‘I’ve never seen that before’: Euro 2024 stadium feature baffles pundits

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One Euro 2024 venue boasts a rather bizarre feature, which left BBC pundits rather confused

A general view shows the teams warming up on either side of a mock-up of the former Berlin Wall bearing the inscrition "Together gainst Walls, together with Berlin" standing across the pitch before the start of German first division Bundesliga football match Hertha BSC Berlin v RB Leipzig, at the Olymic Stadium in Berlin on November 9, 2019. - Germany celebrates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the end of communism and national reunification, as the Western alliance that secured those achievements is increasingly called into question. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP) / RESTRICTIONS: DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images) Euro 2024 stadiums
The Olympiastadion is one of the largest sporting venues in Germany (Image credit: Getty Images)

Euro 2024 has taken the footballing world across some of Germany's most famous sporting venues, from Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena to Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion.

The Olympiastadion in Berlin has seen some of football's most iconic moments, including Zinedine Zidane's headbutt on Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final, and will host this summer's final.

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James Ridge

James Ridge is a freelance journalist based in the UK. He recently spent time with The United Stand as an online news editor and has covered the beautiful game from England’s eighth tier all the way to the Premier League.