Friday 28th April 2023.

another of my  many  pilgrimages to the land of sausage, beer and affordable football. ground no. 1. the carl benz stadium, for german 3rd tier action. mannheim, 7th, vs hallescher, 16th. 

mannheim, the square city, so called due to its grid system of roads mapped out in squares rather than conventional  streets, is in central germany, between Frankfurt and stuttgart. 

whilst hallescher is located in the former eastern germany. 

3 promotion places up for grabs, the top 2 automatically, plus the 3rd placed team who play the 3rd bottom placed team of the 2nd division. 3rd currently occupied by freiberg's 2nd team, but this is the highest level that 2nd teams can play at, to that end, mannheim, hoping to catch 4th placed dinamo Dresden, 5 points clear with 5 to play. whilst hallescher are     4 points clear of the relegation places. 

home team regularly attract impressive crowds of between 8 and 12000 with a ground  capacity of 25000.

full time  from the  carl benz stadium, and a convincing 4 one victory for the home side mannheim. although with was hallescher who took the lead on 10 minutes, superb jink down the left side, pin point header into the corner. crucially, mannheim equalised just before half time, following by a 3 goal 2nd half blitz. their now just 2 points behind 4th placed dresden having played a game more, whilst hallischer sit 4 points perilously close to the relegation spots. crowd a very noisy passionate and vocal 10004 including 400 away fans, very impressive due to away side being 400 km from mannheim. superb steeply covered terraced and old fashioned ground with a great atmosphere.

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