Bayer 04 Leverkusen Season Opening
Hello my lovely creatures,
well, this is the report of three crazy chicks who went to check out the Bayer 04 Leverkusen Season Opening on July 29th. Be warned. So not dial-up friendly ... I mean that. 81 pics. And I have to apologise that this report comes that late. LJ just wouldn't let me post. Comments - yes, but posts ... nope.
The day started as any other day in the life of a football fan who doesn't live right next to the arena of their club - getting up at an ungodly hour to go somewhere by train. In this case, from Herne to Leverkusen.
It was already raining cats and dogs when we got up. Just. Perfect. A day we would spend singing in the rain. But ... didn't the weather forecast say something about 0% probability of rain in Leverkusen? We will see.
We, that's sweetestremedy and rotschopf, decided to go to Bochum Main Station by taxi. Well, rotschopf decided that she didn't want to do a 10 minute walk to the underground station while it's raining cats and dogs. Sure, an umbrella would've been an option, but what happens usually to umbrellas? Right, they're left behind somewhere.
Our taxi driver was a true dork. First, a non-footie fan and second, if he were, he would go for Schalke. We didn't say anything, but he immediately asked if he said something wrong. Nah, we just despise Schalke.
When we arrived at the main station in Bochum, sweetestremedy spotted 3ngel at once. Well, that wasn't exactly a challenge. 6'1" tall, black and green hair, hanging around in front of a sex shop? Yupp.
Only bad thing? It was still raining cats and dogs, and it was cold enough to freeze off the balls of a brass monkey.
Hoping that we'd have better weather in Leverkusen, we finally got on the train, where two boys immediately asked us if we were going to Leverkusen. We really don't know where they got that impression. Maybe it was rotschopf's Leverkusen scarf, but that's just a wild guess.
We thought it cute that they offered us some orange juice and asked us to forecast the match's result. rotschopf said 2-2 immediately and decided later on that she should open up an oracle. More on that later.
When we arrived in Leverkusen we realised that it was still raining cats and dogs. sweetestremedy's comment "hey, it's just rain" was destined to be the phrase of the day, but first off, we had to ask the question of the day: Where the heck is the bus?
According to the signs - at the bus terminal, but that turned out to be pure theory since the friendly driver of line 211 told us that the buses to the arena leave from the hospital. Somehow, that's even logical. I mean, football fans are insane by definition, right. The bus driver also told us that it's just a 5-minute walk to the arena through the park. Fine. It's just rain, right.
After a flooded subway thwarted our plans to walk to the arena, rotschopf decided for the second time on that day that going somewhere by taxi is definitely a good option. It still didn't change the fact, though, that we were already wet to the bones. When we finally reached our destination - the BayArena - we thought that there were not as many people as you would expect at a season opening despite the rain. I mean, it's just rain, right, and rain isn't something that can keep football fans at home.
Thus, we decided to pay the fan shop a visit. 3ngel got herself a "Stefan Kießling" scarf, while rotschopf got a sweater, a shirt and a bandanna. I mean, it's just rain, but it's still rain and still wet. Later on, we realised that the didn't give us the 10% discount for rotschopf's club membership, but 15%. Nice. Very nice.
While we were waiting in line to pay, sweetestremedy found something absolutely fabulous:
We think, that's great nods.
We also found something not so fabulous, namely that the season opening was cancelled due to bad weather, but that the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AS Rom would definitely take place. Pity, but understandable. I mean, that would've been some mud battle in the other arena ...
Well - what to do until the arena opens? Right, raiding McDonalds, which happens to be a part of the BayArena and right behind the block where we would be seated later on. Very cool. In between eating and playing "Shag, Marry, Kill", rotschopf decided that she would get the Leverkusen yearbook of 2007/2008, which is free for club members. And, you won't believe it, it stopped raining. Pity, come to think of it.
Half an hour before the arena opened, we decided to join the already waiting fans outside.
Shortly after that, it started raining again, but not as heavily as two hours before.
After rotschopf, the AA, got herself some beer, we took our seats. Front row seats, maybe 1 metre away from the field. Perfect view. Additionally, the BayArena is a very cosy stadium. 22'500 seats. As a comparison: The "Süd" in Dortmund has a capacity of 24'554 stands alone. Very cosy.
It's rumoured that all seats are roofed over. Well, yeah. All but the front row. But we'd actually used our brains and brought plastic bags so that at least our asses would stay dry.
