Yesterday in Bremen, the 100th anniversary of the Weserstadion was celebrated. Werder Bremen’s legends played against Real Madrid and won 4–3.

Alongside Werder icons like Diego, Per Mertesacker, and Markus Rosenberg, one moment in particular caused a stir: the “hydration break” after 32 minutes. It was, of course, a tribute to former referee Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder, who in 1975 blew for halftime after just 32 minutes in a match between Werder and Hannover.

He later admitted that before the game, he had already had a beer and a schnapps with lunch. In keeping with that, plenty of beer and schnapps were brought onto the pitch during the legends match as well, and sampled by the players.

These are the kind of scenes you wouldn’t normally expect to see in a Bundesliga stadium – at least not right in the middle of the pitch.

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