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Good evening and welcome to the Google+ Hangout with adidas Football.
Great to have you with us. I'm gonna start by saying hello to Munich, from Munich
Bastian Schweinsteiger, FC Bayern, Thomas Müller, FC Bayern
and from Arsenal, London, Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski.
Hello. Hello to London. Hello to London. Greetings.
Nice to have you with us, guys.
First of, Carnival Prince Poldi, today at Rose Monday, that must be hard for you?
yeah but... the parade just passed by here in London.
Enjoyed it with Per and collecting candy and yeah
You have a dedicated line to Cologne?
Yeah, sure. It is always on to Cologne
Especially during the Carnival
You were also very active on Facebook today, posting some pictures and such
Your family is probably celebrating, or?
Yeah, my family is celebrating and yeah
we got a day off today.
But yeah my family is enjoying the Carnival
That's the way to go. Guys, now football. It was a successful weekend for all
of you, I must say. For some on the field, for the others
on the ranks. Lukas Podolski didn't play, was saved
Per Mertesacker played the whole match
winning narrowly over Sunderland.
Was it because Podolski didn't play?
What?
Stay calm now.
Unfortunately we were a man down after 60 minutes
and there was more need for defence, that's why he
kept him on the bench.
to avoid any more risk in the last half hour. But we are very content
to get the three points in the away match on a rough field
Definitely
And Lukas Podolski, also very successful. The most assists
in the Premier League. Are you proud? You are doing well there, right?
Yeah, I'm doing well. I'm satisfied. I've been here for half a year now
until now it goes well.
Wait til Tuesday and then
you can decide or give an estimation.
Why, what are you doing tomorrow?
On Tuesday.
Yeah, where are you on Tuesday? No, next week, Basti.
Yeah, well, you have to add that.
The 19th, I want, that we play against each other, right?
Or are you suspended?
Or did something occur?
Basti needs to talk with his management on that.
So, to inform everyone, on February the 19th, the first round of the Champions League round of 16 is played.
FC Bayern is visiting Arsenal in London. Is that correct? Is everybody informed now?
Yeah, now it's clear.
I just get in the bus.
But now Munich guys. I saw that live, FC Bayern just, crushed Schalke.
Looked like a training match. It's going. Direct freekick. Exactly, direct freekick, great execution.
Probably because of the new shoes, Basti, you are playing in new adidas shoes.
Yes, thanks to me. Because I persuaded him.
So, I have been reluctant, but I want to take position on that.
Now. Let it out now. Let one out.
So this is the first shoe that Bastian Schweinsteiger is wearing before having it customized 14 times.
Congratulations! adidas, that you achieved that!
Does it bring something or what? Yes.
Yes, you see that. Clean the cherry, or how?
That is world class. Only a few can do that. Out of 300 tries, you know?
But now for real, since he is wearing those yellow things he can shoot again.
That was mean.
No, no, no. That was a compliment.
The shoes are called Adizero F50, that now are
Designed by Lukas Podolski. And now on the foot of Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Basti, great weekend. You are on top of things
15 points ahead of number two in the Bundesliga, that
is a record after 21 matches. You can say things are going well
what shall stop you now?
What did you say? Please speak louder here.
Things are good. They are good. Record in the Bundesliga I said.
After 21 matches you are ahead with 15 points. What shall stop you now?
Yeah, it looks like that at the moment we are the only ones that can stop us right now.
So I think it is up to us, if we become championship or not.
I mean Dortmund and Leverkusen are obviously high quality opponents, but it is up to us if we become champions or not.
Yeah they are basically shooting themselves out of the competition, out of the Bundesliga.
They are standing in their own way.
Bayern obviously likes that, but what really interests us right now
is obviously the match on Tuesday of next week.
Round of 16, first leg in London
If you look at the statistics
you unfortunately have to say that the chances are good for FC Bayern.
What do you think?
Why should you say unfortunately? First of all we are all Germans.
Well I think, Poldi and Per are also on our side of course. Sure, we agreed on that beforehand.
No, give a clear statement to the game. How much are you looking forward to it?
How far are you in your preparations or are you just thinking of match to match?
Well, we have an important cup game this Saturday, we absolutely want to advance in the FA Cup
so the preparations for Bayern are not so intense yet.
I think, from Sunday on we will prepare ourselves extremely for Tuesday.
That is close! Yeah I already know you in and out. So...
I don't even know myself! That's why, no stress.
