I don’t think the 2.Bundesliga team has won the playoff since Union Berlin did it a few years ago, so Fortuna throwing a 3-0 lead away is even more galling.

At least we’ve got St Pauli coming up again next season. A look at the 2.Bundesliga table is very surreal with the likes of Schalke, Hamburg & Hertha Berlin all now seemingly trapped down there.

Speaking of teams coming up, and returning to Italy, we’ve got Parma back next season, along with Como, who are an interesting story. They’re owned by an Indonesian cigarette billionaire, have Thierry Henry as a director & Cesc Fabregas as a former player turned AssMan who will probably be the coach next season, but their stadium by the lake is so small they probably won’t be able to play there. Also Dennis Wise is there for some reason.

I think it’s Venezia/Cremonese in the playoff final, so hopefully we get Venezia & their nice shirts there.