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Published: March 6th 2012
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The afternoon was cold and miserable. The wind was sweeping across the River Spree. The turf was artificial. There were no stands and the clubhouse consisted of nothing more than some toilets and changing rooms. It was all a bit of a contrast to the 74,000 at Hertha and the excitable Borussia Dortmund fans we had seen at Zoogarten the previous day. Welcome to reserve team football. The insult to add to the injury was the 6 Euros entrance fee. We contemplated watching from the nearby road, which involved nothing more complicated than looking through a wire mesh fence.
1 FC Union Berlin were entertaining 1 FC Neu Brandenberg at the training complex of Union on Bruno Bergel Weg near to the Oberspree S Bahn. We taken a tram from Karlshorst, where we’d had our museum fix for the day at the Deutsche-Russian Museum. After the previous day’s Potsdam Conference, the museum covers the venue of the surrender of the German armed forces in May 1945. The room is left pretty much intact – another piece of history to be viewed for free. After a 50:50 bet on which way the tram would turn, the bet was lost
– so we ended up crossing the Spree through an old industrial area now largely desolate and covered in graffiti. We crossed a footbridge to the south side of the river, part of which remained frozen.
The Bruno Bergel Weg complex was hardly rammed with punters when we arrived. The usual pitch with a small area of banked terrace was clearly out of bounds as per the other postponements and the contest was played out on a 3G artificial surface. The wind whipped off the river – it got colder. Miranda wished she was somewhere else. A couple of girls who’d been on the tram approaching the ground opted not to part with their 6 Euros and took the fence view option....... what did they know. There was limited vocal encouragement from the crowd of 91, all of which appeared to be coming from the Brandenburg followers who had probably got a free lift on the team coach. The referee must have sensed that excitement was needed, so set about awarding inexplicable penalties to keep the score ticking along. A reporter from the local Berlin football paper questioned our sanity at half time. He probably had a
1 FC Union Berlin Reserves
Union Berlin 4 FC Neu Brandenberg 2 point and returned to his elevated position on the gantry to curse the wisdom of the reporter’s world – or maybe he was just counting the crowd. The game for the record finished 4 – 2 as follows:
First FC Union II – 1. FC Union II - 1 FC Neubrandenburg 4:2 (1:0) Neubrandenburg FC 4:2 (1:0)
Union IIUNION II: Pruschke – Fritsche, Gill, Trapp, Mrkaljevic – Uaferro – Selcuk (73. Giese), Hofmann, Dietrich (77. Mayoungou) – Ujazdowski (85. Druschky), Skrzybski.Union: Pruschke - Fritsche, Gill, Trapp, Mrkaljevic - Uaferro - Selcuk (73 Giese), Hofmann, Dietrich (77 Mayoungou) - Ujazdowski (85 Druschky) Skrzybski.
NeubrandenburgNEUBRANDENBURG: Bromund – Holz, Rochow, Buschke, Böttner (24. Wegner) – Hacker (82. Klesny), Fischer – Riechert, Gaede, Schmunck (69. Kühl) – Fuchs.: Bromund - Wood, Rochow, Buschke, Boettner (24 Wegner) - hackers (82 Klesny), Fischer - Riechert, Gaede, Schmunck (69 heat) - Fuchs.
RefSR: Stary (Dresden) – zZ: 91.: Stary (Dresden)
Goals: TORE: 1:0 (8.) Ujazdowski, Foulelfmeter (Böttner am Schützen), 2:0 (51.) Ujazdowski, Handelfmeter (von Rochow verursacht), 3:0 (65.) Skrzybski, nach schönem Dietrich-Zuspiel frei vor Bromund, 4:0 (73.) Ujazdowski, Kopfball nach Dietrich-Flanke, 4:1
(78.) Gaede, Foulelfmeter (Trapp an Fischer), 4:2 (83.) Klesny, nach Fuchs-Vorlage, von Trapp abgefälscht, aus 15 Metern.1-0 (8) Ujazdowski, penalty (Boettner on the firing), 2-0 (51) Ujazdowski, hand penalty (caused by Rochow), 3-0 (65th) Skrzybski, free after a nice passing in front of Dietrich Bromund, 4:0 (73) Ujazdowski, header by Dietrich-edge, 4:1 (78) Gaede, penalty (Trapp, Fischer), 4:2 (83) Klesny, deflected by Fuchs template, von Trapp , from 15 meters.
Yellow Cards: Ujazdowski – Böttner, Rochow. Cards: Ujazdowski - Boettner, Rochow.
Yellow / Red Cards: 84. / Red Cards: 84 Buschke (F+U). Buschke (F + U).
The following day was a contrast – bright blue skies illuminated the Charlottenberg Palace. The temperature was no better, but the wind had died down. The Palace was closed – Mondays are closing day on the continent – and save for another couple doing the David Bailey thing, the area was deserted. We headed to the Olmpiastadion - not quite the way we’d planned it – but a visit never the less. The “crowd” wasn’t far short of the 91 at Union, even without a match being played. The Olympiastadion is clearly on the tourist bus circuit,
but there was no time for a tour. We negotiated the ticket check and survey on the S Bahn and headed to Wannsee to the Conference Villa, where Heydrich, Eichmann and the rest plotted their new vision of Europe.
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