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did Romanian football fans really shout
slogans in favor of Putin at this
football match Romania against Ukraine
or did they chant anti-putin slogans
like in this version of the
video at least some users have claimed
that this is the original audio and not
the pro Putin one confused these two
versions of the exact same scene were
widely sh Ed on social media one of the
videos had almost 2 million views in
English and it also appeared in several
different languages so which one of them
is the real version well neither of them
they are both fake first of all we
couldn't find the original audio of the
video but as luck would have it we found
Christian stesco he is a colleague
working for the W's Romanian service he
watched the match Romania Ukraine in the
stadium in Munich can be seen here from
behind we checked video material that he
took on that day it was possible to
identify that the videos were shot at
the exact same time at the exact same
location so did he hear any pro or anti
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chance
heard it was so loud in the video had
another eyewitness told him that he also
didn't hear anyone shouting protin or
anti-putin slogans and we couldn't find
any other video confirming the alleged
Putin songs in the stadium which is very
unlikely in the era of social media it's
safe to say that the audio and the video
was therefore
manipulated the video was allegedly
taken around the time of Romania's first
goal we compared Shadows on the field
inside the stadium and were able to
estimate the time of the recording it
was indeed around the time of Romania's
first goal so it's more likely the fans
were celebrating the scoring of the goal
instead of chanting Pro or anti-putin
slogans same football match different
fake on this website that belongs to
Russian disinformation Network we can
see a video allegedly showing that
Romanian fans displayed the flag of the
donet people Republic in the stadium
other users also shared it on EXs the
donet People's Republic is a pro-russian
Association that claimed control over
the Ukrainian administrative District of
donet with the aim of secession from
Ukraine it is classified a foreign
terrorist organization by the German
Federal public prosecutor's office but
was this flag actually in the stadium no
it's fake the picture has been
manipulated
we know that it must have been taken
around the time of a goal because people
are cheering so we compare an actual
scenes from the golds streamed on the
German public broadcaster IID no DPR
flag was visible during the live
broadcast another tweet that shows a
photo that wasn't doctored no DPR flag
here so two examples of alleged
political statements in a euro 2024
stadium that actually never happened
these aren't the only fake videos and
photos that popped up during the
European Championship which is taking
place in Germany this year also taking
part is world star Cristiano Ronaldo the
image of the Portuguese footballer and
Captain is often used to spread faults
or misleading
claims users on social media have taken
a liking to finding out more about his
religion and often claim that he is a
Muslim now he is currently playing for
the AL nasra FC in Saudi Arabia a Muslim
country here for example he's said to
have quoted from the Quran the video was
widely shared on social media in the
context of the current European
Championship but that video is false a
reverse image search led us to a
completely different person biva
Abdullah he published the video of
himself reading in the Quran in
2021 and he even got Global attention
because of his close resemblance to
Cristiano Ronaldo admittedly they do
look a bit alike but it's a different
person and not Ronaldo Ronaldo is not
the only footballer being used for fakes
and
manipulation here's Manuel Noya
Germany's longtime goalkeeper apparently
with a black eye as if he had taken a
hit a big Scandal because he told the
truth which is hidden from the citizens
is what the text says the picture was
distributed in a Facebook at it's not
really clear what is supposed to have
happened here but the photo including an
embarrassing spelling mistake is a fake
through a reverse image search it was
possible to get to this article
published in
2015 here you can see the same picture
of Manuel Noya but without the bruising
plus the manipulated image is intended
to give the impression that it comes
from a major German tabloid newspaper
but there is no article related to this
on the real website of the paper the
Facebook ad leads to a website that is
made to look like set German tabloid
paper however a look at the URL address
bar shows it's not the URL of the paper
a click anywhere leads to an investment
website asking users to enter their
personal data in short it's a scam 2024
European Championship also needs their
fans around 2 million football fans from
around 100 20 countries are expected to
come to the German Capital Berlin
alone but is this really a fan in
Germany wearing a Hitler costume no this
is false it doesn't show a person at the
European Championship this year but a
man in Madison in the US state of
Wisconsin and it's not a recent photo
either he walked around in a Hitler
costume on Halloween
2022 this is shown by a reverse image
search
the picture and the incident were also
taken up in the 2022 annual report of
the stop anti-Semitism initiative we
were also able to find the exact
location we already knew from another
local article that the picture was taken
on State Street that led us to this
exact Corner the Green Building and the
street sign are recognizable here so
this picture has nothing to do with the
football championship and it's not a
football fan either either last but not
least here is maybe the most curious
story of the championship and not
because of the name of the city sken Ken
gson Ken gson Kiren gson Ken but it was
this England fan who woke up hours after
the match England versus Serbia in An
Empty Arena in g
k it's 4:00 in the
morning this story is still unproven and
it's hard to get to the bottom of this
because it's one person's word against
anothers it's obvious that this video
was not recorded during the tournament
is what UA told German news agency DPR
there is no signage branding or Euro
2024 protocol elements in the stadium
the stadium in gazen kin its security
service and UEA did not respond to our
request until publication and the fan
sticks to his statement he fell asleep
in the stadium and shared a picture of
him posing in front of the result of the
match Serbia versus England so
apparently he was indeed inside the
stadium on game day we reached out to
him to get his side of the story and got
this response I went up up to the St up
to underneath the seats under understand
I I seen somebody I kind of know and
they're still serving beer they're still
serving food and drinks I thought oh I
don't want to go for a tra and training
to back to the G and C City Center I
thought I'll buy another couple of beers
here and then let the crowds dispers go
away do you know what I mean I just go
sit in any seat so I didn't want to
stand up I just sit down finish them and
go next thing I must have finished them
next me or
now were
morning I woke up the flood lights
weren't on WE compared the frames of his
video with other pictures that were
taken on that day yeah had to be seated
here because the writing shka is only
visible on one side of the Arena The
Branding in this picture matches the
colors from The Branding in the video
but another detail seems to be missing
in the video however it is also possible
that these flags were taken off shortly
after the game ultimately it remains
unproven but it's certainly one of the
most curious stories of this European
championship and now it's your turn have
you been to the stadium and discovered
something odd in a video afterwards
which fakes did you see around the
European Championship send it to fact
checking at dw.com
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