OK guys, after returning from the stadium here is my report. First of all we had a great and peaceful atmosphere as usual. Our German team dominated the first half but after 30 minutes I realised that they played with too much power. The penalty for Germany happened in front of me and I am not sure if it really was one. However Brasil did not play as good as I expected them and there two goals were a result of a freekick and a penalty. Overall Germany was the better team.
In the second half both teams were equal until the 70 st minute. Brasil was especially dangerous with their counter attacks and Germany looked a bit stronger. At around the 70st minute exactly the same happened as in the match against Argentina. Our team lost control of the Game and did not have the power anymore to make pressure against Brasil. After their 3-2 Brasil was in control of the match but I must really say that they are an unfair team in several aspects like kicking away the ball, diving etc. Once the ball flew into their substitues and they refused to give it back. Around one minute later when Germany attacked their substitues kicked the ball back on the field in hope of the ref stopping the play.
Overall I must say that Germany played two of the best teams and our team looked really good. I guess within one year we will be a real contender for winning the WC. Secondly Argentina looked way stronger than Brasil. Brasil is pretty good in launching counter attacks but Argentina can make better play when being in attack and in some scenes the Brasilian defenders looked pretty weak. If I had to chose I would say Germany can make a run at the title (home advantage etc.), Argentina can make it as well but Brasil will be out at least in the semis. Just my opinion but I guess there are better teams out there than Brasil.
In the second half both teams were equal until the 70 st minute. Brasil was especially dangerous with their counter attacks and Germany looked a bit stronger. At around the 70st minute exactly the same happened as in the match against Argentina. Our team lost control of the Game and did not have the power anymore to make pressure against Brasil. After their 3-2 Brasil was in control of the match but I must really say that they are an unfair team in several aspects like kicking away the ball, diving etc. Once the ball flew into their substitues and they refused to give it back. Around one minute later when Germany attacked their substitues kicked the ball back on the field in hope of the ref stopping the play.
Overall I must say that Germany played two of the best teams and our team looked really good. I guess within one year we will be a real contender for winning the WC. Secondly Argentina looked way stronger than Brasil. Brasil is pretty good in launching counter attacks but Argentina can make better play when being in attack and in some scenes the Brasilian defenders looked pretty weak. If I had to chose I would say Germany can make a run at the title (home advantage etc.), Argentina can make it as well but Brasil will be out at least in the semis. Just my opinion but I guess there are better teams out there than Brasil.
I have to add one thing: For some fucking commercial reason they are selling your Budweiser beer in our stadiums and compared to our beer it tastes like water. Furthermore I do not get why they sell french fries, hamburgers and popcorn in a German stadium. That does not fit. They should sell local food and not some shit because of damn FIFA contracts.
Make your decision wil:
Local Beers
In Franconia the standard German offering of draught Export or Pils is usually replaced by one or more of the traditional beers produced by local brewers:
1. Vollbier, can vary from light gold to almost black in colour. Malty with a dry finish, it bears no resemblance to mass-produced lagers found in the UK.
2. "Ungespundet" Lagerbier or Kellerbier, often brewed as an alternative to vollbier. It is unfiltered and is often dispensed straight from the barrel into stone mugs in Franconia’s beergardens (Keller). With a low CO2 content, it is less malty and more hoppy than Vollbier.
3. Bockbier. Bockbier is a seasonal beer, similar to Vollbier, but significantly stronger. The Bamberg Bockbiers appear around Mid-October and lasts until Christmas.
4. Pils. Don't expect the local versions, fine as they are, to match the characteristic dryish, hoppy flavour of North German and Czech pilseners.
5. Weissbier/Weizenbier (wheat beer), from Southern Bavaria is finding its way into the portfolios of many breweries in Franconia. Top-fermented, it's usually available in bottles rather than on draught, unfiltered and sedimented.
6. Rauchbier (smoke beer), is a speciality of the Bamberg area, its characteristic taste is achieved by kilning the malt over a beechwood fire.
7. Märzen. The name derives from the month of March (März in German), the last opportunity to brew beer before the hot summer weather set in and made the brewing process risky. In Franconia the Festbiers, stronger than average beer brewed for Christmas or other church festivals, are Märzen-type beers but the term is also used for a stronger than average beer which is available at all times e.g. Schlenkerla Rauchbier.
8. Schwarzbier (Black beer). Bamberg always had its own “little black beer” in Klosterbräu’s Schwärzla, but "black" beer is becoming popular nationally and others are now following the style. The darkest malts are used but the beer is dark brown rather than black!
