Saturday night entered the history of German football. Whether positively or negatively. The reason is simple. RB Leipzig won its first major trophy when it won the German Cup. However, the winner of German hearts is clearly Freiburg.
It didn’t work out last year, this time it did. RB Leipzig won the first major trophy when they defeated Freiburg at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, with which the Saxon team also fought in the league for a place in the Champions League. In both cases, he was successful.
A year ago, Leipzig was not enough in the Borussia Dortmund Cup final. And just like Dortmund a year ago, Freiburg cheered all over Germany this year. Awaited. Even the post-match events demonstrated as much as possible why this is the case.
Despite the loss, Freiburg fans, many of whom arrived in Berlin, thanked the players and the implementation team for a fantastic season. They were much louder than Leipzig supporters. Unexpectedly, he would like to sigh ironically.
Leipzig is the most hated club in Germany, it has been going on for years. When Leipzig plays somewhere, it encounters protests. Some fans do not go to matches, others attack the buses of the Saxon team, but others demonstrate their hatred differently.
Even the ultras of Freiburg prepared for the match in such a way that it was not a normal match with a normal opponent. They have made it clear that Leipzig is a problem. And not just for them, but for all German football.
This is one of the reasons why the discussions under the contributions of RB Leipzig are “decorated” with comments with vomiting smilies, swearing. And that the winners of DFB Pokal would make a difference out of it? On the contrary. They still provoke when they pour a drink from Red Bull into the cup trophy.
And what else appears in reactions other than swearing? Of course, it’s about the end of German football. Of course, German fans are also relatively tired of Bayern’s dominance, however, the Munich giant works democratically and does not violate the fundamental 50 + 1 rule.
And that is exactly what Leipzig is breaking. That bothers German fans. Fans are to be part of the club, to take part in its running. But it doesn’t happen in RB.
“This is the beginning of the end of German football as we know it. The people upstairs are allowing a 50 + 1 violation, and we can look forward to destroying the fan culture. ” one of the German fans expressed his concerns. And he is not alone.
Apart from Leipzig, Hoffenheim also faces similar hatred for the same reasons. While hatred is not the right thing to do, fans’ efforts and perseverance to follow the rules that make football better deserve praise.
Source: SC Freiburg, RB Leipzig, DFB Pokal, Twitter
