On an ice cream with Charly Körbel

Martin Gruener reports from Sevilla

As many liters, Fernando cannot say, if necessary. "About 15 times a normal evening," he served on Wednesday night, says the Koko counter, a bar in the center of Seville, which is currently in blue. Only Rangers fans have access to avoid stress. After all, one of her meetings is right next door under the metropoly Parasol, one of the new landmarks of the city that looks like a gigantic mushroom mesh.

"Looks interesting-and makes shade," says Marco about the building, he is traveling with a group of Frankfurt supporters who stroll through the old town a few hours before the European League final kicked off at around 35 degrees. Many raved about the small stadium Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with its only 40,000 seats, but the feter is forgotten in view of the scenery in Seville; It is not for nothing that the city is one of the most beautiful in Europe. Close alleys, historical walls, romantic plazas surrounded by orange trees and date palms.

And in between around 150,000 fans, at least the city's official estimate. In exceptional cases, the Eintrachtler is not in the majority this time. "This is impressive how many people who have at the start," says Robert and looks over to the Cerveceria La Surena, who is completely in Scottish. 3.50 euros cost two beer there - one offer that many guests from Glasgow can seriously cut off. Most of them have no ticket for the game anyway, but they didn't want to take the trip. Nathan came to Seville with his 15-year-old son Nathan Junior via London and Madrid. "I hope that at least we can find a card. Then let's get rid of who can go to the stadium," he says and laughs. However, it is more likely that both of them will take a look at the game in the La Cartuja stadium, which is open to public viewing at short notice on the initiative of the Rangers.

Because wherever black market dealers are more or less open with their shields, there are apparently hardly any cards on the market in this final. The run was too big to the only 10,000 tickets assigned to each club, the Eintracht alone had 200,000 inquiries. 39 special pilots floated from Germany on Wednesday, and so many Frankfurters are in the city, just to enjoy the atmosphere and not to miss the winning party. Almost all in the white shirt as usual, while the rangers not only wear their usual blue, but the complete range of away jersey, from pink to yellow to black. And from noon you can see a lot of bare men's breasts.

In front of the Bodega Santa Cruz, dozens of Frankfurt suddenly tackle "Charly-Körbel" calls. Her idol stands in the middle of them and eats ice cream, he takes all the selfie wishes with a laugh. Then Körbel has to go over to the official fan festival in the Jardines del Prado. Around 3 p.m., the mood there is more and more touring, at the latest when members of the UEFA Cup winner from 1980 are on stage. So that everyone can get it, the rules are said to be through at regular intervals: "Applying. Apply. Go to the shade every now and then. Drink a lot, like to have a water in between. Do not pee into the fountain. And no pyro." Because the Spanish police have to understand that it would take action immediately.

After all, you can see the rush of foreign fans in Seville, a city with a good 700,000 inhabitants. "Serious problems," sees the chief of police Juan Carlos Castro to face his team, but he does not want to spread alarm mood. Over 3000 police officers are deployed, plus all kinds of private security personnel. And the Spanish officials are known for not being squeamish in fan circles. In the night of Wednesday, they had locked five Eintracht fans who apparently attacked a group of Rangers supporters. The situation has so far been relaxed on the match day, and the camps sang together or to drown out the other again and again. The final can come.