[3][5] However, the match's second half was marred by trouble, first after Hertha supports threw flares onto the pitch after Fortuna scored its second goal of the night to go up 2–1.

[9][10] Campino, singer for Die Toten Hosen, called Hertha BSC's protest "indecent".

[12] The German Football Association stated that any possible disciplinary action against either club or any of the players will be taken at a later date.

[12] The players being investigated are Levan Kobiashvili, Christian Lell, Thomas Kraft and Andre Mijatović.

[13] Sports law expert Michael Lehner said that Hertha can hope for replay after the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.

[15][16][17] The sports DFB court president Hans Eberhard Lorenz stated, "The appeal was unsuccessful, because no ground of opposition was to prove the referee has traded at any time conform to the rules, and the alleged Hertha BSC-sided weakness due to the interruption could not be proven..." He also stated that, "There was no Berlin players injured or assaulted or were needed to be replaced.

[19] The disciplinary panel of the DFB decided that Fortuna must play their first home match of next season behind closed doors as a result of their fans running onto the field during the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.

[20] Another incident, as reported by Die Welt the next day, was that Hertha players attacked second leg referee Wolfgang Stark.

[16] Win Draw Loss As third-place team, Fortuna Düsseldorf faces the 16th-placed 2011–12 Bundesliga side in a two-legged play-off.