Some rivalries never die…and the feud between Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich runs so deep that it will continue to fester no matter how many worlds apart the two clubs are these days in the world of football.
According to a report from Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), some 1860 Munich ultras — allegedly — defaced the exterior of Bayern Munich’s training grounds with spray paint and stickers:
Bild offered some details within report:
Traffic signs, electrical boxes, fences and public benches were covered with stickers, defaced with lettering or sprayed in the white and blue club colors of the Munich Lions.
In the public park on the hill behind the training grounds of super striker Harry Kane (32) and Co., for example, the following was sprayed on a wall: “1860! In Munich-Giasing we are at home. The city is blue. It will always be so.”
Background: The club headquarters of the two Munich rivals are both located in the Giesing district (pronounced in the Munich dialect: Giasing) – only about 700 meters apart!
It’s less than a ten-minute walk from one training ground to the other. 1860 Munich’s ground is on Grünwalder Straße, while Bayern Munich’s is on a parallel street further down the legendary Säbener Straße.
The third division team plays its games in the Grünwalder Stadium, as does Bayern II in the Regionalliga Bayern.
However, the 1860 ultras in particular see Giesing exclusively as their white-blue territory and repeatedly mark it with stickers and graffiti – as was the case with the current attack!
This is the kind of thing that is just…stupid. Hopefully, Bayern Munich ultras do not respond in kind. There is no room for vandalism and nonsense like this — especially when the gap between the two clubs is oceans wide.
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