EM 2021: Commentary on the DFB’s “Jogis Jungs” choreo

Innsbruck –

At its peak, up to 7.35 million viewers watched the penultimate performance check of the DFB team before the European Championship on RTL. So there is interest in international matches, despite the recent failures. Many fans in front of the screen were amazed at the strange lettering on the grandstands in Innsbruck’s Tivoli Stadium. A comment.

• Surprise at the lettering in the Innsbruck stadium
• National team continues to have identification problems
• Appearance of Joachim Löw and his team confused

“Jogis”, as most of the viewers saw it, was written in white on a black, red and gold background on the empty grandstand. Hundreds of plastic foils provided the lettering. Looking further through the arena, the “Jogis” was completed with “Jungs”.

A superfluous idea for many fans. “Dear DFB! What your marketing department does is really just embarrassing. What is this strange lettering in the stadium during the international match? As a fan you really don’t want to have anything to do with that. I’m a stranger for such a joke, “was one of the comments on Twitter.

This lettering at the international matches has almost become a “tradition” in the Corona period. In Leipzig in November it read “We for you” and “You for us” on the seats. In Duisburg in March it was “one team” and “one goal”. Everything is always printed on less environmentally friendly plastic film. What will happen after the EM when Flick takes over the team: “Hansi’s Heroes”?

The DFB is also struggling with the ghost games. Empty rows of stadiums appear desolate to the viewer. The Bundesliga clubs were creative in the pandemic. Cardboard comrades replaced the audience with photos or fan devotional items decorated the empty seats. But the international match slides with their empty marketing tubes reflect exactly the feeling that now prevails in international matches.

The DFB organizes the international matches as events without a soul

An association is organizing an event completely bypassing the spirit of football fans. The national team, which is staged for the event by its director Oliver Bierhoff and the fan club, with the support of a soft drinks manufacturer, does not reach the hearts of the fans.

The overall appearance of selection games is increasingly irritating. There is the slavishly identical outfit of Joachim Löw and his assistant Marcus Sorg, who stand on the sidelines like identical twins chewing gum. There are the strange remaining DFB presidium members like Rainer Koch and Peter Peters in their association suits in the stands. And the stadium announcer is not afraid to boom his announcements through the microphone during a ghost game.

With Thomas Müller, this team now has another argument on the pitch that encourages spectators. The fan fever does not come back with artificial choreos or marketing bells and whistles. That is only possible through performance and success.

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