My second game of the day took me back into Berlin and a visit to the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark. The duel purpose stadium (athletics/football) is the second largest in the city after Hertha Berlin's Olympic Stadion with 20,000 seats.
Originally built in 1952, it has been used by various Berlin football sides such as Hertha Berlin II, Türkiyemspor Berlin and Dynamo Berlin who, having used the stadium in the past for European matches, have returned here on a permanent basis this season after promotion to the Regionalliga. The old East German national side also played international matches at the stadium.
Tonight, Regionalliga Nordost side FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin were taking on Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt. The game was switched to the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark on safety grounds as Viktoria's home ground, the Stadion Lichterfelde, was felt unsuitable for such as big game due to it's small capacity of around 4,500. In fairness it was probably the correct decision as Frankfurt probably brought more than that themselves.
In fairness they put up a good show against their more illustrious opponents but a goals in each half from Alexander Meier (9) and Haris Seferović (90) ensured that Eintracht Frankfurt went through to the next round.
At this stage of my European trip I finally caught up with my friends from Hamburg and, as the fat was chewed, the beer was swilled, I slowly but surely started to go downhill rapidly as the evening wore on...hic!
At this stage of my European trip I finally caught up with my friends from Hamburg and, as the fat was chewed, the beer was swilled, I slowly but surely started to go downhill rapidly as the evening wore on...hic!
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| No pyro, no party - The Eintracht Frankfurt fans at half time |
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