Chapter 054: Expedition to Leipzig!
How disgusted are St. Pauli FC fans with over-commercialization?
The overwhelmingly supportive fans of this team are working-class and subculture-loving marginals, and they are naturally averse to the word business.
Usually it has been exploited by capital all the time, football is the last pure land, and it is also one of the few things that can bring the purest happiness in a depressed life, and excessive commercialization is a desecration of the team.
Normal business behavior is absolutely supported by fans, but excessive commercialization is to open the Pandora's box of capital, and the final result is only one, that is, the team no longer belongs to the fans, but has become a slave of money, a tool for capitalists to make money.
Maybe the team's performance will improve by leaps and bounds for a period of time, but once the risk comes, the capital is withdrawn, and the previous high investment is a castle in the air, and this unhealthy business model will drag the team into the abyss.
Parma, who once belonged to the seven sisters of Serie A, and Glasgow Rangers, the top Scottish giants, all went bankrupt after becoming a money-making tool for club owners.
Therefore, St. Pauli, and most fans of professional Bundesliga teams, are staunch supporters and practitioners of the 50+1 policy.
St. Pauli FC even has strict requirements for sponsors.
Once upon a time, a well-known spinach company was willing to pay a high price for their chest advertisement, but the top management of St. Pauli refused without even talking about the price, because they knew that the fans would not agree.
The team needs money to stay afloat, to stay competitive, but they have to stand up and earn the money, not the mercenary.
It is conceivable what the image of RB Leipzig in the eyes of St. Pauli fans is, a group of thieves who dig up the roots of German football in order to make money!
There are some extremely conservative fans who even protest against the team selling players to Leipzig!
Of course, this kind of behavior is still too extreme in Magnum's opinion, and it really can't be said how much he hates RB Leipzig or Jinyuan football.
His mind didn't rise to that height.
After all, he didn't grow up in this soil and couldn't fully resonate with the thoughts of these fans, and besides, they only represented part of the people.
But there is only one principle of omnipotence, and that is to give back to the fans who support you with a victory.
In his eyes, RB Leipzig is a formidable opponent and the team's most direct rival on the way to promotion.
Do you need any other reason to win?
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Hamburg and Leipzig, one in the north of Germany and the other in the east of Germany, are relatively far away, so St. Pauli FC chose to travel by train this time, and the whole journey took three hours.
In addition to the players and staff, there were also a group of unexpected little faces who chattered and were full of energy as soon as they got on the train.
It is the young players of the St. Pauli Under-15 squad who will also depart with the squad for a special friendly match in Leipzig.
Their opponents are not RB Leipzig, but another historic local team, Lokomotiv Leipzig.
The reason why they have traveled so far is because the No. 1 sports documentary film team that has already entered St. Pauli is ingenious, in addition to shooting a lot of first-team footage, they have also put a lot of energy into this U15 youth team, and even do not rule out the intention of making two documentaries in the future.
Even the cost of this friendly match was fully borne by No. 1 Sports.
It can be seen that the sponsor is very conscientious in doing this part.
Oche Gottlich, the chairman of St. Pauli, was a little embarrassed, and personally urged Magnum to call the other party's executive, Mrs. Emily Hernandez, to express her heartfelt gratitude.
In exchange, Magnum offered to simply hold a club activity, inviting some players' families and representatives of young fans to complete this meaningful journey.
Gottlich thought about it, and it really didn't cost much, so he agreed on the spot.
This incident also caused a good response among the players.
praised the coach for his human touch, and then there were gossipy guys who took the opportunity to ask, what about your family, coach?
Oh! Your family members will always be with you!
For these joking guys, there is a killer trick for everything.
"I'll relay your words to Dr. Schmidt, and when you get to the infirmary, he'll take good care of you!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone who was waiting to watch the show immediately dispersed, and they could provoke anyone, but they didn't dare to mess with the team doctor!
With the company of family members and many energetic young players, St. Pauli FC's away team trip is naturally indispensable for laughter, and the team also deliberately arranges young players and players without family members to sit together, one is to facilitate care, and the other is to meet the wishes of young players.
They have always looked up to these first-team players as role models and idols!
Not long after the train started, a few lively children, led by Moukoko, who was clearly socially, were running around and starting to ask strange questions to the players, even the younger fans were active.
Ryo Miyaichi, how can I run so fast like you!
O'Neel: Did you get a head explosion because of hair loss?
Phil Kruger: Why are you missing a tooth?
All sorts of bizarre questions are emerging.
One of the most popular is of course Magnum, young players and little fans don't care what coach is not coaching, they have too many questions to ask this magical crooked nut.
On the contrary, the Asian kid Mast, who was arranged to sit on the inside of the almighty, was a little silent, and after getting in the car, he took out his headphones and a book, revealing that he didn't listen to what was going on outside the window.
After sending away the last little fan who asked him what brand of hair dye he used, Master still maintained the same posture as before, and Magnum could finally take a breath.
Children are terrifying, but fortunately I don't have children.
After he was in a daze for a while, the train was about to enter the station.
Magnum got up and stretched, twisted his somewhat stiff waist, just glanced at the book in Master's hand, and found that there was Chinese on it.
He sat down again and took a closer look.
It is a book that teaches Germans to learn Chinese.
"Are you learning Chinese?"
Master took off his headphones, his face was not disturbed with dissatisfaction, and replied in Chinese:
"It's a good thing."
Although it is not particularly standard, it can be heard that a lot of effort has been put into it.
Magnum also quickly switched to Chinese.
"It seems that someone in your family is from the Dragon Kingdom? Dad or Mom? ”
Master hesitated for a moment and said:
"Daddy."
Almighty smiled all of a sudden, he had an impression of this kid, he came alone when he was selected, but he didn't expect that there was also the blood of the Dragon Kingdom.
A large number of Chinese workers came to Hamburg for various reasons, and there was even a Chinatown in St. Pauli, which was destroyed in the war, and is now called Reeperbahn.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for Master to have a unity point of dragon blood.
"Then I'll teach you a word, do you know what a fellow is? We're our fellows. ”
Master frowned and asked:
"Fellow? What is the meaning? ”
"It's our hometown in one place, just like we are in Germany now, and the Dragon Country is our hometown, so we are fellow countrymen, just like you are a Hamburger and you meet another Hamburger in Leipzig, he is your Hamburg fellow."
Maast nodded, then said:
"I'm not from Hamburg, I was born in Frankfurt."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, that's what it means...... Wait, you're from Frankfurt? ”
Magnum suddenly reacted, and a strange premonition suddenly surged in his heart.