The North Rhine River flows quietly, recording the vicissitudes of Ruhr District. Today, Ruhr District is a famous European city of science, education and culture with many colleges and universities and pleasant scenery. In the block full of modern buildings, several chimneys stand proudly, telling the rise and fall of Ruhr District.
It was once the industrial heart of Germany and the largest coal and steel industrial zone in Europe. As an important cornerstone of the rise of modern Germany, its rise and fall witnessed the development process of Germany and also affected the history of the two teams. Ruhr Derby, known as the mother of Derby, was born on this land.
Water and fire are incompatible, yellow and blue are intertwined and collided
North South confrontation, yellow and blue division, the similar land breeds a football culture with the same momentum, and concentrated expression and vent in personal feelings. In the Ruhr derby, players as refined as Royce and Rosicky will also tackle fiercely, get red cards and fight, which is more common.
"For us, there are two games in a year that are particularly important: against Schalke." In the opinion of captain Royce Dort, the weight of the national derby with Bayern is far less than that of the Ruhr derby.
"Personally speaking, the most important derby is Dort against Schalke 04, and nothing can match it." Even after leaving office for many years, Kropp was still excited about the Luerderby.
In the Luerderby in the 2018-19 season, extreme fans of Schalke even played a banner demanding the "release of Sergei W (the prisoner of the Dorte bus bombing two years ago)". Among Dort fans, there is a famous slogan "Bayern would rather win the championship 100 times than Schalke win the cup once".
In Ruhr District, football has been internalized into a religious belief. In their respective cities, even the color of each other's jersey is an unacceptable challenge. The hard core fan area of Schalke is in the North Stand. Dortmund moved his hard core fans from the north side of the former Red Earth Stadium to the south side of the Signard Iduna Park Stadium. They really don't want to have any similarities with their rivals.
From Westphalia to Feltings, a short distance of 27 kilometers was torn into two natural pieces by yellow and blue.
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Gelsenkirchen City was once the coal mining center of Ruhr District. The Shaerke 04 Football Club was founded by a group of coal miners. It is a typical "coal mining team" with strong coal mining pedigree. The miners and their descendants, with unparalleled fanaticism, show their loyalty to this team and the city. Today, Every year, the players of Schalke will still carry out a journey to find their roots, experience the life of the senior miners, and show their red roots. Thirty two kilometers away, Dortmund, who also started with coal, came from behind and became the new economic center of Ruhr District by virtue of steel manufacturing, trade, wine making, etc. The rivalry between tradition and the new rich, between two cities, and the fetters of two teams resulted in enmity.
Similar to the contradiction between Liverpool and Manchester United, the traditional residents of Gelsenkirchen have distinctive Germanic characteristics. They focus on collectivism and self-sufficiency, and believe that only coal is the symbol of Ruhr. Therefore, they do not welcome Dortmund's traders. Although they gradually accept the good life brought by beer and steel, they still deeply believe that "making wine" Such commercial trade is just a means for the new rich to collect money, and they want to eliminate the impurities in Dortmund's hard coal. Dortmund people also sneer at this group of stubborn miners. This class difference leads to the opposition of cultural concepts, which is passed down from generation to generation with football as the link, giving new meaning and creating new opposition.
Each leader is coquettish, and Derby's Mother Drama opens
The development of the two teams is closely related to the rise and fall of Ruhr District. With the prosperity of Ruhr District, the two teams sitting on the coal mine also ushered in a golden age of their own development. In 1925, the two teams met for the first time, and this battle full of tradition, regional politics and strong local pride began. At that time, Shark won 4-2 and ruled Dortmund for the next 18 years. It was hard to lose. It was not until November 1943 that Dortmund finally ushered in the victory of the first derby that he was able to relax a little.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Schalke stood out, not only winning six top league titles, firmly suppressing Dortmund, but also creating 10-0, 9-0, 7-0 and other tragedies, humiliating opponents. With the end of World War II, Dortmund finally took Shar off the throne. However, due to the serious damage in the war and the impact of the third technological revolution, the whole Ruhr area began to decline, and the two teams gradually sank.
In the 1970s and 1980s, two teams in the low ebb suffered from demotion successively, and Schalke 04 was even more embarrassed. After spending the darkest period in the history of the club respectively, the two teams ushered in a revival in the 1990s. Dortmund, who had carried out industrial transformation and upgrading in advance, took advantage of the spring breeze of emerging technology industry and soared all the way to usher in the golden age of development. It won the Bundesliga championship twice in a row, and became a top domestic family competing with Bayern Munich. Schalke also reached the Uefa Cup after the financial crisis. In 1997, these two rivals reached the top of Europe at the same time. Dortmund won the Champions League and Schalke 04 won the UEFA Cup.
