Hundreds of Borussia Dortmund fans offered visiting Monaco supporters a bed for the night after the Dortmund team bus was hit by explosions before a scheduled match between the two teams. Within minutes of confirmation that the Champions League quarter-final first leg had been postponed until Wednesday evening, the hashtag BedsForAwayFans was being used on Twitter to connect stranded Monaco fans with places to stay in the city.
He was homely and gave us a warm welcome. For him it was natural thing to do. But the true values of football is what the Dortmund fans made with their hospitality yesterday.
Asked whether they would remain friends, Lentz said they had added each other on social media. Matthieu Cagnot, 23, from Bretagne-Pays de la Loire, in north-west France, travelled 15 hours to Dortmund with four friends.
After the postponement, they eventually found somewhere to stay at 2am with Dortmund fan Thomas Thiel. He was so cool with us. The events touched everyone. Barbara Welding, a Dortmund fan who lives close to the stadium, hosted two Monaco fans from Maubeuge in northern France, after offering her home on Twitter. We had a drink together and talked about the day. We watched the press conference on television.
I translated the most important information. This morning we had breakfast together and I gave some recommendations for their day. Hotel owner and Dortmund supporter Ute Uhlenkltt offered rooms free of charge after hearing that the match had been postponed. This article is more than 7 years old. View image in fullscreen. Borussia Dortmund explosions: police detain suspect. Read more. Reuse this content. More on this story. Dortmund attack: man arrested on suspicion of share-dealing plot.
