How a Town of 13,000 Produced a Bundesliga Team Upsetting the German Football Giants
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The Independent
The Independent (US)How a town of 13,000 produced a Bundesliga team upsetting the German football giants
SV Elversberg have gatecrashed the top flight as the smallest club in Bundesliga history, won their first two matches and now face European footballing royalty in Bayern Munich, in a match they could once only have dreamed of
The smallest Bundesliga player in history, without a station in the village. This is now known about the SV Elversberg. It is new, however, that this club impresses even in the first league. Three observations on this.
The unlikely Elversberg of 7,000 inhabitants is driving the Bundesliga crazy, with 2/2 wins, seven goals and an unprecedented footballing fairytale. There are football stories that seem to have been written for the cinema. And somewhere in the small state of Saarland, in southwestern Germany, Elversberg is writing its own. Elversberg is a small area of around 7,000 inhabitants and is part of Spiesen-Elversberg, which in total has around 13,000 p…
One has the impression that they simply refuse to act like a climber. Second victory for the SV Elversberg.
Advance, lag, no matter, always to the front: With courageous offensive football the SV Elversberg impresses the Bundesliga competition. And doesn't even wonder about it.
Two wins in the first two matches for the Saarland club, which next Sunday will face the Bavarian battleship at home
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