Appreciate it a lot Kurt.
Frankfurt's voyage over the last few years has been positively incredible, went from barely surviving relegation against Nürnberg almost exactly six years ago to consolidating their league position with an overall transfer budget of 2.2m and getting to the cup final the season after.
After a narrow loss to Dortmund we almost reached the CL spots before collapsing to 8th, eventually reaching the cup final again and winning it against all odds vs Bayern. The season after with the heroics in Europe against Inter, Benfica, Lazio Chelsea etc was almost as unforgettable as the cup win, a team of loanees, rejects and free transfers reaching the semis of a European competition vs CL level teams
Then last season vs Hütter should've ended in the CL, if it weren't for the top management deciding in the business end of the season to up stakes and announce their moves to league rivals. We finished 5th one point behind 4th placed Wolfsburg
After every single season major players had to be sold off to richer clubs and every season we had to rebuilt using a fraction of the transfer revenue. This year which looked like a massive rebuilding job midseason peaked so far by smashing Barcelona on their home ground and eventually reaching the final with a team built on a shoestring. If we do win this game it'll be the first European trophy since 1980 and first ever CL season afterwards
Either way, regardless of how this game ends I won't be be able to stand or speak for a full 24 hours after tonight. NUR DIE SGE