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Dortmund accept 'drastic' Yellow Wall punishment over Leipzig trouble

Saturday's Bundesliga match between against Wolfsburg will be played out at a partially-closed Signal Iduna Park

Borussia Dortmund have accepted the German Football Association's (DFB) imposition of a partial stadium closure in the wake of the fan trouble that marred the Bundesliga win over RB Leipzig earlier this month.

It means the south stand of Signal Iduna Park – the club's famous "Yellow Wall" – will be closed for the visit of Wolfsburg on Saturday, although Dortmund labelled the punishment as "drastic" in a club statement.

Protests inside the stadium and outbreaks of violence outside surrounded the match, which Thomas Tuchel's side won 1-0, as sections of the Dortmund supporters made a public demonstration of their objection to Leipzig's controversial ownership structure.