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Video with football fans purportedly presented as a protest of anti-covid measures

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A video of fans of the German team Borussia Monchengladbach marching in the Austrian city of Graz in 2019 has been published by some social media users with the claim that the video is related to the protests organized in Austria due to new anti-Covid measures.

In this video shared on social media, there is the caption "The people of Austria resist the lockdown for the unvaccinated. RESIST, OPPOSE, DO NOT AGREE!", says a Twitter post that you can find below.

https://twitter.com/mole_cola/status/1460939343774814208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1460939343774814208%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Ffactcheck-austria-footballnotprotest-idUSL1N2S92J9


The same video shared on social networks like Twitter and Facebook can be found ( here , here , here , here ), as well as on video platforms like Bitchute ( here , here ) and Rumble ( here ).

The video, recorded from a balcony, shows a crowd of fans of the German football team Borussia Moenchengladbach walking down a street and singing.

Reuters was unable to confirm the source of the video, but it has been circulating since at least November 28, 2019 ( here , here ).

At the time, it was posted by the German newspaper Rheinischen Post, with the caption: "Over 6,000 fans attended Borussia Mönchengladbach's Europa League match against Wolfsberger AC at the Merkur Arena in Graz. Many of them had previously taken part in the fans' march from the city center to the venue."


Link to the video post on Youtube by the German newspaper Rheinischen Post:

(Full article published by Reuters Fact Check)

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