American Reacts to This Is Why German Fan Culture Is Respected Worldwide

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  @MoreJps · 10 months ago · pinned

  Thank you for all of the birthday wishes ❤

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• SP

  @spoonetti · 10 months ago

  Note: European football/socker fans don't need any cheerleaders. They ARE the cheerleaders. ;)

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• AP

  @Apoberzerk · 10 months ago (edited)

  It's not for nothing that fans are known as "the twelfth man." Teams take to the field motivated by the loud cheers of their fans.

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• MA

  @MacGBab5 · 10 months ago (edited)

  Union Berlin fans are in a class of their own. When Union Berlin&apos;s home stadium could no longer be used in 2008 because it did not meet the requirements of the German Football League (DFL), around 2,000 Union fans volunteered and contributed over 140,000 unpaid hours of work and some also donated building materials to renovate and rebuild parts of their home stadium so that their beloved team could remain in their beloved home. That&apos;s dedication.<br><br>Oh and Happy Birthday ! 🥳

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• NI

  @nielsleenknegt5839 · 10 months ago

  Also have a look at the 2017-18 champions league tie between Dortmund and AS Monaco. On route to the stadium before the match, the players bus from Dortmund was attacked by a terrorist bomber. No one died and the worst injuries were a broken arm if I recall correctly. Due to the size of the stadium, quite a lot of Monaco fans were also in Dortmund to watch and support their team. <br>After the incident, the match was obviously postponed, but this left a lot of fans stranded in Germany for a day. Loads of Dortmund fans and locals opened their homes to the Monaco fans, giving them a place to rest and eat. That was a moment where the fans rose above and beyond the sport in the most amazing way.

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  @Nelalalu · 10 months ago

  Honestly I am not a football fan at all but theres one clip that ALWAYS gets me: They did a minute of silence in the stadium (dont remember why but I think because of the incident on the Christmas market) and some A-hole screamed &quot;foreigners out&quot; or smh like that and literally all of the stadium started chanting &quot;nazs out&quot; that always gives me goosebumps tbh

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• AL

  @AlexanderSeilerHypnose · 10 months ago

  We German fans, and indeed all European fans, have a relationship with our club. It&apos;s like between a couple in love: you don&apos;t only love your girlfriend when she&apos;s dressed up. You love her especially attentively when she&apos;s not feeling so well.

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• M.

  @m.s.1067 · 10 months ago

  On April 14th 2016, the evening before the 27th anniversary of the Hillsborough stadium disaster, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool hat a match in Liverpool. Before the match the fans of both teams joined together for a tribute to the 97 Liverpool fans that died in the Hillsborough disaster. They jointly sang You‘ll never walk alone, the song both teams have as their official anthem.

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• JA

  @jaym6945 · 10 months ago

  This is a feel good channel for germans. While a lot of things are getting worse, this channel with the american perspective shows that it could all be worse. Prost! 😂

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• MO

  @mortifinkenbein9559 · 10 months ago (edited)

  This is the difference between european clubs and american franchises: The clubs have 2nd, 3rd, 4th teams playing in lower leagues, they have youth teams training young players, they often have many departments of other sports (Bayern München has a Basketball 1st league team, Bayer Leverkusen even has an eSports team) and often soccer fans were actually members of those other departments. This is a cvompletly different structure to american professionel sport franchises. Fans here in Europe have the feeling to be &quot;family&quot;.<br>The video clip from the VfB Stuttgart fans shows their so-called &quot;Ultras&quot;, which are kind of extremists in the fan scene. Always with lots of flags, flares and songs which might be borderline inappropriate. ;)

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• GR

  @Grodear · 10 months ago

  Happy Birthday Joel and greetings from Germany. Love your channel! 🎂

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• LO

  @LolaDannst · 10 months ago

  German supporters are also quite passionate in other team sports like hockey, American Football (GFL = German Football League), Basketball, etc. In 2022 Munich hosted an NFL game and the whole crowd of about 75k people was singing &quot;Country Roads&quot;.

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