{"id":1760,"date":"2009-04-28T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/28\/bundesliga-arminia-bielefeld-at-borussia-monchengladbach\/"},"modified":"2009-04-28T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T18:27:00","slug":"bundesliga-arminia-bielefeld-at-borussia-monchengladbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/bundesliga-arminia-bielefeld-at-borussia-monchengladbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundesliga: Arminia Bielefeld at Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went back to Dusseldorf\u2019s Altstadt area before taking the train to M\u00f6nchengladbach for our third and final soccer match. While in Altstadt we saw Arminia Bielefeld fans wandering the area. Since M\u00f6nchengladbach is not mentioned in the guide books it probably makes sense to stay in Dusseldorf if planning to attend a Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach match.<\/p>\n<p>My brother, being tired of German food and multiple sausages, decided we should eat at the Italian restaurant across the way from Uerige \u2013 Ristorante La Grappa. While eating lunch, we considered the idea of attending the Dusseldorf Giants basketball game in Germany\u2019s top basketball division. However, we decided it would be better to attend the soccer match in Monchengladbach.<\/p>\n<p>The train to <a name=\"OLE_LINK13\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK12\">M\u00f6nchengladbach <\/a>took about 30 minutes from Dusseldorf. When we arrived at the M\u00f6nchengladbach train station, we followed the crowd to the square just outside the train station where the fans walked to their favorite pub. We ended up at the Humboldt-Schanke pub which was full of Borussia supporters.<\/p>\n<p>After awhile, we decided to take the bus to the stadium since we still needed to purchase tickets to the match (before flying to Germany, I realized the match would not be sold out which would give us the option of not attending if we chose to do so). The bus to the stadium took about 15 \u2013 20 minutes.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/andrew\/uploaded_images\/P4260188-793789.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/andrew\/uploaded_images\/P4260188-793266.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><u>Obtaining Tickets<\/u><br \/>There were some extra tickets being sold by scalpers outside the stadium. However, their prices were high and rather than negotiating with a German in poor English we chose to buy tickets from the box office for 35 Euros each. All tickets cheaper than that were already sold out with the exception of tickets in the visiting team\u2019s section \u2013 Arminia Bielefeld. Tickets in their section were 13 Euros to stand or 25 Euros to sit. We decided it would be safer to sit in the Borussia section.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/andrew\/uploaded_images\/P4260194-733510.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/andrew\/uploaded_images\/P4260194-732976.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><u>The Game<br \/><\/u>Just as was the case with LTU Arena in Dusseldorf, we needed to pay an extra Euro for our cups at Borussia Park.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f6nchengladbach took an early 1-0 in the 12th minute of play, but Bielefeld equalized in the 32nd minute. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p><u>Post Game<br \/><\/u>After the game we took the train back to Dusseldorf and ended up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uerige.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Uerige<\/a> for the second night in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went back to Dusseldorf\u2019s Altstadt area before taking the train to M\u00f6nchengladbach for our third and final soccer match. While in Altstadt we saw Arminia Bielefeld fans wandering the area. Since M\u00f6nchengladbach is not mentioned in the guide books it probably makes sense to stay in Dusseldorf if planning to attend a Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach match.<br \/>\nMy brother, being tired of German food and multiple sausages, decided we should eat at the Italian restaurant across the way from Uerige \u2013 Ristorante La Grappa. 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