Max Kruse from Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg has complained about the actions of the police against Bremen fans and showed understanding for the Werder Ultras who had left.
"What the police did to the Werder fans is an absolute absurdity," he said on Instagram on Monday evening.
"Where do we live?"
"Where do we live?" asked the 34-year-old.
"I think it's completely okay that they resisted," he said in the direction of the Werder Ultras, who had not shown up for the game between Wolfsburg and Bremen last Saturday out of protest.
"We live in a free world and just because I'm going somewhere, I don't have to show my ID and say who I am," Kruse added.
The fans had previously found searches and personal identification of officials at Wolfsburg Central Station disproportionate.
Videos on social media show fans surrounded by several police officers in front of emergency vehicles and receiving the announcement from the officers that the supporters are not allowed to stay in the city area and are only allowed to go to the stadium.
The Wolfsburg police announced on Sunday that Bremen fans should have been allowed to stay in the city area.
The action was intended to prevent "clashes between fan groups," the authority wrote on Twitter.