German police have spoken of concerns about an intelligence gap in the level of aggression of the latest generation ofhas been designated as “high risk” due to a heightened threat of violence between two groups of supporters with a history of thuggery.
Both said this had led the German police to “take a few more safety precautions than at other games”, including the decision to serve only low-alcohol beer in the Veltins-Arena, which is home to the Bundesliga club Schalke. As of last summer, there were 1,624 football banning orders in force, an increase of 24% compared with the previous year. Within the 2022 to 2023 football season, 682 new banning orders were issued, an increase of 32% compared with the 2021 to 2022 football season.
An estimated 10,000 Serbian fans are expected, although Both said it was difficult to monitor as “in Serbia, they can just get in the car and drive ”.He said: “The only thing we have said time and again, and which I would like to emphasise again now, is that we cannot rule it out. There is no international tournament that I can remember that has remained peaceful for more than four weeks every day.