Frank Baumann was the first to get the trophy in his hands and raise it to the heavens over Berlin. And now Werder's honorary captain, who was the captain of the 2009 German Cup...
Frank Baumann was the first to get the trophy in his hands and raise it to the heavens over Berlin. And now Werder's honorary captain, who was the captain of the 2009 German Cup...
Frank Baumann was the first to get the trophy in his hands and raise it to the heavens over Berlin. And now Werder's honorary captain, who was the captain of the 2009 German Cup winning team, will hand it back over to the German Football Federation (DFB). Baumann will be joined by Werder's board of directors chairman Klaus Allofs in handing the German Cup trophy to DFB President Theo Zwanziger on Wednesday at a celebration in Berlin. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Roten Rathaus city hall in the German capital and will be moderated by Sebastian Hellman of the German pay-TV channel sky.
Frank Baumann and Klaus Allofs will only be mildly disappointed about returning the trophy. "The cup is only making a temporary stop somewhere else and will then come back to the WUSEUM," said a grinning Baumann, who believes strongly in a successful title defence against Bayern Munich. Even though Baumann cannot be on the pitch this time around, the 34-year-old is anxiously looking forward to 15 May 2010. "I am certain that the final in Berlin will also be something special as a spectator and fan. I even fear that the nervousness will be even worse in the stands."
"It is really too bad that we have to give by the trophy - too bad for the trophy," said Klaus Allofs two days before the handover in Berlin. "It feels really at home in Bremen. I am certain that it wants to return as quickly as possible. And we will do everything we can to make that possible."
The rest of the event on Wednesday also will be dealing with the cup final. Both finalists will be presented and Allofs and Baumann will appear in a talk show with Bayern's Mark van Bommel to discuss the game.
The Bremen delegation must not bring the original German Cup to Berlin since the trophy has been in the DFB's hands since Easter. Werder had to send the cup to Offenbach for engraving by the company Jäger, who will eternalise the title winners.
