when Leipzigs first XI entered Union Berlins Alte Frsterei stadium at 1:30pm, they were greeted with 15 minutes of silence from the 20,000 spectators, clad almost entirely in black.
With permission from Unions management, fans had handed out black plastic ponchos at the gates, along with a pamphlet headlined, Football culture is dying in Leipzig Union is alive.
Todays opponent embodies everything that we at Union dont want from football, it read. A marketing product pushed by financial interests [], players with euro signs in their eyes [], supported by brainwashed consumers in the stands who have never heard anything of fan ownership.
