H72 265 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 This is absolutely fantastic. Although I know this was a Champions League night, the Bundesliga is the best league in the world - hands down.The fans for every club are incredible and the footballing culture over there is absolutely beautiful.This is one of the best scenes I've ever seen in a football match. This is how it should be at every club in the world:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3GG5BxukdERaul will always be remembered as one of the greatest ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 They seem to have avoided a lot of the problems that come with too much money in the game. I like the bit at the end where the fans all stand up and the players sit down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan72 12 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Fantastic scenes! Raul is truely one of the footballing greats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimmerman 40 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Hopefully he gives United the rape Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
H72 265 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 It's the most efficient, most competitive footballing league in the world and in my opinion the best.Everything about it is near enough perfect.I still can't get over how great that video is. Incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_gazza 1,065 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 He is one of the most prolific strikers i've seen,suprised he never finished his career at madrid.Did the referee not book him for leaving the field of play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Did he not marry the owners daughter in Madrid? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERRZO 5 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Legend. That is all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caps13gb 19 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 amazing. look how disiplined the fans are and dont all rush for him....amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappa 24 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Brilliant league. Brilliant player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1993 101 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Legend, made a thread about him the other day, a footballing Idol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafrfc 614 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I was in Germany last year and went to the allianz. It was a great experience and I was jealous of the way a matchday is handled there in comparison to a typical 3pm fixture at ibrox. The way football operates in germany is on another level to the rest of the world.A competitive league which fills the stands every week. German football clubs know that without the fans there would be nothing and reward them for their support and loyalty.People claim that the premiership or la liga are the best leagues, but those that truly know their football state the bundesliga as the best in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
H72 265 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Here's his goal:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgaerO-SebULovely finish! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 amazing. look how disiplined the fans are and dont all rush for him....amazing.That is very German ... and I mean that in the nicest possible way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1993 101 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Great goal, composure at the highest level !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfcfraserrfc 262 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 sensational hope they beat utd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 The fans for every club are incredible and the footballing culture over there is absolutely beautiful.Aye, right you are. Puts me in mind of this anecdote: I was in a police team that played in Germany in '36. The German team that met us were very smart, hospitable, very gracious, very civilized. Wonderful night - they wined and dined us, and we all left the Bierkeller at dawn, and we staggered onto the pitch later that day badly hung over. But the German team that ran on to play us were 11 totally different men, who'd been in bed before 10: 00, not touched a drop, and we got a complete stuffing. They used different rules.I’m looking forward to Man. Utd horsing Shalke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Another thing I noticed when I was over there was how much healthier their fan culture was. A good friend of mine is BVB through and through, but still wants Schalke to do well for the co-efficient. People over there wave their club flags in their garden, go to games with the club shirt on, and it's not seen as neddy, provocative, or anything like that.Hooliganism on the rise, police sayPublished: 12 Apr 11 10:38 CETShare6Violence and crime associated with football games in Germany’s first and second divisions of the Bundesliga have reached a new high, a media report said Tuesday.Police filed criminal charges against 6,043 fans of the country’s 36 professional clubs last year, according to a new report by the ZIS central information post for sports operations cited by daily Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.In nearly one in four of these cases, physical harm was a factor, the paper said. The number of injuries that happened around games in both leagues rose to 784 – the highest number in 12 years. In the previous season there were 579 injuries.Property damage, disturbing the peace and civil disorder were also frequent violations. According to police officials, the circle of “violent, violence-prone or violence-seeking fans” has grown significantly, the paper said. They estimate that current numbers of such fans have reached 8,765, about 855 more than last season. Meanwhile the number of working hours police spend at football games has reached its highest level in 12 years, up 15 percent to register 1.76 million. These numbers would put the equivalent of 1,354 state and federal police on duty solely for football games, an expensive service for taxpayers, the paper said. The German Police Union (DPoIG) estimated that security at Bundesliga games cost €100 million in the 2009-2010 season. Sounds peachy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plamf 39 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 It's the most efficient, most competitive footballing league in the world and in my opinion the best.Everything about it is near enough perfect.I still can't get over how great that video is. Incredible.La Liga is best, it's not up for discussion.The Bundesliga would be second though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 La Liga is best, it's not up for discussion.The Bundesliga would be second though.How are the krauts getting on in the CL recently - that’s a good indicator of bestness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plamf 39 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 How are the krauts getting on in the CL recently - that’s a good indicator of bestness.Well Schalke have done well this season and Bayern last, La Liga has the most participants in the semi's.Also, although it's important, having the best CL sides isn't everything. La Liga for example is quality from top to bottom. Bottom of the table Almeria played Barcelona off the park for long spells at the Nou Camp playing attacking football.The Bundesliga is also largely strong.England IMO has been pretty fucking dire this season. There's a good 13/14 rancid sides in the EPL atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithgersbear 3,225 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 True loyal fans. Working class lads and women. Fantastic video. Raul is Spains greatest. No one can round a keeper better than him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithgersbear 3,225 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Btw, lets get behind Schalke for CL semi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,704 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Raul doing the bouncy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,776 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Imagine Ibrox if we and the players could do exactly what we wanted with no repercussions etc! would be one hell of a party Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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