The next thing we know, we were rolling over the floor, laughing our asses off. 3ngel had just asked us if we knew that situation when the last fat drop coming down from a roof splashes into your face, when that one last fat drop splashed into rotschopf's beer. Whatever. It's just rain, right, and it was only "Köllsch".
The first player to set foot on the green was René Adler. While 3ngel was drowning in her own drool and managed to look positively adorable at that, rotschopf asked herself what other purposes René Adlers flexibility might have. Sadly, that's a question that remained unanswered ...
When the rest of the team finally jogged onto the pitch, some dude right behind us shouted "Bernd". Bernd Schneider took that as an opportunity to wave happily at the crowd, while 3ngel took that as an opportunity to be cute beyond recognition and hide at sweetestremedy's shoulder. Absolutely adorable.
While the players got changed for the match, 3ngel was getting a bit pissed because the female security right in front of us was constantly staring at her and her hair instead of doing her job. We were practically waiting for either her to ask 3ngel about the hair or 3ngel to ask the security what she's staring at. Instead of that, we were happily bouncing around when we realised that the "Kurvenbrüller" got rid of his mohawk since that one looked awful. Ah, we do admit it. It was just an excuse to take a pic of the Ultràs:
The "Kurvenbrüller" is the dude in the grass-green sweater.
Finally, the match started. And it was really funny. About every ten minutes or something, one of the Italian players died. We really don't know how they managed to be frelling alive at the end of the match. Maybe, because the Italian coach substituted about his complete team. We can't say for sure. As a matter of fact, it was a great match, especially since it was only a friendly.
The only thing that Bayer has to get their grips on is their defence. The first goal in the 3rd minute happened because the defence was asleep. Deeply. The second goal ... well, it was off-side, but still. All in all, we liked what we saw. A lot. sweetestremedy was even drooling over Stefan Kießling. Not over his looks, but over the way he plays. If they manage to call their defence to order and continue to play that beautifully together ... well, we don't want to jinx anything, right, but Bayer 04 can reach a new level.
No, we are not obsessed with René Adler ...
About half way through the second half, it was announced that the team would give autographs after the match to at least make up a little for the cancelled season opening. We thought that very, very nice and fair. I mean, Leverkusen already had announced that the season opening would take place at a later date and stuff. But it was a thank you for the understanding of the fans, especially those who had come from all over Germany.
After the match, we went and asked someone where we had to go for the session, and they were all so nice and friendly and ... yeah. When we went there, there already a lot of people. Naturally. Then they told us that the players couldn't sign any jerseys, books or whatnot, which was when we decided to just take pics. Which we did:
Well, and then, sweetestremedy had the best idea ever. Video. You can download the vid » here. It's a sendspace link, so it will expire within 7 days. The vid is uncut, so please forgive all those strange heads and noises ^^
After that, we basically went straight home. What a day! Great match. Great people. And ... we have some "moments" for you:
ROFL-Moment: When 3ngel asked René Adler 'Ey, Adler, did Clemens (Fritz) do your hair?'. At first, René looked confused, then he grinned his broadest grin ever. And Simon Rolfes fell off his chair laughing.
Cute-Moment: When we asked one of the security guys how we'd get to the railway station by foot. He almost took us by the hand and walked us there.
Strange-Moment: After the game, we met a fan. He was quite drunk and somewhat strange. But it weirded us completely out when he pulled all three of us into a hug and kissed us on the cheeks.
Drool-Moment: When René Adler and Manuel Friedrich talked to each other, they kept touching and eye-fucking each other.
Frustration-Moment: When we went home, the trains were all late, and we took the wrong train, only to change trains later on to realise that the fucking suburban train takes, like 1 hour+ from Duesseldorf alone, while the train we were supposed to take take about 45 mins from Leverkusen. Geez. Is it really necessary to stop at every frelling house?
Food-Moment: Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker. That's one hell of a long name and takes ages to be said. Thus, we decided to nickname the poor guy "Sushi" since "Ingwer" (Ginger) is something you eat with Sushi. And we loves sushi moronic grin.
Awwwww-Moment: When rotschopf got some more beer during the half time, there was a little kid waiting with her in line to get some pizza. When he wanted to pay, the girl behind the counter said that he should keep his money and that the pizza is on her.
Cute-Moment: When 3ngel tried to persuade us to call Stefan Kießling's name. She was so cute and adorable while doing that, but we still didn't do it. Sorry, luv!
Copyright: All pictures and videos were taken and made by sweetestremedy. Don't use any of the pics and vids for iconing, wallpapers, headers and stuff without asking her for permission first.
