In the international match against Italy, German fans whistle the hymn of the guests before the start. The DFB supporters are not the first to do it. An inart.
A heated atmosphere is part of football. The duel also takes place in the ranks. That can also happen with whistles. When the opposing team runs into the stadium to warm up, a defender is rabidly reduced the player of their own team in a duel or a little time game. But to whistle at national anthems, is an unarticiary who can also be seen on Sunday in Dortmund – or rather – to be heard.
As “Il Canto Degli Italiani”, the song of the Italians, in the Dortmund Signal Iduna Park, quite a few German supporters whistled in the stadium. It has little to do with respect. As Turkish fans in Berlin in autumn 2023 or on Thursday the Italian followers in Milan whistled the German anthem, many people annoyed this in this country. But then it doesn’t make it better to the Italians.
This is also not in the sense of the DFB team. Before the game on the RTL microphone, national coach Julian Nagelsmann made it clear: “I hope that our fans do not do it: to whistle at the anthem. That is also something that makes us positive.” They did not meet Nagelsmann’s hopes on Sunday evening. You should do it better in the future.
