One day after their 0-0 draw with England in Duisburg, the Germany's Women's national team visited the football museum in Dortmund on Friday. Museum director Manuel Neukirchner welcomed the players and the coaching staff to the new world of experience depicting German football. Afterwards, Germany international and World Champion Annike Krahn, who is also involved with the museum's staff in educational and communicational areas, led her team mates through the permanent exhibition.
"Germany's Women's national team is one of the success stories in German football. Their varied development is displayed here in this museum. It was exciting to watch the players soak up the history of German Women football," said museum's director Neukirchner.
The first major eye-catcher in the Women's football exhibition area is the ceiling-high cabinet, which holds all the important trophies that Germany Women's national teams have won - eight European Cups, two World Cups and three Olympic Medals.
Fitschen: A coffee set after European Championship
Germany's team manager Doris Fitschen, who was part of the team that won the first European Championship in 1989, donated her bonus reward that she'd received back then: "The DFB gave us coffee sets after winning the European Championship and we were grateful for it. Our younger players may find that a bit disconcerting. But that way you can also see how hard we hard to work to get Women's football to the where it is now," explained the 144-time Germany international.
Annike Krahn, one of the most experienced players in the squad currently, said: "Walking around the exhibition with my team mates was a lot of fun. Everyone is amazed with the staging-versatility. Some of them couldn't believe that Women football was forbidden at one point."
One day after their 0-0 draw with England in Duisburg, the Germany's Women's national team visited the football museum in Dortmund on Friday. Museum director Manuel Neukirchner welcomed the players and the coaching staff to the new world of experience depicting German football. Afterwards, Germany international and World Champion Annike Krahn, who is also involved with the museum's staff in educational and communicational areas, led her team mates through the permanent exhibition.
"Germany's Women's national team is one of the success stories in German football. Their varied development is displayed here in this museum. It was exciting to watch the players soak up the history of German Women football," said museum's director Neukirchner.
The first major eye-catcher in the Women's football exhibition area is the ceiling-high cabinet, which holds all the important trophies that Germany Women's national teams have won - eight European Cups, two World Cups and three Olympic Medals.
Fitschen: A coffee set after European Championship
Germany's team manager Doris Fitschen, who was part of the team that won the first European Championship in 1989, donated her bonus reward that she'd received back then: "The DFB gave us coffee sets after winning the European Championship and we were grateful for it. Our younger players may find that a bit disconcerting. But that way you can also see how hard we hard to work to get Women's football to the where it is now," explained the 144-time Germany international.
Annike Krahn, one of the most experienced players in the squad currently, said: "Walking around the exhibition with my team mates was a lot of fun. Everyone is amazed with the staging-versatility. Some of them couldn't believe that Women football was forbidden at one point."
