Overview
- At Bayern’s public championship celebration on Munich’s Marienplatz, rival 1860 supporters unfurled a massive fake Bayern crest with an insulting slogan, and live TV captured it before it was pulled down.
- The group says the tarp measured about 15 meters across, covered roughly 180 square meters, and weighed around 20 kilograms, and they matched Bayern’s exact color codes to make it blend in at first glance.
- The saboteurs claim they wore Telekom sponsor shirts and walked past checks into the fenced area by the town hall with the rolled banner, saying external security staff showed them sympathy.
- The banner was quickly re-rolled and disappeared from view, its custody remains unclear, and 1860’s fan lawyer Gerald Assner is asking for it back to avoid disposal costs.
- Bayern does not plan to file a criminal complaint, and a leading fan researcher called the stunt rare in scale and timing, a sign that future title parties may tighten access around sponsor zones.