Berlin: A Secret Football Utopia 

Was he drunk the entire time ?

Video: 70% host drunk 25% host trying to explain the berlin football while drunk. 5% actual berlin football (5 sec for each game...)

highlights just HOW good Eli Mengem & his team is..

I have been a Hertha Berlin supporter my entire life - I go to every game and even if we aren't as successful we love the game the tradition and the rivalry - we don't need to be a successful club to be a huge club

Finally! A video about Berlin, not just one club but all clubs. I went to Berlin for the first time about 5 years ago, fell in love with the city and found solace there. I became a fan of Hertha BSC, where the fans not only took me under their wing but made me feel like one of their own, even though I was a foreigner. Hertha accepted me, I saw the way the fans feel about the club, how much love they have for it regardless of whether its a success story (Unlike Bayern Munich). I travel to Berlin from the UK as often as possible to watch the club play. It's worth every penny and second, it's like a part of me. It's so nice to see a video about Berlin finally. Berliners DO love football, and Hertha fans adore their team. In Berlin I have learned we are used to just surviving, fighting for that but also have a spirit unrivalled in Germany, because even when life looks glum, Hertha fans have to remain hopeful (So very Berlin). Always building, and always fighting hard, Hertha BSC is a club that sums up Berlin... not glamorous, not especially dazzling but with heart, passion and love, always fighting and standing tall even when they get knocked down. Thanks for the video guys and some Berlin recognition. It's great to see German clubs being the focus of a feature rather than just Bayern/Dortmund. Hahohe! Hertha BSC ;)

I went to Berlin for that Union game. Great result and a great atmosphere. Also, quite interestingly, the train from Köpenick to Berlin was mixed yet there was no violence. Singing from both sets of fans but no violence. Lesson to be learnt there for English football fans.

I consistently come back to this video every six months or so. Every time, it fuels my desire to one day use my EU passport and make the pilgrimage to Berlin and live there for a while. In fact, this video may have been a subconscious reason why I went to berlin and oktoberfest last year... such a rad city and country. All I want to do in life is skateboard, boulder, watch football, drink beer and design cool stuff. Is that too much to ask for? Until next time...

copa 90 coming out with fantastic short documentaries on the regular keep it up guys!!!

Hertha Berlin is my favorite club

Hate stadiums with a running track around the pitch..👎

Favorite part? The host being half pissed the entire time.

Der hat sich das deutsche Bier aber schmecken lassen. Besoffen war er jeden Falls die ganze Zeit. :D

Gentlemen, the algorithm has brought us together again.

This guy is alright with me, you bruvs need to chill a bit

Damn why yall ripping on my man over here its germany, you can drink anywhere. Keep doing you Martino you rock my G.

Nah this guys good and chill. Obv eli is sick too. Best documentaries are the away features on clubs, cities, countries. Love Poet and Vuj too but this is the best part of copa90. Separates from the other football channels out there

i love this types of videos. Very well produced.

130.000 views, 6 comments. okay...

I like this guy and I won't complain. Very direct and immersive. Him being drunk is for the best

Great vid. Known about Hertha and Union for years so it was great to go beyond that. Berlin is like another world

somehow this reminds me of Borat...

Bloody amazing videos. From a Burnley fan in uk. Who hopefully is moving to Berlin soon. Thanks man

Why is he always drunk

.......Good Series Bad Host👀

I really enjoy the series and I do like the "vibe" that the host brings. It is quite befitting.

Man really just said trains in berlin are super eficient😂

I disagree when he says there isn't a dominant club in Berlin. Hertha Berlin are obviously the most successful club, they have won a few things and have played in The Bundesliga for more years than any of the other Berlin teams. I disagree when he says they cannot pack out a stadium, the game he went to was a Uefa Cup dead rubber game as Hertha could not qualify for the next round and like I mentioned before it was a Uefa Cup game, crowds are generally pretty low across most clubs as they see it as a step down and not prestigious. He should go back there when they play against Schalke or another Bundesliga team, there will be 55-60 thousand there.

