GERMANY: Didi Senft gives soccer madness a new meaning.

Record ID: 644489

  • Title: GERMANY: Didi Senft gives soccer madness a new meaning.
  • Date: 24th June 2006
  • Summary: HANOVER, GERMANY (JUNE 23, 2006) (REUTERS) BEER STALL IN CENTRAL HANOVER WITH FOOTBALL FANS AND DIDI SENFT (DRESSED AS DEVIL), WITH UMBRELLA IN GERMAN COLOURS DANCING AROUND WOMAN CLOSE OF SENFT SENFT AT BEER STALL, SURROUNDED BY FOOTBALL FANS CLOSE OF SENFT AND FAN CLOSE OF SENFT AND PAN TO FAN FANS IN SWISS HATS, SINGING SENFT SURROUNDED BY SWISS FANS YOUNG WOMAN WAVING KOREAN FLAG VARIOUS OF SENFT WITH KOREAN FANS (SOUNDBITE) (German) DIDI SENFT SAYING: "You don't have to be a football fan. The enthusiasm of those fans contagious, no matter what kind of sports it is. The only important thing is that we have fun and are happy." CHEERS VARIOUS OF SENFT POSING WITH SWISS FANS FOR CAMERAS (SOUNDBITE) (GERMAN) DIDI SENFT SAYING: "If Germany is playing Korea in the final I would consider to take a break from the Tour de France for two days because the Korean fans cal themselves the red devils and I am the über-devil." CHEERS PAN TO FEMALE KOREAN FANS (SOUNDBITE) (German) DIDI SENFT SAYING: "I started the World Cup in Munich and then went via Nuremberg, Cologne and Berlin. And now I am in Hanover. I travel through the entire country to see the stadiums and the fan miles. But unfortunately, I cannot be here for the last 14 days, because I'm off to the Tour de France." CHEERS FANS AT BALCONY WITH KOREAN FLAG IN BACKGROUND / PAN TO SENFT SINGING VARIOUS OF SENFT AND FANS
  • Embargoed: 9th July 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAC9Y8XG8X6XM8UW4TWDI0DDP0X
  • Story Text: There are many crazy soccer fans and maybe he is not the craziest, but Didi Senft is certainly among them...
    Dressed as the devil, he cheers fans from everywhere, in every town in Germany where there are matches, no matter who is playing. Kitted out with horns, a large fork and a contagious enthusiasm, the bearded German practises international understanding by cheering with fans from all over the world.
    In Hanover Senft sang with Swiss fans, had his picture taken with the Koreans and brought a smile to every one's face.
    "You don't have to be a football fan," says Senft. "The enthusiasm of those fans contagious, no matter what kind of sports it is. The only important thing is that we have fun and are happy."
    The first outing of 'El Diablo', as he is known, was 1993 at the Tour-de-France. Since then the 48-year-old artist, inventor and designer of bicycles from the little town of Kolpin in the Black Forest, can be seen at every big race or match - every day.
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