Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich fired in three goals in the opening 15 minutes en route to a 6-0 demolition of hosts Hoffenheim on Saturday in a game interrupted for 20 minutes over an offensive banner unfurled by visiting fans. Yet it had gone so smoothly for the champions, who were without injured top scorer Robert Lewandowski. Bayern-Hoffenheim 'will stay in German football history' (1:26), Bayern, Dortmund games halted amid protests, Soccer's wild weekend: Big scores, handball drama, Bayern's stunning loss and more, MLS Power Rankings: Youthful Philly replaces Columbus at No.1, Higuain misses pen, brawls on Miami debut defeat, Bundesliga club sack boss after players' strike, Sources: Rapids return seven more COVID positives, Man City agree €68m deal for Benfica's Dias, Sources: Man Utd to fight until end for Sancho, Ancelotti: Coleman like Maldini, Terry, Ramos, La Liga club threaten own sponsors over tweet, LIVE Transfer Talk: Man United turn focus to Chelsea's N'Golo Kante, Transfer window countdown: Man United need help; Barcelona rebuild, Man City have spent £368m on defenders in four years.
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Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich fired in three goals in the opening 15 minutes en route to a 6-0 demolition of hosts Hoffenheim in a game interrupted for 20 minutes over an offensive banner unfurled by visiting fans. A similar insulting banner led to a Borussia Dortmund fans' ban in Hoffenheim for two seasons and €50,000 fine earlier this month.
• Protests mar Bundesliga matches
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They all realized a line was crossed and solidarity comes first.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Dietmar Hopp come together with players to applaud the home fans Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich fired in three … Hopp remains a son of a b----," a banner displayed in Bayern's end read. Damit Verizon Media und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten können, wählen Sie bitte 'Ich stimme zu.' Sources told ESPN prior to Saturday that Hoffenheim were bracing for protests against Hopp, and had informed other Bundesliga clubs. "A compliment to the refs, the fans and the FC Bayern players. Yahoo ist Teil von Verizon Media. After a 20-minute interruption both teams came back onto the pitch and ran down the clock without playing competitively, ending the game with an ovation for Hopp and with Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge by the billionaire's side in a show of solidarity. It is the ugly face of football," Rummenigge told reporters. Rummenigge wasn't the only person to call out fans after the games with Hoffenheim executive Peter Gorlich saying German football must show Hopp solidarity.
After a 20-minute interruption both teams came back onto the pitch and ran down the clock without playing competitively, ending the game with an ovation for Hopp and with Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge by the billionaire's side in a show of solidarity. The protests happened on the same day that games paid tribute to 11 people killed in a racially-motivated shooting in Hanau, and the German FA announced they had launched an investigation into the incident. It's madness," Gladbach executive Max Eberl said.
The referee ordered the teams into the tunnel, and some Bayern players as well as the entire club leadership walked to the stands and urged fans to take it down immediately.
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After an announcement over the PA system the stadium reacted furiously with even louder whistles.