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Not cut out for it: 12,000 cardboard fans fail to spur German team on to victory
Bundesliga team Borussia Moenchengladbach fell to defeat despite filling their stands with thousands of replica supporters, many of which featured fans’ faces who had paid for the print-outs to raise money for Covid-19 charities.
As an experiment it was certainly impressive, but sadly it would appear that filling a football stadium with cardboard cutouts rather than real people doesn’t quite give the advantage that a cheering home crowd would usually bring.
Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach found that out on Saturday afternoon as the league’s second round of matches took place and they ran out 3-1 losers to visitors Bayer Leverkusen, despite putting in around 12,000 replica fans in place.
Borussia Mönchengladbach's cardboard cut out fans are something else!
