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Sorry for my english again:

The 12th of March of 1938 the Anschluss became official, Austria becames a territory of Germany. This absortión involves absolutely all statures of society. Técnically Austria didnt exist like an independient nation it becames one german's state.

Obviusly. football needs a restructuration too, and austrian clubs had to play in the german league.

The Gauleagues were regional leagues where different clubs face each other, and the winners qualified to the national tournament, where, after a lot of elimination matchs, it becames the new champion.

That 1938, the old club of Austrian workers, the Rapid wins the Tschammerpokal, the actual Germany Cup, beating 3-1 in the final FSV Frankfurt.


But that, its not the thing i want to show in this video. The season 1940/41 of german football start with the 19 gauleagues, 19 zones determinated with geografical cuestions, where each team qualified to play in the national championship.

Later...

In the Semifinal Schalke beats 4-1 Köln´99, while Rapid beats Dresdner, 2-1.

The final took place in the 22th of June of 1941 in the olympic stadium of Berlin. In one side Schalke,one of the most popular and important teams of germany, they said, that adolf hitler was a fan. In the other side, the Rapid Viena, one club wich its was playing that championship by the force, which belongs to a country didnt even exist.

At a full escenary, the blues of Gelsenkirchen they score 3 goals easily and quickly. It seems that it was all over. But they were still 15 minutes .

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4-3 was the final wistle in favor to the Rapids, it was the new champion,in the nazi Germany and in front of the Hitler comrades.