Jan 27, 2026
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After Schalke's 0-0 draw against Hertha BSC, the focus was no longer on the game, but on police action. Now the S04 Ultra is reacting.
The police operation surrounding Schalke 04's second-division game at Hertha (0-0) on January 10 was still fully progressing ten days later.According to the police, this resulted in 52 injuries, as well as serious recriminations between the police group and the fans.Before the home game against Schalke 1.FC Kaiserslautern (2:2), the Ultras Gelsenkirchen (UGE) fan club, which, like Berlin's active fan scene, notes that it has stopped flying and made a statement shortly after the start of the game.
Schalke ultras express themselves in a "blue letter"
The extremists themselves made serious accusations against the Berlin police in the fan club newspaper Blauer Brief. According to extreme fans, they learned about the police action at home through the media and social networks. But things almost escalated in front of the guest area.The cause and effect of every dispute can always be discussed, but it should never be a "the police did this that day" situation.
There has been heated debate in the Schalke fan scene over the decision to stop supporting.More than 20,000 S04 fans accompanied their team on a long weekend trip to Berlin and sometimes paid a lot of money.Money - and then the stadium is just dead?
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However, Ultras Gelsenkirchen clearly dispute these arguments, explaining: "After an incident like this, 'get on with it' and 'do what you're doing' is the behavior not only of us, but also of the other Schalke players in the hotel.We thought about shouting loudly.No, there is one thing that dominates everything at some point, for example, despite the sobriety of the police, “Despite the solidarity, despite the brutality of the police.absence of emotion”.
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Even after the match, Schalke officials said: “On the steps of the S-Bahn station, the police again physically attacked Schalke for no reason, pushing some of them down the front stairs.As a result of the panic, many fans fell on top of each other."The conduct of the Berlin police was "clandestine and morally and humanely unacceptable."fans are not a problem with violence.The long wait at the entrance to the stadium, which was sometimes crowded and in some cases panicked, created a real problem.
The Berlin police said
Berlin police commented on the operation in front of the home corner and reported that a Schalke fan who wandered into the Hertha corner was physically assaulted.The Hertha fans' tent gathered and donned "protective weapons in the form of gloves and masks".Many "glass and plastic bottles" were "thrown" at the police.They were attacked with flagpoles and sticks, as well as anchored chairs.Police had to use "multi-purpose baton and body force", and pepper spray was used.Fanhilfe Berlin then complained about the "manifestly false" statements and demanded consequences for the staff.Berlin's Interior Senator Iris Spranger said on Monday that Berlin's police "have a lot to do".
There was no mention of the events surrounding the Schalke curve.
