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Gelsenkirchen (dpa) - After the sealed relegation of the Bundesliga soccer club FC Schalke 04, an "exchange between professional team and fan groups", according to the district club, "exceeded the limits".
“With all understandable frustration and all understandable anger about relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga: The club will never accept if the physical integrity of its players and employees is endangered.
That is exactly what happened last night through the actions of individuals, ”said a statement from the club on Wednesday morning.
The boundaries had been exceeded by individuals and so far “unassociable persons”.
The club condemns this behavior “in the strongest possible terms and naturally places itself in front of its employees”.
The processing of the incident has begun.
There should be no further comments on the part of the club until the clarification.
Schalke lost 1-0 at Arminia Bielefeld on Tuesday evening - this defeat sealed the club's fourth relegation from the Bundesliga.
After the game, the team drove back to Gelsenkirchen.
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Schalke statement