ESPN's lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae returns with his regular column, this week looking ahead to a back-to-back Saturday treat for all German football fans. Super-Samstag is almost upon us.
There was a certain eeriness about that train journey from Cologne to Munich on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. My colleagues at the DFL's TV operation had strongly suggested I take an earlier connection than planned as a big storm -- named Sabine by weather forecasters -- was about to engulf Germany. Train service was likely to be disrupted on a grand scale and it was crucial to find a safe harbour in my Munich railway station hotel before chaos ensued.