“Incredible!” How often you hear this word here, eyes wide open, faces often heavily intoxicated. How many unforgettable afternoons (and evenings) has this club given to those chosen ones who were allowed to be there in the small, notoriously sold-out “Alte Försterei” in the southeast of Berlin.

Smell of sweat, beer and bratwurst. Great emotions, cheers and tears. Everything close together. Moments worth living for. Football as it should be, football at its best.

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