Supporters of Eintracht Frankfurt, the city’s first division soccer team, after letting off red flares during the match against 1. FC Cologne, Oct. 4. Frankfurt won 3-2. Of course, pyrotechnics are illegal in soccer stadiums but somehow they are brought in anyway.
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Thistle Stadium
Thistles grow on the grandstand of the Boellenfalltor soccer stadium in Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt, July 10. Despite the stadium’s run-down state the local soccer club Darmstadt 98 made it into Germany’s second league, or 2. Bundesliga. Renovation of the old arena is now mandatory for obtaining a licence from the German soccer federation.
World Cup Watchers
People sit on their stools, camping chairs or blankets to jointly watch the World Cup soccer match Germany vs Ghana on the sidewalk in front of one of Frankfurt’s traditional “Wasserhauschen” (water houses) June 21. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.
Attila
Attila, the mascot eagle of German first division soccer club Eintracht Frankfurt, pictured at Frankfurt’s stadium prior to a match, May 3. (Frankfurt lost 0-2, in case anyone cares)
Tear Strength
Hanover’s soccer player Didier Ya Konan, right, tests the tear strength of modern fabric while jubilating with teammate Lars Stindl, who scored the second goal of the match. Hanover eventually won 3-2 against Frankfurt in a German first division match, April 17.
Soccer Supporters
Supporters of Eintracht Frankfurt, the city’s first division soccer club, hold up their scarves while chanting their club’s anthem prior to a match aganist Hanover, April 17. Frankfurt lost 2-3, by the way.
Soccer in Kigali
Last week, I had to take pictures of a man found guilty of organizing one of the massacres in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
I was reminded of a journey that took me to the country a couple of years ago, leaving also a lot of positive memories. This shot that I found in my archives shows a boy playing soccer on the outskirts of Rwanda’s capital Kigali with a self-fabricated ball, wearing an old Colorado Buffaloes sweatshirt.
Qatar
Just went through my archives for a client and stumbled upon this shot that I took in Qatar about two years ago. Qatar will host the 2022 soccer World Cup. A strange idea…
Soccer Scene
A scene from the FIFA Women’s Worldcup 2015 soccer qualifying match Germany vs Croatia in Frankfurt, Oct. 30, showing Croatia’s goalie Doris Bacic (left) and German players Alexandra Popp (center) and Annike Krahn (right). Germany won 4-0.
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