They have only just played their first game in the club’s history and already have more followers (312,000) on Instagram than 1. FC Union (172,000) and Hertha BSC (244,000). The newly founded association Delay Sports Berlin eV sets out to stir up football in Berlin. Also present: Berlin’s most famous soccer player Kevin. Kevin Pannewitz, long considered the Berlin soccer talent was celebrated.
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From the virtual world to reality: Elias Nerlich (921,000 followers on Instagram, 1 million on Twitch, 236,000 on Twitter), the most successful FIFA streamer in Germany, starts with his newly founded team Delay Sports Berlin, with influencers and ex -Football professionals, from the coming season in the district league C. The team played their first two friendlies at the weekend.
So far there are more social media followers than goals for Delay Sports Berlin. The squad includes former professionals such as Sidney Friede (780,000 followers on Instagram), who was under contract with Hertha BSC and SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Influencer Diyar Acar, who has more than 600,000 followers on the TikTok platform, is also starting for Delay Sports.
Kevin Pannewitz now kicks in district league C
The most prominent football name: Kevin Pannewitz (23.2 thousand). He was once considered a great talent at FC Hansa Rostock in the 2nd division and was about to make the leap to the Bundesliga at VfL Wolfsburg under Felix Magath in 2012. So now district league C.
–With the team “we can definitely play in the district league, but we’re very relaxed about it,” says Nerlich in a video that the team published on its own YouTube channel: “The focus is on having fun.” Nevertheless, co-founder Friede hopes that “we move up as often as possible, that we play at a higher level”.
FIFA streamer Elias Nerlich: “Every player who plays for us in this club doesn’t get a cent”
In any case, Delay Sports has already reached the upper class on social media. Every game of the club is filmed, still a bit shaky, and shown as a highlight clip on YouTube. The video from the first game is over 34 minutes long and has already been streamed more than 482,000 times in one day. Elias Nerlich proudly explains in the intro: “We are now officially the biggest club in Berlin. Only on Instagram, of course. We can’t buy anything for that. It’s a cool fact though.”
–Nerlich also comments on the anger in Berlin football about the founding of the club, on allegations that the club buys the players for a lot of money: “Every player who plays in our club doesn’t get a cent,” he explains FIFA streamer and adds: “After the game, he only gets a cool blond and a slap on the butt from me for playing a great game. Everyone gets zero euros.”
The big dream: Delay Sports Berlin wants to beat FC Bayern in the cup
Nerlich speaks of buddies and friendly influencers who play in the club. Nerlich says about the squad: “We have ten kickers who are very, very good. Then we have 15 that are okay. And then another 10, 15 who drink you beyond your thirst.”
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The first success came in the very first game. A 5:1 against Concordia Wilhelmsruh II, who kick at least one league higher. Delay Sports Berlin has big goals. “The goal is to beat Bayern, in the DFB Cup,” said Nerlich in the picture. “The plan goes like this: We win the Berlin Cup, then we can play in the DFB Cup. Then Bayern, Julian Nagelsmann doesn’t have us on the screen and then we’ll knock them out…”
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