Football | Under the sign of the dove of peace: Berlin's footballers in league two

In the Lichterfelde stadium, the hosts from Viktoria Berlin celebrated the victory, but the Hertha women's fans were in a better mood. Photo: imago/Matthias Koch These days Jochen Seitz made our hearts happy. “The Bavarian Regional League must be dissolved,” demanded the former Lok Leipzig coach with delicious irony. As a doubly damaged East German coach who was not promoted despite a championship title, he is allowed to do that.

We all know what severe trauma can do to people and, by association, we are always on the side of the victims. In this respect, it is easy for us to immediately transfer Bavaria to Austria, with the exception of the cities of Nuremberg, Augsburg and Munich (which will be given to Thuringia and Munich will become the new state capital). Bavaria is way too big and Austria is sooo cute and sooo small. Alpine Republic of ÖsiBayreich, that sounds perfect!

My heart for the little ones also fills me in Berlin. That's why it was both an honor and a duty for me to venture into West Berlin's front gardens, despite a severe cold, to admire the Viktoria Berlin soccer players' second division kick against Hertha BSC. Quickly take the S-Bahn to Lankwitz and then past grumpy grandmas with brooms and rakes - fighting the leaves and the good mood of those using the sidewalk.

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More than 3,333 spectators awaited us in the Lichterfelde stadium, who then celebrated a really smoove football party. Before the game, all of Victoria's volunteers were thanked with photos and text on the scoreboard. There was a small campaign against racism by both fan camps, and the Berliner Kühlhilfe campaigned extensively for donations. Civil society at its best.

I didn't see a single police officer. Why? In the casino, a few white-haired grandpas dressed as rockers were holed up behind their lunch beers and didn't want to miss out on the game. They also kept their fists down.

The Viktoria women dominated the guests, but Hertha was the loudest in the stands. League leaders Viktoria Berlin won 5-0, which should go strongly towards the 1st Bundesliga. I begrudge them a reasonable stadium, the Jahn Sports Park seems to me suitable for the pleasantly colorful crowd: lots of children, lots of women, a cool afternoon under the sign of the dove of peace. Let's see what the notoriously nagging Berliner says when he puts the bat and sparrow in place to delay the stadium renovation. Not to mention the mob of officials in the Berlin Senate.

The evening before, Hertha's men had reprimanded the VW louts from Wolfsburg. A great act that I have a lot of admiration for. The blue-whites are on their way to the 1st Bundesliga – that's where they belong: almost 70,000 spectators saw the same thing at the lively Wolfsburg verkloppen (symbolic word).

How do the car manufacturers on the assembly line actually see the money-wasting machine KMS (no one likes you, Wolfsburg)? Do ex-Berlin bigwig Fips Reese pay millions into the bottomless pit and close VW locations? Wouldn't Reese also be one for the Austrian national team? With this in mind: always keep your torso clean!

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