BUNDESLIGA: Dortmund barbs fuelled fan attacks

Germany coach Joachim Loew has joined the criticism of Borussia Dortmund’s CEO after the club’s hooligans attacked RB Leipzig fans, including women and children, before last weekend’s bitter Bundesliga game.

RB Leipzig were founded in 2009 by energy drinks giants Red Bull and reached the Bundesliga for the first time this season.

Borussia’s CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said Leipzig “play football to perform for cans of drink”. In a thinly veiled attack on Watzke, Germany’s World Cup winning coach Loew said such comments escalated the situation in Dortmund. “One can be more cautious and careful with their expressions before such a game,” Loew said.