people like Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer and Guenter Netzer has always admired the football fan Wolfgang Niersbach. For them he has raved about it, he has reported as a young journalist. Later, as chief press officer, General Secretary and finally president of the German Football Association (DFB) he had with dealing directly with them, friendships have developed.
Yet on Friday at the opening gala of the German football museum in Dortmund, they left him alone. So at least it might have felt Niersbach. Beckenbauer and Netzer, which also allegations with regard to the allegedly bought 2006 World Cup have been made, did not appear. Seeler also did not come to Dortmund.
So the ailing DFB boss standing alone in focus. He could not hide, he finally the president. He posed for photographers valiantly on the red carpet and gave the opening speech. To 18.44 clock he was called by presenter Jessica Kastrop on stage in the museum foyer. Johannes B. Kerner, who was originally supposed to perform the gala had canceled on the day of the event.
Nierbachs “great anticipation”
Niersbach tried to not to show the strain. “Welcome in Dortmund, this distinctive place that will soon be even more pronounced,” he greeted the 400 invited guests, spoke of “great anticipation” to the museum, which will be released on Sunday to the public.
“However, the anticipation has been marred in the past few days,” he said. Finally, the museum is also linked to the rise of the allegations, which he sees himself exposed for a week. “This has to do with 2006,” said Niersbach. Because after this “wonderful event” the decision was matured to take the 35 million euro expensive prestige project directly opposite the main station in Dortmund in attack.
The DFB President repeated what he had already said in his first statement to the media DFB own a week ago and thus brought his special understanding of the 2006 World Cup to express. “The whole country was behind this event. The whole world has envied us. No one believed that the Germans can celebrate that. Today is spoken highly of this World Cup,” he said.
He revealed his inner conflict: Somehow, it seems, it still can not understand Niersbach that Sommermärchen is provided in such a question. That is actually trying to damage a myth.
The DFB president was injured
So he promises continue to stand at the forefront of educating the ominous occurrences – to refute the allegations of slush funds and vote buying. So far, he makes up a little lucky figure, as with his idiosyncratic press conference on Thursday became clear. He was injured. But he’ll fight, because he left no doubt. “We are the things that are in the room enlighten: That we owe the country, the football and ourselves,” he promised. “In Team” should the be tackled, he added.
For it they are still – the people who support it. The take him in particular against the accusation of lying, to his predecessor Theo Zwanzinger had raised in protection. “. As under twenties had an anxiety and crisis culture at the DFB We stand fully behind Niersbach”, DFB General Secretary Helmut Sandrock said. “It must be noted that Zwanziger the allegations that he raises in his tenure could address I ask seriously why he has not done that. We take the path next to our President. “
Even Oliver Bierhof, the manager of the national team, turned behind Niersbach. “Strange is that Zwanziger has not already received during his tenure it, but perhaps he had to pursue other interests. It is important that we get the problems of the feet,” he said.
The national coach, who later on stage presented the World Cup together with Bierhoff, also took up the cudgels for Niersbach. “Of course, the events overshadow this event and provide food for thought, but I trust Niersbach 100 percent,” he said. Regarding twenties he wondered “seriously why these things were not before the language”.
Twenties was the event, incidentally, also stayed away. However, this may have been a rejection, which Wolfang Niersbach has no regrets.
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