The Union Berlin Chronicle
Market22 Feb 2027
Leopold Querfeld puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Union Berlin, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match20 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Union Berlin
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match20 Feb 2027
3 matches without a goal for Union Berlin
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Derrick Köhn was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Leandro Andrade
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Gregor Friedrich out for 16 days
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Gregor Friedrich, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
A promise honoured at Union Berlin
Something was said to Leopold Querfeld and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Josip Stanišić stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.26 on the card, and the Union Berlin support went home talking about one name.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Leopold Querfeld knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Leopold Querfeld trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Match No goals between Union Berlin and Werder Bremen
- Market The Derrick Köhn story refuses to die