Parked in the second league...

It must have been around 17:10 p.m. when word got around in the stands that, for once, all the other clubs in the league were playing for FC St. Pauli and therefore relegation could be secured surprisingly early. Since the state of exhaustion on the pitch was clearly brown-white in color, the throats from the stands gave all their power towards the lawn. As if shortly before the end of the season all the chants that had been saved over the course of the season had to come out. My ears were ringing and yet I could hear all the stones falling from the hearts of everyone present when the final whistle blew.

When I saw the line-up before the game, I knew why coach Kauczinski had coined the catchphrase of the match day: "Attitude is more important than line-up." A Facebook statistician friend of mine would probably have written: "The last 11 healthy players are allowed to play." On the other hand: what could possibly go wrong? With the help of the support block, noble fan Nico had conjured up a magnificent choreography on the main stage. Right at the front was the banner: "We are the football club St. Pauli, we come from Hamburg on the Elbe." Our blind footballers always sing that when they walk onto the pitch and they are, after all, German champions...

Yes, and then in a hard-fought game, a brilliant idea from a young defender helps, who scores the most important thing with his first goal in the second division: Yi-Young Park - great celebration!

A ship in the middle of the stadium?

... with the best view for the captain!

The team with a greeting to Ryo

Very well attended early on…

Farewell to one of the good guys.

Part of a bigger whole

Ramba Zamba greets

Enema before great choreo on the main

Initiator of the choreo – captain of the main

The accessibility team transcribes the chants in the stadium for the deaf.

Florian Hartherz stumbles

I wanted to have at least one picture of Robin Himmelmann at the end, but he had next to nothing to do. Instead, I wonder how the Bielefeld player shot the ball….

Huge: goalscorer Park

Half-time greetings

Halftime notice

Cheer on

Ersin Zehir was also able to get a quick taste of Millerntor

Final whistle and Carsten Rothenbach tries the park jump

Shared cheers

20 minutes after the final whistle – full stadium

One last time

Mats Möller Daehli says goodbye

The sports director visibly relieved

The two most beautiful 27 in the stadium

Bye…

So now we can have a relaxing weekend and enjoy watching which traditional clubs tearfully go down a league. Kaiserslautern was already an announcement. Other clubs that recently played in the first division could follow. We already have the drama behind us...

Before that, we have to support the first women in the Hamburg Cup final against the sovereign league leaders from the regional league on Thursday public holiday. Kick-off in the Hoheluft is at 16 p.m. Everyone there - FC St. Pauli has never had a cup winner in women's football...