Following an incident of racism, the seventh division soccer club HFC Colditz has taken an unusual measure. For the match against Roter Stern Leipzig on Sunday, only personalized tickets will be sold on presentation of an identity card. "There was talk of holding the match in camera," Matthias Wohllebe, team manager of HFC, told the Leipziger Volkszeitung newspaper.
The reason for this was a scandal during a clash between the teams from the Sachsenklasse Nord in the Sachsenpokal last September. The match had to be interrupted due to racist insults from the crowd. The sports court imposed a fine of 1,000 euros. Now further financial damage is to be averted.
