Ahead of the second division match between Hertha BSC and the visitors from Dynamo Dresden, things remained peaceful this morning according to the Berlin police. "Everything is calm so far," said a police spokeswoman. "The operation has been running since seven o'clock."
The Hertha fans gathered on Olympischer Platz. Around 600 visiting fans from Dresden had gathered in Jesse-Owens-Allee in the Olympiapark in the west of Berlin to march together to the Olympic Stadium.
The Berlin police are also receiving support from other federal states such as Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Baden-Württemberg, said the spokeswoman. No incidents have been recorded so far.