Refugees Welcome

The football match between FC St. Pauli and Borussia Dortmund was a decorative accessory to an important message: "Refugees welcome". Anyone who has to flee their homeland is welcome to a little temporary safety. And so the eyes of the children running onto the pitch last night shone brighter than the floodlights. It's great that the association makes something like this possible. Because the children running onto the pitch were refugees from the initial reception camp in the exhibition halls. Although I am very happy for these children, I would like to point out that other children actually had these places. Refugees too. But most of them were rushed off to other facilities outside Hamburg by the responsible authorities at the weekend. You've barely settled in a bit and calmed down, and you're sent away again. Even though I'd like to point out positively that Hamburg has taken in many times the number of refugees required according to the so-called Königstein key (I think currently five times as many), it is absolutely essential that these people are treated humanely. The city can see from the overwhelming number of volunteers that this is possible. In general, I believe that people are currently more open to dealing with people from other countries than politics is. (The NDR confirms my impression.)

There was also a little football played, but that was just for entertainment. It was nice that new signing Jeremy Dudziak, after a nice individual performance, crossed wonderfully to new signing Fafá Picault, who, seemingly the smallest player in the penalty area, headed the ball over the line for the follow-up goal, aka a consolation goal. It's also nice to see that the fuchsia goalkeeper jersey actually exists and doesn't burn my eyes as much as I would have thought after the presentation.

However, Weidenfeller's body check against Sobota was unpleasant. It was also unfortunate that another penalty was missed. After last missed penalty Halstenberg was sold. What happens to Thy now?

Bright eyes

Jetzt geht's loose

Matze Hain warms up Philipp Heerwagen in the Refugees Welcome Shirt

The team enters the field

Happy enema children

Over 25000 spectators

The teams greet the audience

Many more greetings and messages

Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here.

Bilingual scoreboard

The wall is built

Jeremy Dudziak drives the ball forward

Goal scorer Fafa Picault thanks provider Jeremy Dudziak after the goal to make it 1:2

Without a heart flag it is not a Nord

Real and fake birds

Looks similar to exchanging rings

Rumms

Fafa Picault and Marc Hornschuh clear against Janni Luca Serra

Timo Stegmann against Janni Luca Serra

Refugees Welcome – players from FC St. Pauli and BVB Dortmund after the game

Nice end to a friendly game