Fans Throw Severed Bull’s Head Into Pitch During Match

A German second division club, Dynamo Dresden, have been fined €60,000 after their supporters threw threw a severed bull’s head near the pitch during a Cup match.

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The German football association (DFB) said on Tuesday that the club, already on probation from incidents last season, failed to safeguard their high-risk German Cup game in August against RB Leipzig, nicknamed the Bulls.

Dresden fans had thrown a bull’s head onto the inside area of the stadium, unfurled insulting banners and hit one player with a coin during their win over fellow East German club Leipzig, owned by energy drinks maker Red Bull.

RB Leipzig are said to have attracted the anger of many German fans following their rapid rise through the leagues courtesy of Red Bull’s investment.

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Dynamo Dresden fans unfurled banners reading “you cannot buy tradition”

There were a total of six incidents of unsportsmanlike behaviour from Dynamo Dresden fans, including at three other games in October, the DFB said, including the use of banned flares.

This is not the first time Dynamo has been sanctioned, with the club having been suspended from the German Cup in the 2013/14 season due to crowd trouble.