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May 19 7 tweets 6 min read
A "specific type of intelligence," a sense of perspective and "football for all."

Ahead of SC #Freiburg's first ever #DFBPokal final on Saturday, I spoke to Director of Sport Jochen Saier and others about the club's unique path.

For @dw_sports:

dw.com/en/the-freibur…
3 years ago, @JonBloggs66, @Davis_VanOpdorp & I recorded the @TribunePodcast in #Freiburg.

While we were there, SCF fans @helgethomas & @WilleRobin explained brilliantly and articulately what their club is all about. It's still well worth a listen.

🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/7184024-…
It's on Apple too, and covers, among other things:

- What success means for SC #Freiburg
- Christian Streich
- New stadium (pre-move)
- #50plus1 and club membership
- Red Bull & Leipzig

All still very relevant.

🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sc-…
And as for Christian #Streich, his press conferences are legendary but this one is my favourite by far:

"Mega-performance? You're on a different linguistic level to me. I didn't see a mega-performance. I saw that we worked ('gearbeitet'). Or 'geworked.'"

🤓 Quick grammar lesson: most 🇩🇪 past participles are formed by adding the prefix "ge-" to a verb.
eg: arbeiten (to work) > gearbeitet (worked)

Streich's response was a dig at the anglicism "mega performance" in the Q, so he spontaneously anglicised "gearbeitet" into "geworked."
Finally, SC #Freiburg left their historic old Dreisamstadion this season to move into a new arena.

Nestled in the Black Forest, it remains the most beautiful football ground in Germany (and Freiburg's U23s and women are still playing there).

dw.com/en/farewell-an…
"Here comes Nils, he's always good for a goal!"

Nice interview with #Freiburg super-sub Nils Petersen from the main man @JonBloggs66.

#dfbpokal #scfrbl

theathletic.com/3319149/2022/0…

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More from @matt_4d

May 21
SC #Freiburg #ultras’ flyer with choreo instructions and the following:

“Please refrain from stickering or graffitiing the Ostkurve. This is #HerthaBSC’s home end and we respect this.”

“Racist, discriminatory, antisemitic and sexist chants or behaviour will not be tolerated.” ImageImage
1-0 Freiburg (Eggestein)

But how the video referee didn’t give handball against Sallai in the build-up, I don’t know. Clearly seeing different pictures to me.

Anyway: the Freiburg end is ROCKING.

#DFBPokal
Read 12 tweets
May 21
RB Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff has addressed the criticism of his club, as he does from time to time.

Now, I'm going to go through some of his comments and those of some others because a) they're entitled to their views and b) it's very much a standard script.

Long thread 😬 Image
This is a script we've been hearing from the club, its fans and the uncritical Leipzig media bubble for the past decade.

Much of it misses, or willingly ignores, the point. Having said that, some of it also a response to criticism which also misses the point.
1. The Frankfurt comparison or "you've got no fans."

This is a response to the mockery of RB for not having the huge numbers of fans that other big German clubs do. But both arguments (the mockery and the defence) miss the point.
Read 18 tweets
May 20
Borussia Dortmund and Marco Rose part company.

#BVB
CEO Hans-Joachim #Watzke: "This is not an easy day because the mutual appreciation among us was, is and remains great. But after a season which was unsatisfactory for various reasons, we've had to conclude that we haven't made the most of our potential." #BVB
Marco #Rose: "Despite a difficult season with lots of unpredictability, I was convinced we were on the right path. But during our discussion, I got the impression that the total trust of all was no longer there. We've reached a mutual agreement to end our cooperation." #BVB
Read 5 tweets
May 19
📰 Some German press this morning after Eintracht Frankfurt’s #UEL triumph.

🗞 Kicker: “White Giants - Sevilla, a summer fairy tale” (the term usually used to describe the 2006 World Cup in Germany)

#UEL ImageImage
🗞 Sportbild: “Eintracht madness! Crazy final with bloody foul and choreo chaos”

“Two Trapp saves for eternity”

#UEL ImageImage
🗞 11Freunde: “The hearts of Europe”

(A twist on Frankfurt hymn “Im Herzen von Europa” - “At the heart of Europe”)

#UEL Image
Read 8 tweets
May 5
Re: attacks on West Ham fans in Frankfurt

Lots of praise for #Eintracht #Frankfurt's fan culture in recent weeks (rightly so), but also certain distinctions to be made within active German fan scenes, particularly between "ultras" & "hooligans," none more so than in Frankfurt...
Displays, fan marches, atmosphere etc are generally conducted by the ultras. The "Ultras Frankfurt" are one of the biggest such groups in Germany.

German ultra groups are generally fairly left-leaning and don't go actively seeking violence, although they will defend themselves.
German "hooligans" however will go looking for violence and will often organise arranged fights with like-minded rival groups. They're often increasingly professional, oganised, MMA-trained & (far) right-leaning. There may be the odd individual link to ultras in some cases.
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