The weekend of madness
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Shortly before in a frenzy of jubilation, now on the ground of facts: HSV fans are disappointed after missing direct promotion on the pitch in Sandhausen
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A furious season finale followed many heated debates about the possible entry of an investor. Within 48 hours, football showed why love for him is still great – even if he not only brought joy, but also a lot of pain.
Ehe speaks softly, very touchingly. In his life, the actor Joachim Król tells in the documentary film “Why half past three”, football was simply there, “like the sun, moon and stars”. The self-confessed BVB fan reports how he saw his father cry for the first time when his favorite club Westfalia Herne lost their license – and that the football stadium is one of the last ritualized spaces “in which you get certain longings fulfilled that you no longer get fulfilled elsewhere receives”. Joy, for example, very big feelings.
But football, as Król has known not only since last weekend, offers much more. Sadness, disappointment, pain.
At a time when football fans are worried about increasing commercialization and are protesting nationwide because they are afraid of investors exerting influence, football delivered everything it has to offer within 48 hours: emotions, passion. Football showed what makes it special, why it fascinates people so much, so captivates them and unites them again and again. It offered excitement, but also a lot of drama – in several acts.
Madness Osnabrück: VfL scored two goals around Marc Heider in added time and thus managed to get promoted
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For example on Saturday at Wehen-Wiesbaden, when fans of the third division club stormed the pitch after the final whistle against Halle, believing their club had made it into the second division. But in Osnabrück, VfL managed something unbelievable against BVB’s second team in injury time: two goals that were enough for promotion. Wehen-Wiesbaden must now be relegated.
The stadium announcer even congratulated him
But what was that, please, what was happening in the upper house of German football, where the championship carpet for Borussia Dortmund was practically laid out? BVB just had to go over there. But he stumbled against Mainz, while Bayern won in Cologne, got the championship trophy and also released their leading duo.
Tears in Dortmund: Coach Edin Terzic (left) hugs Mats Hummels
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As if that wasn’t all spectacular, thousands of HSV supporters also stormed the field in Sandhausen on Sunday. They, too, believed that after five years they had finally made it to the top. The stadium announcer even congratulated him very politely. But then the news came from Regensburg, where 1. FC Heidenheim also achieved the unbelievable in injury time: two goals that opened the door to the football establishment.
The relegation against VfB Stuttgart will show whether the tears of disappointment in Hamburg will turn into tears of joy. The only thing that is certain is that football will deliver again – and prove once again why the love for him is still unbroken. Many people may be suspicious of the behavior of one or the other club boss because they resent the fact that it is often only about maximizing profits, football has by no means lost its charm.
