Champions League clash goes ahead in wrecked stadium with entire stand closed due to risk of collapse

BORUSSIA DORTMUND'S Champions League clash with Dinamo Zagreb took spot successful a stadium that remains successful information of collapse.

The Bundesliga giants travelled to Croatia for their sixth European lucifer of the run connected Wednesday.

However, the stadium they played astatine was hardly up to UEFA standard.

Maksimir Stadium successful Zagreb has been successful information of collapsing for the past 4 years.

In 2020 the country was deed by a terrible earthquake that damaged the eastbound stand.

The basal has since been closed to the wide public, meaning the stadium capableness has reduced from 38,000 to 24,851 seats.

Directly nether the VIP country - wherever nine officials beryllium - determination is simply a immense spread successful the factual estimated to beryllium 40cm wide.

Temporary powerfulness cables person besides been laid crossed the woody stairs.

In addition, gathering instrumentality is being stored adjacent to the stands, with ample amounts of gravel by the little tiers and discarded successful immoderate areas.

One section has adjacent described it arsenic "big s***", according to BILD.

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Ahead of the match, Dortmund manager Nuri Sahin said: "I don't deliberation that the boys volition beryllium shocked.

"It's possibly a antithetic ambiance with much fire. It doesn't truly substance what happens successful the stands oregon that you are negatively influenced. Rather affirmative - the boys similar that!"

Borussia Dortmund went connected to triumph 3-0 acknowledgment to goals from Jamie Gittens, Ramy Bensebaini and Serhou Guirassy.