Wednesday November 9th
Munich half-time show as an Olympic application. Even without a dazzling music act, football fans can look forward to a spectacular halftime show at Sunday’s NFL game in Munich. “The German women’s national team in flag football will give a presentation of the low-contact version of American football at a demonstration match,” said NFL Germany. In flag football, the defensive end stops the ball-carrier by pulling a flag from his belt instead of tackling him. The goal of the league is to bring the sport to the Olympic Games in 2028. “Representatives of the International Olympic Committee will also be present on Sunday,” said Germany’s NFL boss Alexander Steinforth.
The NFL Flag Program is a central component of the NFL in Germany and is aimed at children and young people in particular as an alternative with fewer injuries. “We are currently investing a lot of time and money in this topic. For us, this is the entry point into the sport,” said Steinforth.
Football fans don’t have to go without music for the NFL cracker between the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “The block of entertainment is pulled forward and takes place just before kickoff,” Steinforth said. The German rap and pop musician Cro is supposed to set the mood in the sold-out Allianz Arena on Sunday.
Travel strains for NFL teams before Munich “already feasible”. Jakob Johnson also sees positive things for the professionals in the foreign games of the National Football League despite all the stress. “For many players, foreign games are not necessarily the most popular games. Time difference is always a bit difficult. But for east coast teams, the flight is no different than if you fly to a game on the west coast,” said the Stuttgarter on behalf of the Las Vegas Raiders of the German Press Agency before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers duel with the Seattle Seahawks. Most of the time you also get a week free of play afterwards. “It’s doable. And anyone who does it right takes away the experience and the opportunity to play football in a completely different context and in a different country,” said the 27-year-old.
Tuesday, November 8th
Rapper Cro confirmed as pre-game music act. At the NFL’s first Germany game in the Allianz Arena, there will be a game-related show, as is customary in the USA. As the NFL has now announced, Cro has been confirmed as a music act. During his eight-minute performance, the rapper will perform a medley of different songs, according to the organizers. The show should take place about half an hour before the official start of the game. A halftime show at the Superbowl is not planned.
Tom Brady trains at Bayern Munich. Both teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers around their star quarterback Tom Brady and the Seattle Seahawks, are training on FC Bayern courts before the game on Sunday, the city announced. The Seahawks will run for two hours on Thursday and Friday at 1.30 p.m. on the FC Bayern Munich club premises on Säbener Straße. The Bucs will prepare on Friday from 3:10 p.m. on the FC Bayern campus on Ingolstädter Straße. However, the units of the two professional teams are not accessible to the fans. Where else are the NFL players before the game in Munich and what fan festivals are this week – an overview.
Why does the NFL play in Munich of all places? For the first time a game of the National Football League will be played in Germany. The Seattle Seahawks meet the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 13th. Why the NFL is coming to Germany and more answers to questions about the game can be found here.
Anticipation among football pros and former players. According to former professional Kasim Edebali, the NFL game in Munich will take American football “to a new level” in Germany. “Seattle Seahawks against Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Tom Brady is a hit. It multiplies the football hype in Germany for generations,” said the 33-year-old from Hamburg German press agency. “You have kids who are watching an NFL game for the first time, teenagers who are motivated to play the sport and older people who become even more fans.” Munich will not only host the first NFL game in Germany on Sunday, but will also share four main round games in the world’s best football league with Frankfurt over the next four years.
For professional Jakob Johnson, the first NFL game in Germany is a credit to everyone in the German football scene. “This is the sign that the NFL takes the German football fan seriously. A multi-billion company like the NFL doesn’t just do something like that and not thoughtlessly,” said the Stuttgarter in the service of the Las Vegas Raiders German press agency. “They don’t just make a game available abroad that the teams would much rather play at home. A lot of groundwork had to be set for that to take place.”
The enormous number of NFL subscriptions, the number of viewers for the games on free TV and the enthusiasm of ex-professional Björn Werner and expert Patrick Esume, who would have done a lot of groundwork as moderators, as well as the German players in the NFL’s international talent program everyone had “contributed a small part to it,” said Johnson: “And at the end of the day it’s a victory for the German football community.”
Flag football in sports arena. The final of the German NFL Flag Football Series will take place in Unterhaching on Tuesday. It is part of the supporting program for the NFL game on Sunday. The best German youth teams from Düsseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich compete against each other in this disembodied version of American football and decide the unofficial German champion among themselves. To the preliminary report.
Monday, November 7th
Warning of excessive ticket prices. The NFL game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks in the Allianz Arena has long been sold out. The offers for overpriced tickets are now piling up on the Internet. Caution is advised here.
The gigantic logistics behind the NFL game in Munich. For the first time, two teams from the US football league NFL will be playing in Germany. The Seattle Seahawks alone travel to the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the arena with more than 140 people and twelve tons of equipment – from snacks to special bicycles.
Victory for both teams before NLF game in Munich: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks each travel to the first NFL game in Germany with a win behind them. The Buccaneers around quarterback superstar Tom Brady got a 16:13 win against the defending champion Los Angeles Rams in the last second. The Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-21. Before the duel in Munich next Sunday (3.30 p.m.), the Seahawks have the better record of six wins and three losses, the Buccaneers have four wins and five losses.