wolfgang Haslberger stopped the match. The reason, as the stadium announcer said, was one that is all too familiar in Bochum.

Apparently, a protest banner from the Hertha fans was hanging over an emergency exit gate at Bochum’s Ruhrstadion. After two announcements, the referee asked the players to move to the edge of the pitch and suspended the match.

After about five minutes, however, the situation was resolved. Following several discussions on the pitch and near the away end, the Hertha fans took down the banner and the match resumed.

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