reporter: nadrensee is hosting today's game.ew years ago, the small border town no longer had enough players to make up a team, because too many had moved to western germany. but the locals were determined to have a home team. mariusz nawrocki came to the rescue. the pole, who lives in nadrensee, began recruiting players from across the border. for him, it's an act of international cooperation. mariusz: we have one german here. he's turning 18 today, by the way, and he's learning polish at home -- even polish songs. i know of four people who are learning polish. they really want to be able to speak the language. reporter: one of the players has been injured. that's nothing unusual, but in the past, things were much rougher. club chairman andreas pauch remembers it well. andreas: at first it was pretty bad. we were playing down a division, and there were a lot of arguments -- it wasn't good. there were also fights. reporter: but the players have put that behind them. the team is nearing the top of the district league table and pl