- Title: GERMANY: BORUSSIA DORTMUND LEAVE FOR UEFA CUP FINAL.
- Date: 8th May 2002
- Summary: DORTMUND, GERMANY (MAY 08, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF DORTMUND TRAIN STATION 2. FANS IN FRONT OF STATION 3. FAN HOLDING TICKET TO MATCH 4. VARIOUS OF FANS IN FRONT OF TRAIN STATION 5. SECURITY CHECKS 6. FANS WALKING TO TRAINS 7. FANS CHEERING 8. DUTCH POLICEMAN AT TRAIN 9. SOUNDBITE (German) UNNAMED DORTMUND FAN SAYING "Of course (we will win). Saturday motivated us tremendously and now we will definitely win tonight - 3-1." 10. SOUNDBITE (German) UNNAMED DORTMUND FAN SAYING "Of course we will win. The titles must be all brought back home to the Pott (or Ruhrpott or Ruhrgebiet, the region around Dortmund). I think the result will be 2-1 or 3-1 for us. It is clear, we are Dortmunder." 11. SOUNDBITE (German) UNNAMED DORTMUND FAN SAYING "We will win the UEFA Cup. The result will be 3-1 for us. I am completely convinced." 12. FANS CHEERING FROM TRAIN WINDOW 13. SOUNDBITE (German) POLICE SPOKESMAN WALTER DEDERICHS SAYING "We expect this all to remain peaceful. There are four special trains going from Dortmund to Rotterdam. These trains will be escorted by the German border police. We will escort the train all the way to Rotterdam and additionally Dutch policemen will also be on the train from the beginning. Therefore we will have a mixed team of German and Dutch police in the train." 14. VARIOUS OF TRAIN DEPARTING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: DORTMUND, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: Borussia Dortmund fans headed for Rotterdam on
Wednesday (May 8) for the UEFA Cup Final against Feyenoord
hoping their team can add to the Bundesliga title gained last
Saturday (May 4).
Around 40,000 fans are expected to pack into
Feyenoord's De Kuip stadium for the biggest game the city has
hosted since the final of the European soccer championship in
2000.
Rotterdam mayor Ivo Opstelten said the game would go ahead
as planned despite the murder of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn
earlier this week.
Dutch police have decided to impose a 12-hour alcohol ban
in the city starting in the middle of the afternoon and hope
to keep the fans apart in the city.
The police hope to keep Feyenoord supporters in the city
centre while restricting the fans from Dortmund to the south
of Rotterdam.
Four special trains carried the Dortmund fans to Rotterdam
for the final. To avoid problems or complications, German
border police were joined by Dutch railway police to escort
the Dortmund fans.
"We expect this all to remain peaceful," said German
police spokesman Walter Dederichs. "There are four special
trains going from Dortmund to Rotterdam. These trains will be
escorted by the German border police. We will escort the train
all the way to Rotterdam and additionally Dutch policemen will
also be on the train from the beginning. Therefore we will
have a mixed team of German and Dutch police in the train."
Despite Feyenoord's home advantage, Dortmund will be
lifted by their dramatic clinching of the German title ahead
of Bayer Leverkusen last weekend. Dortmund were one goal down
to Werder Bremen but fought back for a 2-1 victory to take the
title by one point.
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