Before the kick-off of the DFB cup game at SV Drochtersen/Assel, Schalke 04 fans reacted to the racist statements of club boss Clemens Tönnies with a spectacular action.
The trailers travelling with them to Lower Saxony showed a banner with the inscription “Wir zeigen Tönnies die Rote Karte” (We show Tönnies the red card), behind which red boxes were held up.
Tönnies, the billion-dollar chairman of the royal blue board, had started a storm of indignation with racist statements about Africans.
The Honorary Council of the Royal Blues, however, did not want to accept the accusation of racism, Tönnies himself announced that he would leave his post for three months. This proposal was complied with last Tuesday.
The S04 fans did not agree at all with the Tönnies statements, they also expressed that on Saturday. The followers showed another banner with the inscription “We show racism the red card”.
