Fans strip off lederhosen

MORE than a thousand Holland fans had to watch the match against the Ivory Coast in their underwear after being forced to remove orange lederhosen that had been supplied to them by a Dutch beer-makers.

The Bavaria brewery had provided the shorts free of charge in an attempt at ‘ambush marketing’ — they are not official World Cup sponsors — but security staff in Stuttgart were having none of it.

With their entry to the stadium barred, the 1,000-plus Dutch fans simply stripped off the lederhosen and went in just wearing their boxer shorts.