So how is it looking for Munich?
Yeah we are playing on Friday, so I think we will deliver a good match there. We will at least try to.
And then we are going to focus on Tuesday but I think we are going to prepare normally
and create a good starting position.
In which hotel are you staying? No idea.
We are definitely in London, I think.
Basti, you are teammates on the national team and some of you even have played on the same team for a while.
How is it when you are up against each other as opponents on the field? Do you curse at each other?
Do you really give it to each other on the field. And apologize later?
Or how is it? How is the atmosphere among you?
No it's okay. Well, I mean, with Lukas you definitely also can laugh with on the field.
It will be difficult to focus then, because he does mess you up when he constantly is talking.
But I always find that when Lukas is playing left, and Thomas right
The spectators will have an earache, because they are going to talk so much.
What, they are going to have a lot of fun!
Yeah. Yeah. They are going to have more fun than when they see you jump around in the middle.
Yeah stop. When you are laying in the grass.
they are not spending their money on that! Right?!
Tell me, do you write each other when, for example,
Bastian Schweinsteiger has scored a great goal on a freekick during the weekend
do you write him an SMS and gratulate him from London? Do you watch it?
Sure. Even more since he is wearing his news shoes.
Because he is even more noticed now and therefore, yes, you notice it on TV
when you are watching Sportschau or watching Bayern you just notice the yellow shoes.
And then well, you just know who is behind it.
As long as there is no black and yellow in the shoes, that could be misunderstood.
Well, there is a bit of it.
A bit.
Back to the weekend there was another highlight in Munich, the basketball match
between Alba Berlin and FC Bayern to be exact.
Bastian Schweinsteiger was co-commenting it
Oh my goodness!
And it got better, Lukas Podolski was writing via SMS and Bastian was reading them out loud in the arena.
No, no, no, I don't believe it. It was the biggest scandal!
Why, what was there, did I miss something again?
Yeah tell us, Bastian or Lukas
Luol Deng!
No Buschi, Frank Buschmann, who commented on the game
He was always looking at my phone and read out loud what Poldi wrote.
But it was fun stuff, so nothing about it was bad or anything where we now need to include others.
Everything is okay, I would say.
Does Basti have any idea of basketball? What is you opinion on that?
umm yeah?
Munich has a basketball team so and therefore, so he slowly starts. As a being from Cologne, winner of the double
well I'm a bit ahead of them, the Munichs.
So if Basti, for the next 10 or 15 years keeps practicing basketball
then he at some point could be, well, level up in the ranking on the team in terms of basketball.
Oooh, ooh, a crisis coming up!
No no, but I just need to clarify this
it was often shown like that from the television, that Basti is one of the best basketball players
if not the best player on the team
there have already been many discussions on the team that's why we have to clarify this
Uh huh?
But I have heard, I have heard, I think Mandžukić said it, Thomas Müller, you talk quite a lot?
Arghh!
That is nothing new
You can see that every Saturday and Wednesday on the cameras
of the German TV Channels. So, yeah
Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday you can also read it.
Yeah exactly, so, there actually isn't that much to say about it
although, I obviously would like to say a lot about this.
What again is funny, right?
How do you communicate amongst each other, or do you do that at all? Also during the week?
Yeah we saw Mull during the week at the national team. Bastia wasn't there
he had a really bad injury, unfortunately had to cancel. Problems, problems,
soo... phh... difficult to communicate in that direction
What do you miss the most in London?
Lukas, what are you missing from Cologne and
what, Per, are you missing from Hanover and Bremen?
Well, I have already been here for half a year. Or seven months and I must say
I like it here. I probably wasn't that much in Cologne like some might presume
So yeah I like it, the city is super, the club is great, I'm doing great here and am looking forward
to the next years here.
I'm also trying to take as much with me as possible from the English language!
The only thing that is missing here
is a little lighter traffic.
Well, there is always a lot going on, on the streets, really unbelieveable
you just sometimes wish for clear roads like in
Bremen or Hannover.
There you really don't have any problems. I mean, it is easy in Hanover and Bremen?!
Transportation, it just is easier
here it is always a bit more difficult
but then there is the tube or the bus
which Lukas already has used. That is really the best here in London.
Yeah you already have outed yourself as a fan of the tube, right?
Definitely, an absolute tube fan.
Okay since we are so international today you've probably heard about.
Germany had the Pope.