What is more worth celebrating than winning the championship is to ruin the opponent's championship dream
Until now, Schalke has never tasted the taste of salad plate. In addition to the "four minute champion" of the 2000-2001 season, the "credit" of the sworn enemy is also inevitable.
From November 1998 to May 2005, Dortmund was hard to win in 13 consecutive league derbies. In the 2006-07 season, Schalke was overwhelming in the league, and the dream of winning the Bundesliga for 50 years seemed close at hand. Under the catalysis of the dawn of victory, the fans of Schalke could not help but get carried away. Several fans even sneaked into Westphalia Stadium and stole the huge banner hanging on the south stand, which was regarded as the "patron saint" of Dot's home stadium, causing Dot fans to rage. Mou Zu tried hard to teach Shark a lesson. Dortmund succeeded in revenge in the penultimate round and smashed the championship dream of Royal Blue with a clean 2-0. After Schalke failed to win the championship, Dot fans rented a small plane, hung a huge banner of "You'll never win the championship", and mocked in Gelsenki.
Twelve years later, Schalke followed suit. In the second round of Ruerderby last season, Schalke beat his opponents 4-2 at Westphalia Stadium at the crucial moment of Dortmund's championship competition, which also messed up Royce's championship dream. After the game, Schalke fans were very proud and said that "although it has been a bad season, it seems very successful to mess up Dort's championship dream".
Enthusiasm and resentment intertwined, classic battles emerged frequently
The two teams play each other, and there is no shortage of classics. For example, on December 19, 1997, Lehmann headed the ball to help Royal Blue draw 2-2 with Dortmund in the 90th minute, becoming the first goalkeeper in the history of Bundesliga to score a goal in sports. Later, Lehmann joined Dot, which triggered a new story. Compared with the double faced players who frequently appear in the national derbies in recent years, there are few double faced players in the Ruhr derbies. The seeds of hatred are already deeply rooted in the players' hearts.
In the past decade, the two teams have also frequently contributed classics. On September 13, 2008, Klopp's first Ruerderby, Dortmund, who fought at home, fell behind 0-3 for a time. When Dortmund got a penalty that could equalize the score in the 89th minute, Klopp even dared not look inside the court and turned his back to the court. When the fans cheered loudly, he joined in the warm celebration. In the first round of the 2017-18 season Ruerderby, the Hornets, who were in charge of the home court, took a 4-0 lead in just half an hour. But the situation changed in the second half, and Schalke fought back crazily. Finally, with Nelson's 94th minute header, he drew 4-4 with the Hornets.
What kind of love and hatred will happen between the two sides when Dorte sits in the empty Westphalia Stadium this time?
Stories keep going, and the competition is fierce both on and off the court
The players had a showdown on the court, and the fans had a lot of competition off the court. The Ruhr derby held on September 26, 1969 has been welcomed by fans. Shark took the lead in scoring. Excited fans rushed into the court. The police had to keep order with their dogs. A Dortmund fan disguised as a policeman brought in a German shepherd named Britz and bit the bottom of Schalke's player, Raushi. Gant Hibbert, the then chairman of Shark, responded by the same method. In the second round of Luerderby, he visited the local zoo and borrowed a lion from the zoo. At the appearance ceremony before the game, he led the lion to patrol the court and laughed at the enemy.
The late legendary manager of Schalke, Ashore, once shot an advertisement for the sponsor Fairings Beer, in which his girlfriend warned him not to touch other beauties but only to look at them. Unfortunately, it was used by Dortmund fans as a classic to taunt the sworn enemy. Every Luerderby, Dortmund fans would hold up a salad plate printed with the words "only look, no touch", laughing at the fact that the sworn enemy has not won the German championship.
In December 2010, the roof of Fairings Stadium in Schalke was crushed by snow and needed to be repaired. Unexpectedly, one of the maintenance workers was a Dortmund fan, who quietly led a Dortmund flag and inserted it on the top of the Schalke Stadium. Royal Blue fans were furious and Hornets fans applauded.
In December 2019, the last mine in Ruhr District was also closed, the old era officially ended, and the new era quietly opened. The new European cultural capital is marching forward with firm steps, and the football in Ruhr District is creating a new era after its rebirth. The soul of the transformation of Ruhr District is to repair the old as before. The original landscape of Ruhr District is well preserved after the transformation, and the abandoned steel yards have become one Duisburg landscape park after another. Ruhr football, which never forgets its original intention, also inherits the spiritual characteristics of the miners, and is based on itself to forge ahead.
[Precious image] Quick flash review of 94 Ruhr derbies: red card! Dry frame! Goalkeeper scores! Luerderby also continued to write a new story.
