Bayern Munich’s rabid fan section, the Südkurve, will be empty on Wednesday vs. Union Saint-Gilloise.
Earlier in January, the club made the decision to close the section because the ultras lit up the Allianz Arena with pyro against Sporting Club in the Champions League last time out. Now, blocks of seats are closed against Union Saint-Gilloise:
As tickets for FC Bayern’s home games in the lower tier of the Südkurve are not allocated by block and all 9,336 tickets are valid for blocks 109 to 117, it is technically impossible for the club to cancel only the 4,800 tickets for blocks 111 to 114. For this reason, all tickets for the Südkurve will be cancelled in a first step, and the club will refund the ticket price to the respective purchasers. All tickets for the Südkurve will therefore lose their validity and will not entitle holders to admission to the Allianz Arena for the game against Saint-Gilloise. The tickets will be cancelled on Friday. Should the tickets for blocks 109 to 110 and 115 to 117 go back on sale at a later date, FC Bayern will provide timely and specific information about the further procedure and organizational details.
Head coach Vincent Kompany is disappointed that he will not see the Südkurve in action.
“That’s a pity, of course. Bayern have always been successful at home in the Champions League, and that’s always been due to the support of the fans. We’ll still have 70,000 fans out there, but of course we hope that this won’t happen often. The fans are very important to us,” Kompany said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
Similarly, midfielder Aleksandar Pavlović will miss the boisterous fans as well.
“Of course it’s a pity they won’t be there tomorrow. They’ve always supported us. I hope it’ll be just for this game and that they’ll be back for the next game. We just have to play our game tomorrow,” said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
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