🤯 Fan groups scrap choreos before kick-off, trouble at 2. Bundesliga derby | OneFootball

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 the Sportpark Ronhof was left pretty disappointed before kickoff.

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 minutes before kickoff of the 277th Franconian derby.

The Fürth ultras explained on ‘Instagram’ that they were unhappy with the conduct of the police officers during the preparations. They therefore said they had decided, with a heavy heart, to cancel the choreographies around the match entirely. That meant the first choreography was scrapped.

But why did the visiting Nürnberg fans follow suit? FCN fan representatives said that the sporting rivalry with Fürth virtually knows no bounds, but when it came to the choreography, they would show solidarity with their opponents and not display their own either. This is reported, among other places, by ‘Nordbayern.de’. 

And that is exactly what happened: there was nothing to be seen around kickoff 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 was worthy of a derby – on the pitch, Nürnberg turned the derby around and, despite trailing twice, ultimately won 4-2 in Fürth. 

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