Footballers strip off and lay shirts in front of angry ultras after derby defeat
dailystar.co.ukBundesliga's relegation zone following the heavy defeat to their fierce city rivals. The loss is the third time Union have got the better of Hertha this season and the latest result proved all too much for the club's passionate supporters.Genki Haraguchi gave the visitors the lead shortly after the half-hour mark, before Union's Timo Bamgartl put through his own net to offer Hertha a lifeline.
However, goals from Grischa Proemel, Sheraldo Becker and Sven Michel saw Union claim a commanding 4-1 triumph over Hertha and leave the hosts' fervent followers to take aim at their own players.At the full-time whistle, Hertha's supporters demanded their players take off their jerseys and lay them before the fan block as a means of accepting they aren't fit to wear the shirt.
And both full-back Maximilian Mittelstadt and stand-in goalkeeper Marcel Lotka duly obliged.A shirtless Mittelstadt admitted in his post-match interview: "It's difficult to explain what took place with the fans.
I'd rather not say. It was simply a gesture. It was clear that the fans were angry. That's why I did it.""Against Union in a sold-out house, one expects a better performance than the one we delivered.
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