GERMANY: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Fans celebrate team's win with traditional parade of honking cars in Frankfurt and Berlin

Record ID: 451591

  • Title: GERMANY: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Fans celebrate team's win with traditional parade of honking cars in Frankfurt and Berlin
  • Date: 14th July 2014
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 14, 2014) (REUTERS) THOUSANDS OF FANS GATHERED AT BERLIN'S WELL-KNOWN SHOPPING STREET KU-DAMM VARIOUS OF MEN SITTING IN STREET SIGNS FANS GATHERED / FLARES FANS AND GERMAN FLAG TWO AMBULANCES AMONGST FANS FANS DANCING AROUND FLARES FANS GATHERED FRANKFURT, GERMANY (JULY 14, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CAR PARADE WITH CARS DECORATED WITH GERMAN FLAGS FANS DANCING AND CHEERING CAR WITH MOCK-UP OF WORLD CUP TROPHY STRAPPED TO ROOF CAR HOOD WITH FOUR STARS FOR FOUR GERMAN WORLD CUP TITLES VARIOUS OF FANS AND CARS FANS DANCING (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMANY FAN, JENS WEHMEYER SAYING: "It was great. They had a great World Cup. Can't complain. We are just happy, or not?" (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMANY FAN, CHRISTIAN BALLAUFF SAYING: "Super. It was outstanding! Awesome! Super match. Goetze was great, wasn't he? Well, now for next time, in 2018, world champion again." VARIOUS OF CAR PARADE
  • Embargoed: 29th July 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAEWIIXOBTXZ4R5LL622FK55SJU
  • Story Text: Jubilant Germans celebrated in the streets on Sunday (July 13) night, lighting fireworks, embracing strangers, honking car horns and revelling in their first World Cup win in 24 years.
    Roars of delight soared from Berlin's massive fan zone, stretching 1.3 kilometres from the Brandenburg Gate, where 300,000 fans had braved torrential downpours and thunder storms to endure an agonising 113 goalless minutes before a Mario Goetze volley gave Germany a fourth World Cup crown.
    "It was great. They had a great World Cup. Can't complain. We are just happy, or not?" said one fan, Jens Wehmeyer.
    "Super. It was outstanding! Awesome! Super match. Goetze was great, wasn't he? Well, now for next time, in 2018, world champion again," added Christian Ballauff.
    Thousands of fans streamed down West Berlin's famous Kurfuerstendamm, waving flags and umbrellas after watching Germany become the first European team to lift the World Cup on South American soil.
    On neighbouring streets, cars revved loudly and honked horns, while girls in wigs with Germany colours and flags hung out of windows and rode on car roofs.
    Others climbed lamp posts, toasting Germany's victory with beers and chanting, "Germany, Champions, Hallelujah!"
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