The game.
The red team is Mainz
My brother, Jim, his wife, Renee and his children, Hunter and Jamie, along with my parents and I attended a professional German soccer game on Saturday March 27th. Mainz, the neighbor city to Wiesbaden (like Saint Paul and Minneapolis) played against Wolfsburg. They lost in the last minutes of the game (the score was 0-2). But it was entertaining.
According to my co-workers, the announcer mentioned us before the game began. If it happened, we missed because we ate lunch a little late. They handed out a piece of laminated paper that is made so you can fold it. When the paper is folded, it looks like a fan you made with paper in grade school. Fans fold the paper and slap it against their knee or hand or whatever to make a clapping noise. There is one section of the stadium that is a standing section (at least only one that I could see) and there is a guy there with a loudspeaker that leads people into cheers. The fans cheer the entire game and they whistled if they do not like the call a referee has made.
I loved it and hope to go again.
My Dad, Jamie and I
My brother, Jim, his wife, Renee and his children, Hunter and Jamie, along with my parents and I attended a professional German soccer game on Saturday March 27th. Mainz, the neighbor city to Wiesbaden (like Saint Paul and Minneapolis) played against Wolfsburg. They lost in the last minutes of the game (the score was 0-2). But it was entertaining.
Word has it the Mainz just made into the 1. Bundesliga which is the premier or first tier league of professional soccer in Germany. They were in the second tier last year. Also they have been a team since 1905 but they are not the oldest team in the league!
According to my co-workers, the announcer mentioned us before the game began. If it happened, we missed because we ate lunch a little late. They handed out a piece of laminated paper that is made so you can fold it. When the paper is folded, it looks like a fan you made with paper in grade school. Fans fold the paper and slap it against their knee or hand or whatever to make a clapping noise. There is one section of the stadium that is a standing section (at least only one that I could see) and there is a guy there with a loudspeaker that leads people into cheers. The fans cheer the entire game and they whistled if they do not like the call a referee has made.
I loved it and hope to go again.
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