Our trip through Europe is over but we left with some remaining impressions. Not just because of the matches but especially with our choreos which were pretty awesome!
We had some choreographies in the UEFA-Cup matches that were based on the previous ones.
It all started in Berlin in the Cup final. Our last title was the championship in 1968, so it was a huge chance.
The text says:
"Even in 39 years without a title we were always proud and loyal. But once we are here we take the Cup with us."
You may notice that the person on the picture looks like Andy Capp, which is quite right, as this is the symbol person of the Ultras Nuremberg.
So in the first home match against Bucharest this person was flying over Europe:
For imagining the sizes of the whole thing: only the cloth in the centre was about 1200 square meters!
The text says: "Got the cup in Berlin, now let's have a look what the Club does in Europe"
And really really fantastic was that the Rapid supporters replied to that (even in German):
"You'll have to wait another 19 years" (our last international match was 19 years ago in 1988).
So we took that picture and continued the story in the match against Everton:
"Managed the danger of a crash over Bucharest, now we enjoy many beautiful hours in Europe".
In the Alkmaar match we continued travelling through Europe:
"Even over mountains, as over the sea, our love follows us to all places"
And against Benfica:
"Let this compass needle keep spinning and make dreams come true"
On the compass there are the places where we've travelled: St. Petersburg, Bucharest, Larissa, Lisbon (just think of a place in the north east end, which was left blank... could have been Manchester
)
Unfortunately it's all over now.
Here is a summary of the match with Portuguese comment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky0kO_nxcKc