Why was the gate opened from the Austria sector?

Die Dealing with the derby scandal will take a long time. The clubs and their fans have a lot to make up for. In an initial reaction, it was decided four derbies without away fans to carry out.

Another pressing question is: Why were the rowdy brothers from Green – who wanted to “take revenge” for pyrotechnics fired at the family sector and climbed over a fence – and Violet able to meet on the pitch in a direct man-to-man fight?

For several minutes, until an Austria fan was left lying on the ground seriously injured and the police took action on the field.

A first Police report Did not see any errors made by the host (Rapid) Folder would have need to process betteris it[called

At the beach Rapid President Alexander Wrabetz When asked why this Gate under the Austria sector had opened and fans could storm onto the pitch from there: “It’s actually a security gate. That wasn’t in our area and still needs to be analyzed.”

A possible answer is provided by a Video from inside the stadiumwhich was first published by the Falter. First, you can see how stewards noticed that rioters from the Rapid sector and Austrians, who had also climbed over a fence, were now directly confronting each other.

The Goal became openStewards ran outside – as we later saw, they were outnumbered and overwhelmed on the pitch.

Some officers familiar with the scene (“SKB”)who usually spend a long time with one of the clubs and their fans, followed through the gate. Both the police officers and the stewards apparently did not notice that Austrian fans were already storming from behind.

Gate was pushed open

Before the gate could be closed again, it was forced open. A mistake with serious consequences. Fighting broke out, which could have resulted in deaths.

The “Falter” criticizes a police officer who is familiar with the scene and who, in a video, appears not to even try to close the gate again. The KURIER Videos from a different perspective It is not clear whether the pressure from within or the lack of will to close the gates was the decisive factor.

On a The police responded to KURIER’s inquiry Wednesday evening.

“Officers of the Vienna police who are familiar with the scene and are responsible for the fans of FK Austria Vienna noticed themselves a few minutes before the pitch invasion next to the guest sector in the “family stand” sector in order to de-escalate the situation among the Austria fans. When this attempt had no effect and the stewards asked the SKB to come onto the pitch, officers who are familiar with the scene went together with the stewards to the gate that leads to the pitch, and both the stewards and the officers who are familiar with the scene went through the gate in this area.”

The decisive moments are: “The officers’ attempt to close the gate quickly was unsuccessful due to the pressure from the many fans. The officers who were familiar with the scene then tried to de-escalate the situation among the fans on the pitch.”

The police also stated: “It should be noted that the SKB does not have a key for the stadium gates and it is not possible to open them independently.”