News: Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, Lok Leipzig

After a turbulent season, the next conflict is looming at BVB. This time not down on the pitch, but right at the top of the executive chair. And it looks as if it's heading for a full-blown power struggle. In one corner: Reinhold Lunow, the current club president, a rather quiet presence but valued by many fans for his down-to-earth manner. In the other: Hans-Joachim Watzke, the club's strong man, well-known, well-connected, and now a thorn in the side of many in the fan base. However, because Lunow is not making way as agreed and letting Watze take over as president, a hardening of positions is currently taking place the likes of which Dortmund hasn't seen for a long time. Lunow stands for a new course; he believes the controversial Rheinmetall deal is wrong and is fielding fan representatives for his team. This doesn't sit well with those who view Borussia Dortmund primarily as a business enterprise. The Süddeutsche Zeitung painted a dire scenario this weekend: Lunow is a "Trojan horse" of the ultras. This is why BVB is threatened with a downfall like Hertha, Schalke, or HSV. The opinionated fanzine schwatzgelb.de immediately countered and conducted a comprehensive fact-check of the article. Because the SZ text was riddled with so many inaccuracies, misinterpretations, and simply false claims, fan forums are already speculating that it is part of a controlled counter-campaign – from the Watzke camp. Hollywood is on Säbener Straße? No way!

The Champions League final ended 5-0. It was a more conclusive, more humiliating match than ever before. A match that felt like a slam dunk. The fleet-footed performances of Dembélé, Doué, and Vitinha made the Inter giants look even a bit older than they really are. The greatest feat of the evening, however, was achieved by Rio Ferdinand, who, as an expert, later spoke of a "victory of football" and managed not to roll on the floor laughing. PSG's Qatari owners have invested €2.3 billion since taking over in 2011 – just in players. Others were more reserved in their praise. Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, wrote of the "luck of the city" and probably bit off a piece of her tongue in the process. She has been arguing with the PSG bosses for years because they want to buy and modernize the Parc des Princes, while Hidalgo keeps the stadium in the city's ownership. Emmanuel Macron, a self-proclaimed fan of Olympique Marseille, wrote in suburban slang: "Champion mon frère!" ( Champion, my brother) . Riots broke out during the celebrations in Paris and the surrounding area on Saturday night, leaving two people dead and 200 injured. Sadly, this horrific news fits with the feeling of stomachache left behind by the Paris victory.

About the “new” PSG veneer

Lok Leipzig lost 3-0 in a nerve-wracking promotion play-off against Havelse on Sunday. TSV Havelse is promoted, and Lok misses out on promotion to the 3rd division. In Leipzig, where they've been exposed to RB Leipzig's tacky marketing for years, real, tangible football continues to be limited to the fourth division. And in the end, everyone agreed: the rule that regional league champions aren't promoted is and remains complete nonsense.

Lok Leipzig's dream of professional football: changing tracks

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