FC Bayern will shut down a section of the stadium.
This was coming.
Bayern Munich’s ultras lit up the Allianz Arena with pyro against Sporting Club in the Champions League last time out and the result is that the Südkurve will be closed for the next match, specifically blocks 111 to 114, against Union Saint-Gilloise, in addition to a €50,000 fine from the UEFA Disciplinary Committee.
Here’s another interesting tidbit from the club’s official website:
As tickets for FC Bayern’s home games in the lower tier of the Südkurve are not allocated by block and all 9,336 tickets are valid for blocks 109 to 117, it is technically impossible for the club to cancel only the 4,800 tickets for blocks 111 to 114. For this reason, all tickets for the Südkurve will be cancelled in a first step, and the club will refund the ticket price to the respective purchasers. All tickets for the Südkurve will therefore lose their validity and will not entitle holders to admission to the Allianz Arena for the game against Saint-Gilloise. The tickets will be cancelled on Friday. Should the tickets for blocks 109 to 110 and 115 to 117 go back on sale at a later date, FC Bayern will provide timely and specific information about the further procedure and organisational details.
In other words, the ultras can’t come in and watch and that section will instead be open to other fans. The notion by the ultras that sacrificing this match so that they can carry on with pyro in other matches is outrageous to say the least. Time will tell if this sacrifice is worth it.
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