Excitement before CL match
Stadium spat: Sturm fans wall up Graz town hall
The stadium dispute in Graz has reached a new climax: Sturm fans are said to have bricked up the entrance to the town hall on the main square on Wednesday night, but were caught by Holding employees.
Between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning, unusual scenes took place in front of Graz City Hall: As surveillance footage proves, a group of over ten people masked in scarves and hoods approached with bricks and adhesive material to unceremoniously erect a wall in front of the middle gate. The ominous act was confirmed by Gilbert Sandner, security manager of the city of Graz.
Sturm fans strongly suspected
Suspects were also quickly found: the fact that the Austrian champions do not have a stadium suitable for the CL and therefore have to play their matches in the "premier league" in Klagenfurt has caused heated tempers among Sturm fans for months. Now a few supporters apparently wanted to make a (crazy) statement and symbolically show that - at least from their point of view - they are talking to a wall. According to the Instagram page "Graz Wellness", a statement is to follow this Wednesday.
"We can neither confirm nor deny the suspicion," says Sandner. The perpetrators could not be caught - two employees of Holding Graz caught them in the act, whereupon they stormed off. At best, the unfinished wall was quickly removed: The fire department took care of it that morning, before the town hall staff got to work.
The Graz city government had recently decided to rebuild and expand the Liebenau stadium. Up to 23,000 spectators are to be accommodated in the Champions League and international match-capable arena in future.
Can they achieve something historic?
Today, however, Sturm must return to the Wörthersee Stadion and achieve something historic against FC Girona in order to maintain their chances of reaching the top 24 and thus the play-offs. They have yet to win against Spanish clubs in six European Cup ties. A 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad in their most recent encounter in November 2021 was the highest of the highs.
The numerous fans of the champions are also eagerly awaiting the premiere. Sturm has sold 24,000 tickets for the match.
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