FC Bayern can breathe a sigh of relief: after the partly chaotic end to Munich’s quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid, UEFA has refrained from imposing a possible fan ban and has only imposed a hefty fine on the record champions.
After winning the German championship and reaching the DFB Cup final, FC Bayern are now fully focused on the Champions League. Next Tuesday (9pm), the German record champions face defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, with the French treble winners coming to Munich eight days later.
In contrast to fears, FCB can count on the full support of its fans for the second leg. After the sometimes chaotic scenes at the end of the thrilling quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid (4:3), when FC Bayern supporters jumped into the stands, there had been talk of a fan ban.
Michael Olise’s 4:3 winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time had caused all the Munich supporters’ dams to break. Many fans in the south curve jumped over the fence into the interior to celebrate with their players on the sidelines. However, several photographers were injured and one even lost consciousness. According to the police, at least two women and two men were injured.
“After the game, it was extraordinary emotions, it was chaos. We’re sorry that journalists were injured, that should never happen, it doesn’t belong in the stadium,” explained sporting director Christoph Freund at a press conference a few days later.
South curve was closed in January
There was trepidation at FC Bayern. After all, following the large-scale pyro action against Sporting Lisbon at the beginning of December (3:1), the Munich team was punished in the following home game of the league phase against Union Saint-Gilloise (2:0) by having the lower tier in the south curve closed. For technical reasons, the entire south curve was even banned in the end.
As of Thursday evening, however, it is now clear that Bayern got off lightly and avoided another fan ban. UEFA “only” imposed a hefty fine on the Munich team.
The almost 90,000 euros are made up of the indoor violation (40,000 euros), inappropriate fan banners (30,000 euros), blocking public passageways (14,000 euros) and throwing objects (5625 euros).
