Our long-prepared operational concept for EURO 2024 also paid off on the second matchday. I am delighted that tens of thousands of enthusiastic soccer fans celebrated together in a cheerful atmosphere in front of and inside the stadium, in the fan zones and in the city center. Even though emergency services were on duty until the early hours of the morning to ensure the safety of the revelers, the night was largely trouble-free. Only four people spent the night in police custody to sober up."
The fan walks of both teams started at around 6 p.m. with more than 40,000 soccer supporters from the fan meeting points on Kitschburger Straße and Josef-Lammerting-Allee in the direction of the stadium. During the fan walks and in the fan zones on Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer and at the Tanzbrunnen, visitors to the events set off pyrotechnics.
Before and during the soccer match, several Scottish fans attempted to enter a cordoned-off area next to the stadium. Riot police intervened and filed five charges of trespassing. While climbing over a stadium fence, a Scottish soccer fan sustained serious injuries through no fault of his own and had to be taken to hospital.
On the way to the stadium, a suspected drunk e-scooter driver (40) collided with an oncoming cyclist (52) on Hahnenstraße before kick-off at around 5.40 pm. Emergency services ordered a blood sample to be taken from the 40-year-old Swiss man and made a security deposit. The 52-year-old man from Hungary suffered serious injuries in the accident.