STORY: Joy and humility in Berlin-Köpenick – Union Berlin has been leading the Bundesliga for two weeks, turning the table upside down. Only for the 2019/20 season were the Irons promoted to the 1st league. With 17 points after the 7th day of play, they are now leading the table with promotion coach Urs Fischer and have thus put Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in their place. The mood among the fans and in the team is correspondingly good: “For the last two weeks, you’ve been running through the city with a permanent smile on your face because your local rivals aren’t quite as high up. And that’s fun.” “I think we’re a very, very cool group in general, we always have a lot of fun, and we always want to approach every training session with joy and fun. Not much has changed from that point of view.” Nevertheless, they know at the Alte Försterei that the current place in the table does not yet mean the championship: “If it’s enough for international business again, wonderful. But now to speculate that you’re in the top three somehow, that’s nonsense. This is actually just the snapshot. And as long as that lasts, so long does it last. So at the moment the sun is shining over us.” “Of course that’s cool, but we know that it’s just a snapshot at the moment. We’re on matchday seven, I don’t think anyone has ever won the championship, made it into the Champions League, made it into the Europa League or anything else. From that point of view, seventh matchday, 17 points is something special, something nice, we’re happy. But the season is still far from over.” Union doesn’t have to hide. 11, 7 and 5 were the last three final placements in the Bundesliga. Plus Conference League and Europa League. This is already a balance sheet that can be proud of.