Only Good Stickers: Panini Fussball 80

venerdì 21 ottobre 2022

Panini Fussball 80

Fussball 80 is the second collection of the German football produced by Panini. The album includes all the Bundesliga clubs and also the National teams taking part in the upcoming tournament Europa 80. Funnily, the players of the Bundesliga clubs are printed on the album and the stickers are only about actions taken during Bundesliga matches. The same is done for the German National team in the Europa 80 section. Therefore, the only stickers of player portraits are from the other National teams taking part in the competition. For this collection there is no poster or updates, but there are 36 extra stickers with the club badges of the main European clubs.

The album begins with the puzzle of the German map including the locations of the Bundesliga clubs. This introductory page features a total of 8 stickers and the table of contents. Then the 18 Bundesliga clubs are shown in alphabetical order. For each club there are 16 stickers: the metallic club badge, the team photo and 14 action stickers taken from the same Bundesliga game. As said, the player portraits and details are just printed on the album.

The section dedicated to Euro 80 starts with two introductory pages. In the first one, the previous winners and key players are shown. Here we find the stickers of the Soviet Union (winners in 1960), Spain (1964), Italy (1968), Czechoslovakia (1976), whereas Germany (1972) is only printed in the album. For the players there are the stickers of Jaschin (Soviet Union), Riva (Italy), Amancio (Spain) and Victor (Czechoslovakia), with Beckenbauer just printed. In the second page, the Europa 80 tournament in Italy is introduced with eight additional stickers: the trophy, the map, the mascot, the logo, and the four stadiums of the competition (Turin, Milan, Rome, Naples). The album continues showing the eight competing teams. For Germany there are 13 stickers over two pages with the badge sticker and 12 action stickers taken from the match against Wales, whereas for the other teams there are 9 stickers on one page: the badge, the team photo and 14 players (two players per sticker).