The party starts early.

Shortly after 5 p.m. it is almost impossible to get through on the Römerberg.

There is almost nobody there who doesn't wear a white Eintracht Frankfurt jersey.

"The SBU rules here," chanted the crowd.

Again and again firecrackers and pyrotechnics are ignited, white and red smoke covers the square.

A couple of guys stuff beer bottles in their backpacks, then they set off.

The ice cream parlor around the corner sells sangria that evening, five euros a cup, and does a good deal with it.

Alexander Juergs

Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

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Slowly, little by little, the train moves through the narrow Limpurgergasse.

The goal of the fan march is the Waldstadion.

No football will be played there that evening, but we will still watch a game together.

50,000 tickets were sold for public viewing.

The Frankfurt fans want to cheer for their team, which is fighting against the Scottish club Glasgow Rangers in the final of the Europa League in Seville, Spain.

Nobody on the Römerberg doubts that this will be a historic moment.

It has been 42 years since Eintracht last fought in a European branch.

Thousands of Eintracht fans came

The train of Eintracht fans is impressive.

It stretches for kilometers across Kennedy-Allee in the direction of the football arena. Thousands have come.

Where the arterial road crosses a railway bridge, he suddenly stops.

The fans kneel in the street, do a La Ola wave, then start jumping.

"Anyone who doesn't jump is an Offenbacher," they roar.

Kevin is standing a few meters away.

He has long since taken off his jersey, shirtless he looks at the marchers, lights a cigarette and grins.

"You won't find motivation like this anywhere else," he says.

Then he has to go on.

"See you in the stadium," he calls after you.

It takes patience for all the fans to find their way to the public viewing in the soccer arena.

Crowds of people form at the entrances, the singing continues, the Eintracht supporters hug each other.

Inside, in the stadium, the supporting program is already running.

Video messages from the Seville players are played on the large LED screen.

What the Eintracht pros have to say is incomprehensible, the cheers in the interior and from the stands are so loud.

The wait for the fans will soon be over, kick-off at the stadium in Seville will be at 9 p.m.