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It’s not just the physical artistry of the players, the beauty of the game, the harmony of the teams—it’s the human joy in the stadium that you can’t get enough of. I’m sorry, but I can’t say it any less bombastically: Humanity celebrates itself during such moments—it celebrates its creativity, its variety, its togetherness.
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It’s no secret that whoever genuinely loves football is bored by national league games. No national team is ever quite as elegant as a good local team.
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national league games are so boring—except when their market value is redefined on the stage of a European or World Cup.
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Tickets for the quarter final in the AOL Stadium cost as much as €1,200. I’m sitting on the north side of the stadium, seating block 26B, surrounded by guests invited by the main sponsor, Continental. A BMW dealer sits next to me. He tells me he rarely watches soccer games…During the game, he’s busy writing text messages, telling people he’s sitting in the stadium. He misses three goals. In fact, I’m afraid he misses everything
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Germans always need to justify their pride. Once the justifications consisted in cars and the strength of the deutsche mark.
spiegel.de Germany’s Carnival of Cultures
see also The Mens Cup
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