You should do this with Vienna. I moved from Manchester to Austria's Capital in August and, although I am a Rapidler, have been to numerous lower league team games, sometimes three in a day and less than two streets away from each other. First Vienna may just be the most unique football club in the world, Wiener Sport Club are renowned for their community, and Wiener Viktoria are half football club half dance hall. Football runs through the heart of a city known for coffee houses if you know where to look.

I have been to see hertha Berlin versus Wolfsburg in February 2016, it was a game I’d never forget, the fans never stopped bouncing and making massive amount of noise, very rare to get the same amount of atmosphere in England

I like Union Berlin , I might just go there soon ..real football , real fans ..well done to them !

Nice video

Such a fun video

Nice video about different clubs in Berlin, even tho you messed up the map a little. VSG Altglienicke is not even close to Berlin-Mitte ;) Would be interesting to have such a video about the North Rhine-Westfalia region. So many clubs with great tradition and support and I'm not only talking about Dortmund, Schalke, Cologne or Mönchengladbach. Clubs like Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiß Essen, SG Wattenscheid 09 (best Bratwurst in a stadium in Germany, even Jürgen Klopp says so ;) ), Allemania Aachen etc. down to the forth division or in the second division clubs like VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg or Bielefeld. I guess it would be fun interesting for you, maybe see a derby when supporters go crazy :)

He's spot on at 2:35 btw

This guy has a great job!

Great to see the Vel on a poster in Max's room That's my team!

i’ve always said that if i was some multi billionaire i would buy hertha berlin cause its one of the major european cities not to have a “superclub”

BFC Dynamo Berlin was not dominand in Germany. It was East Germany. And the club was fake winning the east german league for years because Stasi boss Erich Mielke was the honorary chairman of the club.

Last weekend I was at Union Berlin stadium, 2-2 with Regensburg. It was a fantastic atmosphere, I saw kids, women, old persons, all of them shared fantastic feelings. This is football, this is passion...and for this feelings, football is named the king of the sport. For me, Union Berlin is the coolest team in Berlin. Hertha seems to be a club of the System, with all support by the System. Union is build with Passion and are not so richest like Hertha, and their history is against the system...

Does anyone else notice from 8:44 - 9:09 has really crisp audio?

doc's as these are like the only reason i subscribed. please come with more doc's!

Getting a heavy borat vibe from this dude

Hertha don't "pack out a stadium" only because their stadium seats 77 000 people. They get 45-55K game in game out.

should have went to babelsberg great stadium and fans

Awesome video, do a video interviewing demble

Maybe now that Union might be joining Bundesliga, you should come back to Berlin for the derby against Hertha

I like the concept behind the video but I simply don't feel it was executed in the best way. E.g Choice of host and B-roll.

1:35. I see those M&M's

This guy is the typically uncle that everyone has in their family who is always drunk and with a beer on his hand.

Olympiastadion Berlin > Wembley

Nothing like drinking Sterni and watching Hertha HahoHe

At least u got to see the one Europa league we won but a bundesliga game would’ve have been better because they have much more fans and a much better atmosphere

The Dynamo Berlin logo has been updated btw

Such a weird bloke

This guy looks like Ed de Goeij. Dutch Torwart at The WM 94

He was waaaasted.

His presentation skills are similar to that of a random guy who has been on the tins since breakfast and it’s now 9pm.

Did you go to vice for hiring advice?

so funny great presenter!

If you look at the major cities across Europe, Berlin typically underperforms. Berlin is a city of togetherness and with some financial backing, someone could catapult Hertha to challenge Munich in the next decade.

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Gettin tipsy...

You should go too a Bundesliga Game against Schalke or Dortmund than is the athmosphere at it's Best especially where you watched the Game from Hahohe🔵⚪

Yea probably he was not in to the Berghain but he looks and sounds like if he was in the blank or sysiphos or something else

Babelsberg are also a 4th division team

go city!

