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[Disclaimer: This article appeared last year (when I was really busy (…)), before the Volkswagen scandal (and cuts in the VfL budget), and also kind of before *Red Bull Bundesliga* (though that’s hinted at). It’s still rather interesting, I think, not just for fans of German football, so I’m posting it now. I was asked previously by 11Freunde to post the magazine cover instead of photos from the magazine. This is my translation of their article. I am not affiliated with 11Freunde, just a fan.]
The Decline
The national leagues are becoming tedious, the Champions League always sees the same winners. Modern football is currently ruining itself. But what comes after?
(text: Christoph Biermann, photos: Jann Höfer; 11Freunde #180)
because i promised my friend i’d add my own thoughts (as a fan of a very very rich club) to this, please find below the break some thoughtful ramblings from a bayern fan who is still very much a football romantic when it comes to finances -- also i highly recommend you all read the original article, it’s very interesting
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listen i fucking hate how footballers can get away with violent crimes like literally killing someone and drunk driving (see: marcos alonso, bruno fernandes de souza, arturo vidal) and yet nothing happens to them! if they do end up going to court it results in a light sentence which they usually don’t even end up carrying out to the fullest extent. footballers can get away with rape and domestic assault against their partners (see: franck ribery, karim benzema, kingsley coman) and their misogyny isn’t called out (most of the time it’s the women involved who have to suffer from negative attention coming from the press and public). i hate how just because these men can kick a ball, they get a free “get out of jail” card and i hope all of them have their contracts ended, their awards withdrawn, and pay for their crimes
#or like that one guy in wales who literally was imprisoned after being found guilty of rape but got out early and got a new contract no big#the shit with coman is SUPER fucking me up like he literally admitted he was guilty#and i'm so tired of people not taking violence against women seriously#literally like 90% of my friends are also survivors of either sexual or domestic assault#i'm tired of living with the trauma and i'm tired of dealing with people writing the crimes off as 'not that bad' for whatever reaso#and honestly i feel like i can't even trust our fan collective to speak out against violence against women#like we're always really on board with human rights violations and racism and homophobia and then it comes to women and it's like#it's like we're not even people to half of them...#which is probably why we always get destroyed and no one cares#i'd also like to add ronaldo to the list of people who get away with rape#and also mention how cruel it is people made a bigger deal about his tax evasion than the super fucking concrete rape allegations#also can clubs stop fucking protecting these men#i PROMISE there are enough decent footballers in the world that a club could make a commitment to not keeping them#and still be able to have success over others#but not with the crusty old white men who don't give two shits in charge (yes this includes bayern HARD)#rape tw#domestic violence tw#football
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“The Stadium
Have you ever entered an empty stadium? Try it. Stand in the middle of the field and listen. There is nothing less empty than an empty stadium. There is nothing less mute than stands bereft of spectators.
At Wembley, shouts from the 1966 World Cup, which England won, still resound, and if you listen very closely you can hear groans from 1953 when England fell to the Hungarians. Maracanã is still crying over Brazil’s 1950 World Cup defeat. Montevideo’s Centenario Stadium sighs with nostalgia for the glory days of Uruguayan soccer. From the depths of Azteca Stadium, you can hear the ceremonial chants of the ancient Mexican ball game. At Bombonera in Buenos Aires, drums boom from half a century ago. The concrete terraces of Camp Nou in Barcelona speak Catalan, and the stands of San Mamés in Bilbao talk in Basque. In Milan, the ghosts of Giuseppe Meazza score goals that shake the stadium bearing his name. The final match of the 1974 World Cup, won by Germany, is played day after day and night after night at Munich’s Olympic Stadium.”
#und deswegen vermisse ich das olympiastadion#die allianz ist cool aber die geister fehlen#aber ich denke auch dass camp nou VIEL aeltere geister hat#camp nou ist ein riesig schoen und ALTES stadion und die stadien brauchen eigentlich zeit#vor sie richtig singen koennen#und die einzige errinerungen die allianz hat sind alle SO SCHLECHT#also ok das erste spiel von der heim-wm war cool#aber 2012???? das letzte wirklich grosse spiel das da gespielt wird?#schlecht schlecht schlecht schlecht schlecht#stadien sind irgendwie lebendig voellig recht und die BRAUCHEN sowas von einer geschichte bis sie echt eine stimmung haben#dieses edit ist super cool op#football
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reblog this and tell me in the tags how/why did you become a football fan
#i've literally been a football fan since i had conscious decision-making skills#like 2-year-old me asked for a bayern jersey from her 1860 family as a birthday present (and got it for some reason?)#and never looked back#the moment in my heart though when i realized that i was in too deep and would never be free#and really got an inkling of just how much football and specifically bayern really means to my heart#that was the 1999 cl final#i went to a public viewing in the olympiastadion with my mom and it was my first public viewing ever#and i can still remember the whole stadium's collective pain when the ball went into the net the second time past oli off the corner#i think that was the first time i actually cried about football#i literally cried myself to sleep that night after my sechziger uncle bullied me to sleep#but that was the moment when i knew bayern was part of the very fabric of my existence and would always be#i've told this story before and reused some of the same tags lmao but it's important to me#personal#football#i want to read everyone's stories on this post
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football edits challenge: day 7 (favourite tournament/cup)
↳ world cup
It was the magic of World Cup 2010 that drew me into this beautiful sport. Millions of hearts beating together as one. One trophy which is more important than all other cups combined.
“You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.” - Lionel Messi
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Football Edits Challenge | Day 7 » Favourite Tournament/Cup
Source: reuer
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according to the article, the rule has changed this season and if it’s upper body foul in the penalty area, it’s red rather than yellow
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Welcome to Football Creators Network’s Football Edits Challenge! This will be the first editing challenge in the football fandom, and since we don’t see a lot of events like this, we think this will be a great opportunity for the football community to try something different. This challenge will take place from March 6 to March 12 and every day, there is a different theme. Any formats of creations are accepted - gifsets, graphics, wallpapers, playlists - the sky is the limit, be as creative as you can be!
March 6 (Monday) - Favorite Club March 7 (Tuesday) - Favorite Player March 8 (Wednesday) - Favorite Bromance March 9 (Thursday) - Favorite Kit March 10 (Friday) - Favorite Club Rivalry March 11 (Saturday) - Favorite National Team March 12 (Sunday) - Favorite Tournament/Cup
Please don’t forget to tag your creations with #footballeditschallenge so we can see them!
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For those football fans with majors in or just have a general interests in maths/stats/data analysis/computer coding, I fully recommend the following!
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Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord thy God’s. The sixth day is for football. – John Anthony Burgess Wilson
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“…[Muslim footballers] are having a significant effect on the culture of the game.”
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HAPPY ERIC CANTONA DAY!
Twenty-two years ago today, at a match against Crystal Palace, Manchester United star Eric Cantona responded to racial abuse he was subjected to from sieg heiling National Front/British National Party supporter Matthew Simmons by delivering a flying kick to his head from the pitch. Asked about the incident two decades later, Cantona said “I didn’t punch him strong enough. I should have punched him harder.” Still a dedicated humanitarian and anti-racist, Cantona pledged in September to personally house and feed a refugee family in his own home for two years. To celebrate this momentous occasion’s 22nd anniversary, we will be sending 22 stickers of the image above to the first ten people who donate $7U.S. to The International Anti-Fascist Defence Fund. Be sure to send the donation with the message “Eric Cantona Day!”
