The chief of Germany’s football association
(DFB) has revealed that one of the team’s
triumphant players has damaged their
World Cup trophy.
Joachim Low’s men defeated Argentina 1-0
in the final after extra-time to win the
fourth world title in their history, following
on from 1954, 1974 and 1990 victories.
The Germany squad were welcomed home
from Brazil to jubilant scenes and toured
Berlin with the trophy during midweek –
but may have celebrated a little bit too hard
as their World Cup trophy has been
damaged by an unknown member of the
team.
“At one point, a small piece of our World
Cup trophy was chipped off,” DFB president
Wolfgang Niersbach is quoted by Die Welt
as saying. “But do not worry! We have
specialists on the case who can fix it.
“We have investigated persistently who it
was that damaged the trophy, but the
investigation was concluded without a
result.”
Luckily for Germany, the cup they have
been given by Fifa is just a replica of the
World Cup trophy they were presented with
at the Maracana on July 13, which is
estimated to be worth over €10 million
(£8m).
Fifa – it would seem wisely – tends not to
trust football associations with the trophy
after the original World Cup award, the
Jules Rimet trophy, had a history of being a
target for thieves before being stolen for
good in 1983 from Brazil.

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