As you were!
The Drow
well, this is the report of three crazy chicks who went to check out the Bayer 04 Leverkusen Season Opening on July 29th. Be warned. So not dial-up friendly ... I mean that. 81 pics. And I have to apologise that this report comes that late. LJ just wouldn't let me post. Comments - yes, but posts ... nope.
The day started as any other day in the life of a football fan who doesn't live right next to the arena of their club - getting up at an ungodly hour to go somewhere by train. In this case, from Herne to Leverkusen.
It was already raining cats and dogs when we got up. Just. Perfect. A day we would spend singing in the rain. But ... didn't the weather forecast say something about 0% probability of rain in Leverkusen? We will see.
We, that's sweetestremedy and rotschopf, decided to go to Bochum Main Station by taxi. Well, rotschopf decided that she didn't want to do a 10 minute walk to the underground station while it's raining cats and dogs. Sure, an umbrella would've been an option, but what happens usually to umbrellas? Right, they're left behind somewhere.
Our taxi driver was a true dork. First, a non-footie fan and second, if he were, he would go for Schalke. We didn't say anything, but he immediately asked if he said something wrong. Nah, we just despise Schalke.
When we arrived at the main station in Bochum, sweetestremedy spotted 3ngel at once. Well, that wasn't exactly a challenge. 6'1" tall, black and green hair, hanging around in front of a sex shop? Yupp.
Only bad thing? It was still raining cats and dogs, and it was cold enough to freeze off the balls of a brass monkey.
Hoping that we'd have better weather in Leverkusen, we finally got on the train, where two boys immediately asked us if we were going to Leverkusen. We really don't know where they got that impression. Maybe it was rotschopf's Leverkusen scarf, but that's just a wild guess.
We thought it cute that they offered us some orange juice and asked us to forecast the match's result. rotschopf said 2-2 immediately and decided later on that she should open up an oracle. More on that later.
When we arrived in Leverkusen we realised that it was still raining cats and dogs. sweetestremedy's comment "hey, it's just rain" was destined to be the phrase of the day, but first off, we had to ask the question of the day: Where the heck is the bus?
According to the signs - at the bus terminal, but that turned out to be pure theory since the friendly driver of line 211 told us that the buses to the arena leave from the hospital. Somehow, that's even logical. I mean, football fans are insane by definition, right. The bus driver also told us that it's just a 5-minute walk to the arena through the park. Fine. It's just rain, right.
After a flooded subway thwarted our plans to walk to the arena, rotschopf decided for the second time on that day that going somewhere by taxi is definitely a good option. It still didn't change the fact, though, that we were already wet to the bones. When we finally reached our destination - the BayArena - we thought that there were not as many people as you would expect at a season opening despite the rain. I mean, it's just rain, right, and rain isn't something that can keep football fans at home.
Thus, we decided to pay the fan shop a visit. 3ngel got herself a "Stefan Kießling" scarf, while rotschopf got a sweater, a shirt and a bandanna. I mean, it's just rain, but it's still rain and still wet. Later on, we realised that the didn't give us the 10% discount for rotschopf's club membership, but 15%. Nice. Very nice.
While we were waiting in line to pay, sweetestremedy found something absolutely fabulous:
We think, that's great nods.
We also found something not so fabulous, namely that the season opening was cancelled due to bad weather, but that the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AS Rom would definitely take place. Pity, but understandable. I mean, that would've been some mud battle in the other arena ...
Well - what to do until the arena opens? Right, raiding McDonalds, which happens to be a part of the BayArena and right behind the block where we would be seated later on. Very cool. In between eating and playing "Shag, Marry, Kill", rotschopf decided that she would get the Leverkusen yearbook of 2007/2008, which is free for club members. And, you won't believe it, it stopped raining. Pity, come to think of it.
Half an hour before the arena opened, we decided to join the already waiting fans outside.
Shortly after that, it started raining again, but not as heavily as two hours before.
After rotschopf, the AA, got herself some beer, we took our seats. Front row seats, maybe 1 metre away from the field. Perfect view. Additionally, the BayArena is a very cosy stadium. 22'500 seats. As a comparison: The "Süd" in Dortmund has a capacity of 24'554 stands alone. Very cosy.
It's rumoured that all seats are roofed over. Well, yeah. All but the front row. But we'd actually used our brains and brought plastic bags so that at least our asses would stay dry.
