In the world of football you will not only find fairy tales (Merry Christmas, Dr. Rainer Koch!), But also fables.

We now want to examine the latest - with the knowledge from good old Latin lessons, which, contrary to the many promises (salve, Mr. Müller!), Has never been of use to us afterwards -: the fable of the lion and the belly.

It takes place in Munich, Giesing district, where the cult club TSV 1860 (has a lion in its coat of arms) and the cult striker Sascha Mölders (wears a waistline) announced on Sunday that they have terminated their employment contract after more than five years.

And before we analyze and interpret this fable in five parts, a note to the critical readership: We write so shamelessly about Mölders and his Wampe because he sells them for our own online shop ("Wampe von Giesing") on mugs and T-shirts lets print.

"Wheat beers 177, sausage rolls 93"

The initial situation: In the summer of 2017, the lion, who was at the top of the food chain in German football a long time ago, relegated from the second to the fourth league. And yet the Wampe, who, contrary to all nutritional requirements, was once a Bundesliga regular not so long ago in German football, has not made herself thin. She fed the fans and the club with her goals through the regional league and relegation - and at the latest with the promotion to the third division satisfied the hunger for a new hero.

The act (actio): In the next few years, Wampe's bargaining power has grown further.

She scored 22 goals in the last third division season (statistics according to her own online shop: "Goals 22, yellow cards 8, scandals 1, wheat beers 177, sausage rolls 93") - and therefore received no contradiction when she growled again when she was substituted for one of the washboard bellies on the team.

The counter-act (reaction): When the ratio of goals and extra sausages was no longer correct this season (five goals in 18 games), the lion fought against the belly.

A temporary exclusion from the training provoked the escalation.

The solution: The belly is gone - and that before Christmas!

Now the lion wants to go on the hunt for promotion without ballast (on Monday there was a sovereign 3-0 win against Würzburg).

And the belly?

She has received a severance payment that should be large enough to be able to afford more than wheat beer and sausage rolls at Christmas.

The moral: sometimes you shouldn't listen to your guts.