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BERLIN. – All you need is Low, apparently. And who can argue? Germany soccer fans yesterday lined the streets of a sun-kissed Berlin in their tens of thousands to welcome home the World Cup champions ahead of the largest gathering the city has seen since 1990.
Perhaps even a year previous when the wall came down.
There they waited at the tip of Brandenburg Gate – the scene of seven parties over the past month to celebrate the hexagon of wins, and that draw against Ghana, over in Brazil – for one final send off.
Some of the estimated half-a-million people climbed traffic lights, one sat on the top of a Bratwurst truck. Anywhere would do. The take on the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” was emblazoned on a homemade banner, supplemented with “we take a bow”. It captured the feelings of a united nation. This achievement – decimating all in sight – cannot be overestimated and is down in no small part to the meticulous planning and continued progression of their head coach, Joachim Low, over the last eight years.
Despite all that, it’s unlike him to take any over-zealous adulation, with the 54-year-old destined to leave that to his players. Germany’s World Cup-winning team returned home yesterday to celebrate the country’s fourth title with huge crowds of fans.
The team’s plane touched down at Berlin’s Tegel Airport mid-morning after circling the “fan mile” in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate.
Captain Philipp Lahm carried the trophy off the aircraft to cheers and a chorus of “Football’s Coming Home” from fans gathered on the airport’s viewing terrace.
He was followed by midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, draped in a German flag and sporting a bandage under his right eye, the result of a cut in the 1-0 win over Argentina in the final on Sunday. – Mailonline.
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