The political Ash Wednesday was also heard in Erkenschwick. Here, the CSU leader was invited.
On Ash Wednesday, Forecasting reported on the speech by CSU leader Markus Söder, who was particularly critical of the traffic light coalition.
We didn’t want to make a foray into political terrain, we recorded the speech because it also mentioned the regional league team Wuppertaler SV and the Westphalia Oberliga team SpVgg Erkenschwick.
Because: Söder also countered a statement by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who claimed that his traffic light government was the best government of all time. And here he left his beloved Bavaria and took up football in North Rhine-Westphalia to make his point.
Söder shouted into the hall in response to Scholz’s statement: “It’s as if the president of Wuppertaler SV or Spielvereinigung Erkenschwick thought he was playing in the Champions League!”
The Erkenschwick team took note of this nationwide publicity on Facebook and invited Söder to the Ruhr area for a currywurst. “Of course we’ll be playing in the Champions League soon!” Dear Mr. Markus Söder, We hereby cordially invite you to see the great quality of football we play here at the Stimberg. We would be delighted to welcome you to our beautiful city with a delicious currywurst and the finest Pilsner.”
The next opportunity would be on Sunday, when Erkenschwick is at home to SG Finnentrop-Bamenohl in the Westphalia Oberliga at 3:30 pm.
We also like it very much in the Oberliga, where football is still played honestly
Spielvereinigung Erkenschwick
Before leaving, the club made a plea for the fifth division: “And by the way: of course we will play in the Champions League at some point! But we also like it in the Oberliga, where people still play honest football. We look forward to your visit and send sporting greetings from the Ruhr area.”
We are curious to see whether the CSU boss will accept the invitation. Because one thing is clear: as a meat fan, he will be happy to eat a currywurst. At the political Ash Wednesday event in Passau, he emphasized: “Roast pork, Schäufele, Leberkäs, Weißwurst and, of course, Nuremberg bratwurst have a quasi-constitutional status in Bavaria and are therefore protected!”