Other beers will be found which do not fall into the above categories; they often represent attempts to resurrect beer styles of the nineteen twenties or earlier, before paler coloured beers began to predominate. Names such as Bauernbier (Farmers' beer), Landbier (Country beer), Braunbier (Brown beer) and Alt Fränkisch (Old Franconian) are used to lend authenticity.
Name one and I will send it to you. Then you can taste real beer. Not the commercial stuff they sell in the USA
Local Beers
In Franconia the standard German offering of draught Export or Pils is usually replaced by one or more of the traditional beers produced by local brewers:
1. Vollbier, can vary from light gold to almost black in colour. Malty with a dry finish, it bears no resemblance to mass-produced lagers found in the UK.
2. "Ungespundet" Lagerbier or Kellerbier, often brewed as an alternative to vollbier. It is unfiltered and is often dispensed straight from the barrel into stone mugs in Franconia’s beergardens (Keller). With a low CO2 content, it is less malty and more hoppy than Vollbier.
3. Bockbier. Bockbier is a seasonal beer, similar to Vollbier, but significantly stronger. The Bamberg Bockbiers appear around Mid-October and lasts until Christmas.
4. Pils. Don't expect the local versions, fine as they are, to match the characteristic dryish, hoppy flavour of North German and Czech pilseners.
5. Weissbier/Weizenbier (wheat beer), from Southern Bavaria is finding its way into the portfolios of many breweries in Franconia. Top-fermented, it's usually available in bottles rather than on draught, unfiltered and sedimented.
6. Rauchbier (smoke beer), is a speciality of the Bamberg area, its characteristic taste is achieved by kilning the malt over a beechwood fire.
7. Märzen. The name derives from the month of March (März in German), the last opportunity to brew beer before the hot summer weather set in and made the brewing process risky. In Franconia the Festbiers, stronger than average beer brewed for Christmas or other church festivals, are Märzen-type beers but the term is also used for a stronger than average beer which is available at all times e.g. Schlenkerla Rauchbier.
8. Schwarzbier (Black beer). Bamberg always had its own “little black beer” in Klosterbräu’s Schwärzla, but "black" beer is becoming popular nationally and others are now following the style. The darkest malts are used but the beer is dark brown rather than black!
Other beers will be found which do not fall into the above categories; they often represent attempts to resurrect beer styles of the nineteen twenties or earlier, before paler coloured beers began to predominate. Names such as Bauernbier (Farmers' beer), Landbier (Country beer), Braunbier (Brown beer) and Alt Fränkisch (Old Franconian) are used to lend authenticity.
Name one and I will send it to you. Then you can taste real beer. Not the commercial stuff they sell in the USA
Andy, I will go with some of that light summer Weizenbier from the Alpine region of Bavaria. Unfortunately I no longer would have the palate for the stronger Bocks or Holiday beers I once loved.
A classic Pilsner is a close second, something along the lines of Bitburger Premiun Pils (although fairly strong for my now Americanised tastes).
wil.
Andy I appreciate the offer but I am now a non-drinker. I am flying on memory here. Thanks.
A classic Pilsner is a close second, something along the lines of Bitburger Premiun Pils (although fairly strong for my now Americanised tastes).
wil.
Andy I appreciate the offer but I am now a non-drinker. I am flying on memory here. Thanks.
Andy correct, I loved the time I spent in Germany and would love to return. I met quite a few Locals while I was there, I remember some friends in the town of Offenbach and celebrating Fasching at the Offenbach Tennis Club with them. Great time. I also recall many a late night prowling the Kaiserstrasse in Frankfort.:hump:
I also spent quite a bit of time in Hof near the (then called) Czechoslovakia border and Fulda farther North. We could see East German tanks and troops from our side of the Iron Curtain where we had Nato tanks and troops, both sides just watching the other. Ah the Cold War - to be young again. The beer was great in Hof and in the Fulda Gap also.
wil.
I also spent quite a bit of time in Hof near the (then called) Czechoslovakia border and Fulda farther North. We could see East German tanks and troops from our side of the Iron Curtain where we had Nato tanks and troops, both sides just watching the other. Ah the Cold War - to be young again. The beer was great in Hof and in the Fulda Gap also.
wil.
Yes. I remember the time when there was the wall between both parts of Germany. I made a trip to the border nearly every year with my dad. Due to his job we were not allowed to travel to the DDR. So it was amazing for us to see the DDR border patrol watching us when we looked from the west into the east. I guess you remember that near Hof there was a DDR village you could see when being near the border on the western side. It was amazing to see how they lifed etc.
