Bayern hammer Hoffenheim, fans display offensive banner

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - The Bundesliga match between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich was stopped twice as Bayern Munich supporters unveiled an offensive banner to insult home team's owner Dietmar Hopp.

The defending Bundesliga champions eased past Hoffenheim 6-0 in Saturday's clash but the referee had to stop the match and took the players of both teams off the pitch.

In the 67th minute of the match, when the away team were 6-0 up, Bayern Munich supporters displayed an insulting banner about Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp.

Then the referee Christian Dingert stopped the match for a few minutes and Bayern Munich players along with manager Hansi Flick requested to their fans remove the banner.

But fans halted the offensive banner again in the 77th minute and the referee stopped the match one more time to take the players from both teams off the pitch.

After they returned to pitch, both side's players just gave the ball each other for the remaining of the match to protest the fans.

At the end of the match, players and coaching staff of two teams including Bayern Munich's chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge gathered together on the field to show their solidarity to Hopp.

Bayern Munich earned a comfortable win at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena as away team's goals were scored by Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich, Joshua Zirkzee, Philippe Coutinho (2) and Leon Goretzka.

Bayern Munich secured their lead in the Bundesliga by collecting 52 points while Hoffenheim sit in the eight place with 34 points.

Saturday results in Bundesliga:

Borussia Dortmund - Freiburg :1-0

Hoffenheim - Bayern Munich: 0-6

Mainz - Paderborn: 2-0

Augsburg - Borussia Monchengladbach: 2-3

Köln - Schalke 04: 3-0