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My German team, Fortuna Düsseldorf (used to work in Düsseldorf for a short time) are one game away from being promoted to the Bundesliga. They are in the relegation play off where the 3rd bottom team from the Bundesliga plays two games, home and away, against the 3rd placed team in Bundesliga 2 which this season is Düsseldorf.
Fortuna Düsseldorf, on a 14 game unbeaten run in Bundesliga 2, went to VFL Bochum and beat them 3-0 at their place. The second leg is at home for F95 on Monday and Fortuna Düsseldorf just need to not lose by more than 2 to get promoted.
Not too sure if this sort of play off would work in England where the 3rd worse team in the Premiership plays the 3rd best team in the Championship - that would have been Luton vs Leeds this season. I like our format better and it's great when it works for us like 10 years ago....
Fortuna Düsseldorf are like QPR in many ways in that they spend most of their time in the second tier and have the odd skirmish in the top tier. Perennial underdogs where I expect them to do the unexpected. Normally the Bundesliga team wins the relegation playoff but F95 might just buck that trend.....
Anyway, hope Düsseldorf does it on Monday as I plan to be in Munich for an American Football game in November (New York Giants v Carolina Panthers) so hope to catch Düsseldorf the same weekend for a Bundesliga game. It's on my bucket list to see Fortuna Düsseldorf play live so that'll be a great opportunity. Hope QPR aren't playing at home that weekend...
RMH_R Reborn
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 18:27 - May 25 with 6685 views
The disparity in finances would be a problem for that system over here, although I note it would be Luton v Leeds this season in which I would have fancied Leeds.
Fortuna: Holt Den Sieg Für Uns
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 18:27 - May 25 with 6688 views
The only thing I knew about Dusseldorf in the 80's was Susanne Freytag in one of my all time favourite bands Propaganda from that city. Don't know much about the footie team or their history but like the comparison with QPR.
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 19:01 - May 25 with 6608 views
Chelsea were relegated in 1988 using a similar system, a great year! 3rd bottom went into the play offs with 3rd, 4th and 5th in league below, current system seems better to me.
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 21:51 - May 25 with 6337 views
Their stadium is massive (and mostly empty). However, really warmed to their fans. Reminded me of proper Championship fans. Good deal of cynicism and sarcasm, but also give it a good go supporting their team.
The game I saw had some hilariously incompetent bits of football that reminded me of us and also warmed me to them.
Been keeping an eye out for their results this season.
In the European Champions Cup quarter final they lost 3-1 at home to Benfica & then won by the same score in Lisbon.
As penalties hadn't been invented at the time & deciding the winners by tossing a coin had been outlawed (the last time I can recall this being used was Liverpool beating Cologne in 1965), a play off in Paris was played.
Ajax won 3-0 & went on to reach the final where they lost to AC Milan. In the next four seasons they won the UEFA Cup & then three consectutive Champions Cups.
Perhaps, Dusseldorf can use this as a launching pad? Are 1860 Munich still in the third tier?
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 04:29 - May 30 with 4960 views
That's an amazing comeback by Bochum, Union Berlin sent them into the play offs by scoring in injury time and it wasn't until I read this that I realised that Dusseldorf had naused it up! Half of the stadia being used next month are homes to Bundesliga 2 sides, and this is without Hannover, Kaiserslautern and Nuremburg all used in WC 2006. Hamburg, Schalke etc are huge clubs but effing awful lately, it's good for football, especially as Bayern won bug ger all this season.
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 22:58 - May 30 with 4706 views
In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 21:27 - May 25 by LongRanger
Chelsea were relegated in 1988 using a similar system, a great year! 3rd bottom went into the play offs with 3rd, 4th and 5th in league below, current system seems better to me.
I was there in the Boro end. Fantastic to be there to see them relegated live.
They didn't like it at all and were very angry indeed afterwards.
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In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf on 09:53 - May 31 with 4509 views
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