Germans damage World Cup trophy at afterparty

President of the German Football Association (DFB) Wolfgang Niersbach told Spiegel that a “small piece of it was chipped off”.

“Don’t worry about it,” he added. “We have specialists who can fix it.”

The 63-year-old added the culprit had not been identified, despite their “persistent” investigation. “The investigation was terminated without result,” Niersbach added.

After beating Argentina 1:0 in the World Cup final, the players partied with their families, girlfriends and celebrities in Rio de Janeiro.

Fortunately, the damaged trophy is a copy. The original was kept by Fifa in the Maracana stadium.

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It is not the first time football trophies have been damaged during the afterparty. In 2002, Schalke’s manager Rudi Assauer dropped the German Cup from the top of a bus during celebrations.

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