Bayern Munich vs. VFL Bochum(continued)

After each of the goals, the commentator would say "Goal by Thomas," and the crowd would say "MÜLLER"
"Thomas" the commentator said again.
"MÜLLER" the crowd chanted.
"Thomas"
"MÜLLER"
"The score after this goal: Bayern"
"ONE"
"Bochum"
"ZERO"
"Thank you"
"YOU'RE WELCOME"
Interestingly enough, the commentator said nothing after the Bochum goal.

Before the game, at the train station in Munich, we sat down to eat lunch. Every few minutes some drunk Bayern fans would walk past us, belting out all the cheers they could think of. After lunch, we followed these fans to the subway station which would take us to the game. Our train was completely packed with people, and the fans were so drunk that people kept falling over when they couldn't find something to hold on to.

We arrived at a subway station a ways away from the stadium. Bayern fans filled the space all the way to the huge stadium. Little specks of blue, the Bochum fans, were spread across the vast landscape of red. So many people had Bayern jerseys on that I saw the entire starting 11 of Bayern on the back of people's jerseys.

In the Allianz Arena(see http://gpsmission.com/media/16297256.jpg), we sat in the middle of the Bochum fan block. This was no big deal, because half of the people there were Bayern fans looking for cheaper tickets. Down on the other side of the stadium were the hardcore Bayern fans behind the goal. They didn't have seats, but they didn't need them because they were jumping up and down yelling for Bayern the entire game.

Before the game, Bayern and Schalke were the two top teams in the Bundesliga, tied in points and 9 points ahead of other teams. If Bayern won against Bochum and Schalke lost to Werder Bremen, Bayern would be first in the Bundesliga this season. Seeing the importance of this to the Bayern fans, a Bochum fan listened to the radio broadcast of Bremen vs. Schalke. When Bremen shot the 1-0 goal against Schalke, he spread the word around our block. Almost everyone shot out of their seats and cheered for the goal. A few minutes later, the goal was broadcasted throughout the stadium and the rest of the fans cheered.

Towards the end of the game, Bremen shot the 2-0 against Schalke. After the goal was broadcasted, Lukas sang "Who are champions? Only FCB. Only FCB. Only FCB." A few minutes later, the hardcore fans sang "Who are champions? Only FCB."

After the game, Lukas and I were on the subway to the train station. The subway was packed with drunk hardcore Bayern fans, singing their hearts out on every Bayern chant in existence. One fan even did a solo chant which lasted for about two minutes! Although the fans never sang with each other in time or pitch, it was great fun and I even joined in on the cheers I picked up.

Match highlights: http://www.mysoccerplace.net/video/bayern-vs-bochum-3-1-highlights-1-5-2010

Bayern theme song(Stern des Südens): http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1586805/FCB_Stern_des_Suedens