The next thing we know, we were rolling over the floor, laughing our asses off. 3ngel had just asked us if we knew that situation when the last fat drop coming down from a roof splashes into your face, when that one last fat drop splashed into rotschopf's beer. Whatever. It's just rain, right, and it was only "Köllsch".
The first player to set foot on the green was René Adler. While 3ngel was drowning in her own drool and managed to look positively adorable at that, rotschopf asked herself what other purposes René Adlers flexibility might have. Sadly, that's a question that remained unanswered ...
When the rest of the team finally jogged onto the pitch, some dude right behind us shouted "Bernd". Bernd Schneider took that as an opportunity to wave happily at the crowd, while 3ngel took that as an opportunity to be cute beyond recognition and hide at sweetestremedy's shoulder. Absolutely adorable.
While the players got changed for the match, 3ngel was getting a bit pissed because the female security right in front of us was constantly staring at her and her hair instead of doing her job. We were practically waiting for either her to ask 3ngel about the hair or 3ngel to ask the security what she's staring at. Instead of that, we were happily bouncing around when we realised that the "Kurvenbrüller" got rid of his mohawk since that one looked awful. Ah, we do admit it. It was just an excuse to take a pic of the Ultràs:
The "Kurvenbrüller" is the dude in the grass-green sweater.
Finally, the match started. And it was really funny. About every ten minutes or something, one of the Italian players died. We really don't know how they managed to be frelling alive at the end of the match. Maybe, because the Italian coach substituted about his complete team. We can't say for sure. As a matter of fact, it was a great match, especially since it was only a friendly.
The only thing that Bayer has to get their grips on is their defence. The first goal in the 3rd minute happened because the defence was asleep. Deeply. The second goal ... well, it was off-side, but still. All in all, we liked what we saw. A lot. sweetestremedy was even drooling over Stefan Kießling. Not over his looks, but over the way he plays. If they manage to call their defence to order and continue to play that beautifully together ... well, we don't want to jinx anything, right, but Bayer 04 can reach a new level.
No, we are not obsessed with René Adler ...
About half way through the second half, it was announced that the team would give autographs after the match to at least make up a little for the cancelled season opening. We thought that very, very nice and fair. I mean, Leverkusen already had announced that the season opening would take place at a later date and stuff. But it was a thank you for the understanding of the fans, especially those who had come from all over Germany.
After the match, we went and asked someone where we had to go for the session, and they were all so nice and friendly and ... yeah. When we went there, there already a lot of people. Naturally. Then they told us that the players couldn't sign any jerseys, books or whatnot, which was when we decided to just take pics. Which we did:
Well, and then, sweetestremedy had the best idea ever. Video. You can download the vid » here. It's a sendspace link, so it will expire within 7 days. The vid is uncut, so please forgive all those strange heads and noises ^^
After that, we basically went straight home. What a day! Great match. Great people. And ... we have some "moments" for you:
ROFL-Moment: When 3ngel asked René Adler 'Ey, Adler, did Clemens (Fritz) do your hair?'. At first, René looked confused, then he grinned his broadest grin ever. And Simon Rolfes fell off his chair laughing.
Cute-Moment: When we asked one of the security guys how we'd get to the railway station by foot. He almost took us by the hand and walked us there.
Strange-Moment: After the game, we met a fan. He was quite drunk and somewhat strange. But it weirded us completely out when he pulled all three of us into a hug and kissed us on the cheeks.
Drool-Moment: When René Adler and Manuel Friedrich talked to each other, they kept touching and eye-fucking each other.
Frustration-Moment: When we went home, the trains were all late, and we took the wrong train, only to change trains later on to realise that the fucking suburban train takes, like 1 hour+ from Duesseldorf alone, while the train we were supposed to take take about 45 mins from Leverkusen. Geez. Is it really necessary to stop at every frelling house?
Food-Moment: Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker. That's one hell of a long name and takes ages to be said. Thus, we decided to nickname the poor guy "Sushi" since "Ingwer" (Ginger) is something you eat with Sushi. And we loves sushi moronic grin.
Awwwww-Moment: When rotschopf got some more beer during the half time, there was a little kid waiting with her in line to get some pizza. When he wanted to pay, the girl behind the counter said that he should keep his money and that the pizza is on her.
Cute-Moment: When 3ngel tried to persuade us to call Stefan Kießling's name. She was so cute and adorable while doing that, but we still didn't do it. Sorry, luv!
Copyright: All pictures and videos were taken and made by sweetestremedy. Don't use any of the pics and vids for iconing, wallpapers, headers and stuff without asking her for permission first.
As you were!
The Drow