Bayern Munich Coach Vincent Company and Arabic Leipzig Opponent Marco Rose struggled to negotiate Bayern 5-1 win Friday and a planned Christmas event at the Allianz Arena was called off after a vehicle drove into a crowd at a market in the northeastern German city of Magdeburg.
Authorities described the incident as a planned attack. This happened about an hour before the start Bundesliga match, at least two people were killed and 60 injured.
“It’s almost impossible to talk about football tonight. The people of Magdeburg are in our thoughts at the moment,” Kompany said.
“Hopefully, someday there will be peace, not just in Germany, but everywhere. We won today, but I hope there will be more victories for peace next year.”
The two dead were confirmed to be an adult and a child, but officials said additional deaths could not be ruled out as 15 people were seriously injured.
“I’ve heard the news from Magdeburg, it puts things in a different light,” Rose said.
“Yes, we played football. Yes, we lost clearly and deservedly. Benjamin Henriques A serious ankle injury could have happened, but there were a few other incidents today that weren’t good.”
Bayern had originally planned to hold the Christmas event after the Leipzig match was cancelled.
Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Driessen asked fans at the Allianz Arena to observe a minute’s silence in honor of the Magdeburg victims.
“We had a completely different idea of ​​standing here,” Driessen told the players and fans.
“We found out about the incident in Magdeburg during the match. That’s why we decided to abandon the Christmas program. I want you to remember the relatives.”
The start of the game on the pitch was fantastic Jamal Musiala Put Bayern ahead after 28 seconds, only for Benjamin Cesko to equalize just a minute later.
Bayern, however, dominated thereafter, leading 3-1 at half-time through Konrad Leimer and Joshua Kimmichbefore Leroy Sané And Alphonso Davis Completed the rout to send them seven points clear at the top of the table.
Information from Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
