RIt was a busy day at the office of 1. FC Union Berlin. Those who didn’t have to do anything else stayed in their office on this stormy, cold, wet winter’s day and worked on things that had recently been left undone. Or read. Union was the big topic on various sports sites and internet portals. But it wasn’t about the recent successes, which recently included reaching the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup after beating VfL Wolfsburg 2-1. The result, achieved by goals from Robin Knoche and Kevin Behrens, who turned the early deficit through Luca Waldschmidt, marked the end of a day that will not soon be forgotten in the tranquil district of Köpenick.
Not only wind and hail blew through the working-class district on Tuesday, but also a touch of Mitte flair, which is otherwise only known from the Berlinale. One of the more glamorous figures in world football had landed hours earlier in a private jet at Berlin Airport to join 1. FC Union, one was amazed. We’re talking about Isco, real name Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, five-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid. The filigree noble technician, who was once named Europe’s young footballer of the year, has been looking for work since his failed engagement with FC Sevilla ended in December.
