The last time we read about a time loop was when Eintracht Frankfurt had to concede the same goals over and over again. The situation is similar after the Hessian Bundesliga club’s European away games: in January there were complaints when they played in Rome. In November, when none of their fans were allowed to travel to Naples. And yesterday when she lost 1:2 in Barcelona.
During the game, a pyroflare flew from the Eintracht block into a block where Barcelona fans were watching the game. Videos on the Internet show how several filled beer cups from the Frankfurt area are thrown over a Plexiglas wall. Part of this wall is said to have been destroyed.
Eintracht board member Philipp Reschke said: “After the 1-0, seven Bengalos were lit – none of them were thrown. The Bengalo after the Catalans’ 2-1 goal was first lit in the block on the left below the away area and thrown upwards over the plexiglass pane into the away area.”
Reschke confirmed that the torch was “unfortunately thrown back from there after a few seconds”. “Luckily enough that it landed on the outer left edge of the block in question and not in the middle of the people. Even if the result is one torch that was thrown too many, that makes a significant difference in the processing for me.”
So the others are said to have started. Will this help with the UEFA investigation that could follow soon? Eintracht has been under probation since the game at AS Roma in January. At that time, flares had also landed in surrounding blocks. The European football association had handed down a suspended sentence of two years. Now fans could be excluded – for example at Eintracht’s last away game in the Champions League group phase on January 21st in Baku.