The reason why my hometown isn't considered a football city is because neither of the clubs has had the sporting success that would put them on the map. Hertha BSC play in the Europa League every now and then, but apart from that there is little else they have going for them in terms of sporting success. On to my club: Union. True, we are known because of the passion and dedication of our fan base, which makes our club very popular with football hipsters. I'm not using 'hipster' in a negative sense here at all. I'm glad that there are people who look beyond trophies and the quality of the football, but let's face it, that's not the main measuring stick that most people use. I could say a few things about B*C D*namo, but every word about that club would be a word too many. Greetings from Berlin Eisern!

Interesting doc but poor host. He seemed a little smashed for the first three games

Why was this whole things in like vlog format. Also I'm sorry I wasn't convinced.

In Berlin there are 3 big clubs, Hertha (West Berlin, West Germany, capitalist) Union and Dynamo (both East Berlin, East Germany communist), Dynamo is support by berliner nazis, they have one of the best hooligans in Germany. Fourth club is probably TeBe Berlin with some support, other clubs have almost no support. Is it right?

Pls make a tour matches of eastgerman teams

I think this is a great video, even though your man is intoxicated for the majority of the video, that is Berlin... and that is German football. I think his pissed state just adds to the authenticity

I live 15 minutes away from the olympia stadion(hertha ground) but im not able to get a ticket because they are not cheap

The GDR existed from 1949 to 1990, so germany was divided for almost 50 years? LOL

You have to get to a match between hertha and bayern or Dortmund

Outside of the team I support Hertha is my fav

he sounds like Borat lol

i think berlins football culture is like Londons but because of our league system more people have herd of the clubs

1:27 yeah she can get it

Berlin is a corporate city not a working class place. Maybe that has something to do with their football reputation. It's great to visit if you just wanna shop and look at modern structures.

When people think of Paris it is kind of the same in Berlin as people only think it has 1-2 teams when in reality Paris has more than Paris Saint-Germain. There is also Red Star, Paris FC, US Creteil-Lusitanos, JA Drancy, AS Poissy, Racing Club De Paris, Sainte-Genivieve Sports, AC Boulougne-Billancourt and probably a few others. Copa90 should do a Paris version of this video. Minus the drunk geezer.

Why'd did you get kicked out of Union Berlin??

Hahaha, the guys filming like hell and got kicked out of the Alte Försterei. This is my Union :) #fcunion

HAHOHE! HERTHA BSC!

Boy are y'all in for a treat in Mexico City then. 3 pro clubs like America, Pumas, Cruz Azul and many amateur clubs around the area if you include Toluca. @COPA90

Gutes Rothaus Pils!

So when is Eli so intoxicated he can’t make his documentary? Be drunk I don’t care it’s fun, but if you want to make a solid doc this here just doesn’t cut it for me.

Football Hipsters from Generation Meta.

Doing a documentation about Berlin's football culture but using the wrong logo for Hertha...

Tbf most major cities have lots of football teams that represent different communities, Berlin is nothing special

wheres Eli Mengem when u need him

Manchester/Greater Manchester?

Is dynamo Berlin connected with Dynamo Dresden?

he sounds like a robot

Rothaus best beer

Not a fan of this guy being drunk for the entirety of this video.

RUN BAK

In Berlin an der Spree gibts nur Hertha BSC!

Unlike many European cities, Berlin did not benefit from the economic boom that swept across the western liberal democracies in the decades that followed the Second World War. The city was divided between the capitalist West Germany and the communist east. West Berlin was an enclave surrounded by a foreign country that considered them and enemy within. Understandably this was not an ideal location for young professional footballers to to ply their trade and Hertha struggled to recruit good players. As the football clubs in Munich, Madrid, Turin, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Lisbon and Barcelona to name a few benefited from the swelling wage packets of a prosperous workforce, Berlin cut an isolated figure.

What a guy