00:00It's two o'clock on a Thursday and Germany's financial hub has turned into a giant football
00:05fan zone.
00:07In a few hours, tournament favourite England meet Denmark.
00:13And the atmosphere is ecstatic.
00:15I've been loving it. The people are so friendly, having a great time. Everyone's been so nice
00:22to us. Yeah, it's been great.
00:24The party is in full swing here and let's face it, these guys here don't need to worry
00:28about the beer running out. But the other big question for fans is, can Germany's infrastructure
00:34cope?
00:36Thousands of fans were left waiting hours when England met Serbia in Gelsenkirchen,
00:41leading to sharp criticism of organisation and damaging Germany's reputation for efficiency.
00:47For me, Germany's been absolutely mint. The atmosphere's been brilliant. But when to Gelsenkirchen
00:53the other day, transport was a bit rubbish-like. A bit rubbish. It was very rubbish.
00:59Well, to be fair, they are an absolute nightmare. Why has none of them been on time? Not a single
01:05train has been on time.
01:08Kick-off is approaching and the fans begin making their way to the stadium.
01:13Let's see whether we can get in.
01:16Fans and residents alike have to squeeze, but the train won't move. We're hit with our
01:22first delay. Only after a very sweaty 15 minutes wait, the train rumbles on.
01:29Are you impressed so far?
01:31Not at all. We've been to every World Cup since 98, went to Qatar and this has been
01:37the worst tournament in terms of organisation for a long time that I can remember.
01:43One stop away from the stadium, the train stops again.
01:47So the train just threw everyone out and they're going to have to walk now.
01:52German efficiency is very disappointing. Nothing else than that.
01:58The trains are better in Denmark.
02:00Normally it's much better.
02:04To everyone's surprise, the train does continue. Only a few minutes later, it arrives at the
02:12stadium.
02:13How do you feel now that you've actually made it to the stadium?
02:19I'm so happy. And we're going to win this match tonight.
02:24I know for sure.
02:25There's no chance of that. There's no chance.
02:28Turns out neither of them was right, but at least they made it to the match in time.
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