Füssball vs Football

Here in America, a lot of people, particularly men, are very passionate about football. I myself love to watch football and get quite into the games.

In Germany they take it to a whole new level. I went to a soccer game in Berlin and watched soccer games at bars. Germans go absolutely insane when there team wins. It is like a riot every single time the team is playing.

This is not only true for Germany, but for almost every European country. Most people live and die by how their Füssball teams, as they say in Germany, play.

I get upset when my team losses, but I get over it. In Berlin last year, the Hertha Füssball Mannschaft, Hertha Soccer Team, finished with a losing record, the people had a riot on the field. They were very angry their team was moving down a league and no longer in the top league.

Soccer Game in Berlin, in early November of 2010

The reason why Europeans hate American football. The response I got every time, "Football is to slow, you play 5 seconds and then take 30 seconds off." Which when you think about, is true, football is a slow pace game. 

One last thing I want to say about German füssball. They play almost all year around. Whether it be the German national team playing or the local team, games are always going on. Unlike here where there is such a long offseason for say football. Football fans, are left with watching other sports or like I did over spring break took a tour of a football stadium.

Lambeau Field where the Green Bay Packers play(Above)
Me at Wrigley Field over Spring Break. (Bottom)