Large contingent to ensure security at Hungary match

Police - Large contingent to ensure security at Hungary match

The police are deploying over 2,500 officers for the second group match of the German football national team against Hungary, which is classified as a high-risk game, in and around Stuttgart. The respective fan groups are to be consistently kept apart on their way to the arena and in the vicinity of the stadium, the Stuttgart Police Presidium informed the German Press Agency upon request.

There is "a high potential for confrontations". Disruptions will be "robustly and low-threshold suppressed" by police forces. The encounter (6 p.m./ARD and MagentaTV) was classified as a high-risk game by the police and the UEFA European Football Union due to violent Hungarian fans. "We are naturally preparing ourselves particularly for this", said Baden-Württemberg's Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) to SWR. Approximately 15,000 to 20,000 supporters of the Hungarian team are expected in Stuttgart.

The so-called fan marches from the city center to the stadium will be started in a staggered manner, the police announced. While Hungarian fans will leave from the Middle Schlossgarten, German fans will start from the Stadtgarten, which is about two kilometers away. If confrontations occur despite the separation, "the police are ready with strong and robust forces to intervene quickly and accurately and to calm the situation down as soon as possible", it was stated in the message.

Germany and Hungary faced each other in the group stage of the EURO 2021 (2:2). Radical Hungarian fans had displayed homophobic banners among other things during this game. It was peaceful in Cologne on Saturday in the first game of the Hungarian team against Switzerland (1:3).

EM Schedule

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1. The German national soccer team will play against Hungary's national team in a high-risk game, classified as such by both the police and UEFA, in Stuttgart.
2. The German Press Agency reported that over 2,500 police officers will be deployed for the game in and around Stuttgart.
3. Due to the potential for confrontations, the police will consistently keep apart the fan groups on their way to the stadium and in the vicinity of the arena.
4. The expected attendance of approximately 15,000 to 20,000 Hungarian supporters add to the high-risk classification of the game.
5. The staggered fan marches from the city center to the stadium, with the Hungarian fans starting from the Middle Schlossgarten and German fans from the Stadtgarten, are meant to ensure separation.
6. In the event of confrontations, despite separation, the police will intervene quickly and accurately with strong and robust forces to calm the situation down as soon as possible.
7. The DFB (German Football Association) plays its second group match in the EURO 2021 against Hungary on a date listed in the EM schedule (as mentioned in the table), and the game will air on ARD and MagentaTV.

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