Thanks to Günterr and his friends I was able to attend my first European Football match. I have to say that it was incredible.
What was even more incredible was that as soon as Annelle and I bought our apfelweinnen and würst and arrived at their seats the first real action happened. Frankfurt recieved a penalty at the goal on our end! And the stürmer Ioannis Amanatidis put the ball in the back of the next. What was even nuttier was Nürnberg took the ball right back down the field and scored easily within 60 seconds!
The crowds in the fanzones were jumping and cheering being lead to the brink of absolute insanity by pasty shirtless boy-men with megaphones. The action began in the second half as Nürnberg scored again in the fiftieth minute. Offensively Frankfurt was playing incredibly with some beautiful first-time touches and accurate floating passes with a wee bit of a back spin. But their defense was beginning to scare us. And then Frankfurt's star keeper Marcus Proll had to leave the pitch after sustaining an injury.
Frankfurt was able to equalize in the fifty-seventh minute and although there were some exceptional moments the match was pretty much decided at this point and both sides were satifised with a draw.
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