Maybe in an average year, I'll watch three to five soccer games on TV....usually with the Munich team playing. I'm not anti-soccer....I'm just not that enthusiastic about the sport.
This week, we had an usual event occur regionally, and it probably will trigger me to watch a few more games.
For those who don't follow the sport....this year, the Mainz (1 FSV Mainz 05) is crapped out....currently second from the bottom at the mid-way point of the season. They are pretty much destined to fall out of the league, into the 2nd level....as mid-May comes around and the season ends.
Well.....also in this league is the Frankfurt team (Eintracht Frankfurt)....who have done pretty well in this season, and actually have a long list of decent players with energy and skills.
Usually clubs don't share out players.....but something clicked in the past month, and a week ago....Frankfurt came up and offered two key players for the rest of the season (no one really says money is involved).
Dominik Kohr and Danny da Costa are the two.
Yesterday....the two joined up with the Mainz squad and played....beating their opponent, and both were key elements of the win (3-2).
Still near the bottom? Yes. But you can figure from the sixteen games left in the season....the odds of 'falling-out' of the league have gone away. In act, they might be able to reach some 50-50 level in the win column....with these two players 'loaned-out'.
'Fairy-tale' seasons are what drives people to certain sports and viewer action. This might be one of those cases where people turn to view the game, in hopes that Danny and Dominik turn on some magic and lift the team another notch or two.
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