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Culture: German soccer
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In this lesson, you learned the German words for many sports activities, like Tennis,
Volleyball or Basketball. However, we have not told you that for the majority of Germans, Soccer/Football
is the number one sport and has a very high priority in their after-work or weekend life.
Germany is among the few countries that have won the world-championships title three or more times
(besides Italy (4) and Brasil (5)). The German "Nationalmannschaft" (national team)
has won this most desired title in 1954 against Hungary, in 1974 against Holland and in 1990 against Argentina.
Germany also hosted the last soccer worldcup in 2006 and Germans were happy
to host millions of soccer-fans from around the globe and to show their
hospitality to the world.
On the club/domestic level, the German 1st league (1. Bundesliga) with its 18 teams is one of Europe's
best divisions, and
about 50% of the players come from a foreign country.
The best German club and German record champion is Bayern München (Bayern Munich), which has won the
German championships 19 times altogether, more than any other German team. The Bayern also managed to win
the European Cup of the national champions (the Champions League) 4 times, last time in 2001 against
the FC Valencia from Spain.
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Lesson 2
