Munich (dpa / lby) - The EM heroes of FC Bayern are to be celebrated as part of the home game of the Munich footballers on Sunday. President Herbert Hainer, CEO Oliver Kahn and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic not only want to honor their German finalists in the Allianz Arena on Sunday. The Englishwoman Georgia Stanway as European champion and also the Brazilian newcomer Tainara de Souza da Silva as Copa America winner should be prepared a suitable stage.
From the Bayern team, Lina Magull, Giulia Gwinn, Lea Schüller, who was also "Soccer Player of the Year", Sydney Lohmann, Linda Dallmann and Klara Bühl missed the European Championship title for the DFB selection. The Munich footballers coached by Julian Nagelsmann welcome VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday (5:30 p.m.).
"We are incredibly proud of what we did at the European Championship: congratulations not only to Georgia Stanway as the winner, but also to our German players and everyone who was on the ball in their national teams in England. The tournament was not just advertising for women's football , but for football in general," said Hainer on Tuesday. The players are "wonderful ambassadors of FC Bayern and sport in general: real role models and an inspiration for many".
The soccer players of FC Bayern are currently preparing for the new season. They will start their league on September 16 at Eintracht Frankfurt.
