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Yesterday was yesterday with the shot in the own knee that the “Olympic opposition” fired. It’s painful, but as we all know, it’s humor when you laugh anyway. Today is finally the Day of Sports, which is celebrating its 22nd edition, no longer at Heldenplatz, which also has other memories… no, let’s leave that alone, but in front of the venerable stadium in the Prater, which bears the name of “Wötmasta” Happel , although I’m not sure whether the Ernstl, an advocate of modern football, would be proud of that.
And here we are, right in the middle of a topic that – sports day or not – is gradually exposing Austrian sport to international ridicule. Just in time for the celebration of Sports Day, the Vienna sports city councilor from the ranks of the giants let us know that the almost 100-year-old oval, which was painstakingly and incompletely renovated in the 80s, would be ready for use for another half century, one I’m going to install new, great, expensive floodlights and I’m also thinking about putting a roof over the stadium.
But that it was torn down and replaced with a new oneit could, that is not up for discussion, firstly, that would be far too expensive, and secondly, that is out of the question because it is a listed building for a very special reason. Because it was once built for the Workers’ Olympics in 1931, which is why it naturally represents something of a communal “shrine” for the city of Vienna. And even if we see more rock and pop stars than football or sports greats, the same rule applies as for our own staff: We don’t let anyone or anything get fired!
The holes in which Danish kickers recently got caught in the Happel Stadium, fortunately without fatal consequences, are now closed in Vienna. The players in the European Cup stumbled over holes and tufts of grass in the new Linz Arena, which was highly praised by Liverpool cult coach Klopp but also criticized because of the terrible pitch, and especially in the old Graz-Liebenau Stadium. Well, a municipality can’t take care of everything, even if the systems belong to it.
If Sarcastens could possibly assume or assume that the holes and tufts exist so that the million-dollar clubs with their top stars stumble upon us, then they are mistaken. After an hour, the overwhelmed LASK and Sturm Graz fell into the many pits that nature had dug. Played well, fought even better, but made a stupid mistake due to stupid (goalie) mistakes. If you already have the damage, you don’t have to worry about derision about the poor quality of your lawn. A g’mahte Wiesn looks different.
But today is the day of sports in which we celebrate our heroes/heroines or raise them to sports heaven as Golden Girls/Sunny Bys. I’m sure the apparatchiks clap the loudest in the (often false) assumption that things would never have gone so well without their help. Label fraud as part of the game.
2023-09-23 12:02:24
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