Pope Benedikt will resign on the 28th of February, so pretty soon
Do you have an opinion on that? And if so, who would
be a suitable successor?
I think Lothar Matthäus is currently unemployed.
Oooh the conversation is taking a wrong turn here, so
But such a current topic. Does it interest you, do you consume it? Do you think about it?
The thing with the Pope or Lothar Matthäus?
We'll get back to Lothar Matthäus but first to the
Pope. Yeah, I heard about it today in the car.
it wasn't my decision
therefore you just notice it.
So no opinion. Basti, what about you?
Well, I
Yeah I mean. yeah, what, huh, yeah come on, what's up?
I heard about it and must honestly say that I heard it
what on Bayern 3 Radio or? Uhm no, Gong Radio
Radio Oberland, Radio Oberland.
Radio Strassland. Hey hey! Strassland.
But does anyone come to mind? Who would be suitable for the office?
Do you know any of the potential candidates?
Of these cardinals that are possible successors?
Or should we just mention someone from the normal life now?
Someone who touches us emotionally is Uli Hoeness, for example.
Hmmm, well ... I know that there are not many who know him
but a suitable candidate would be the players manager from adidas, Daniel Delonga
because there has never been a Croat Pope, so that would be
unique, or someone from the UK
Also a good thing. Yes, after someone from Bayern we need someone more exotic.
Yeah, an Indian.
You just spoke about Uli Hoeness, who during the weekend made a fairly clear statement about the topic Lewandowski.
I don't know if, you have probably heard about it
after Lothar Matthäus leaned himself pretty far out of the window
I mean, Lukas, you also know him, I don't have to ask Basti, Thomas Müller also
Is there a Uli Hoeness code, like, things you never should talk about?
Or things that totally upset Uli Hoeness?
The Munich players can explain that better, I believe.
Well, you have been in the business for a long time
Too long!
Come on Munichers, tell us something!
What, what should we tell you? Shall we also comment on the Lewandowski rumours or what?
Does Uli sometimes come to the locker room?
Does he come to the locker room after the game? Lewandowski?
I have never seen him there. No! Uli! Ahh, okay
Hmm ... from time to time, but lastly we have been winning a lot, then the business is run by itself.
Then he is just happy.
When you shoot free kicks like that he is just happy, yeah.
You don't have any good anecdotes about Uli Hoeness?
Yes, but we are in public here, right?
Inner circle, inner circle, completely intimate. Private room.
Yeah, Basti somehow isn't here yet. No, he is completely in a trance.
He is completely off himself.
Let's talk about the great brand adidas.
You all have something to say about that.
For your information, last week at Best Brands here in Munich, adidas was awarded Best Brand.
Oliver Kahn held the laudation. Continue, make a bit more advertising.
A question for all of you: do you remember your first piece from adidas?
Bastian you please!
Boah ... adidas gear .. Uff ...
Probably some football shoe. Or football clothes.
I think at that time it was Cope Mundial, the black ones. Back then you still wore black.
That was your first piece you believe?
Yeah, there were no skis from adidas back then, I think it was the first, yeah.
Okay, Per?
Yeah back then they were so big.
Per already had shoe size 44 as a two year old.
No, football boots. First piece of adidas were definitely football boots. When I started at 4.
Okay, Lukas?
The same.
Didn't you have adidas flip flops? Everyone had those as a kid, didn't they?
Yeah but not as a child, you don't wear adidas flip flops as a child.
Oh I did
And fine rib underwear, huh?
And what did you have?
I can't remember what my first piece was.
I had a Bayern Munich football shoe. And a couple of balls and other equipment.
Or the bag in the background.
Yeah yeah and wait, I have a surprise.
I'm going to move this big head of mine.
Want to sniff on that?!
Listen, this showcase behind me, no one can beat that
Unique. It is unique.
Not even the host can compete with that
With the flower in the background, or, vase
Those are pictures of Munich. Of our sights here in Munich.
Do you have any sights in Munich? Yeah, many. Siegestor for example is a sight.
Hmm ... aha ...
Weisswurst, Weisswurst. Weisswurst, exactly.
Or Lukas, what do you think of as the first when you think about your time here, your active?
Hmm ... difficult to say, I put that behind me.
But still a lot of nice experiences though.
Lake Pilsen. Lake Pilsen.
Your highlight. Don't you have a highlight? From your time? Losing at ping pong against me?
The time is too limited to talk about all that here.
We definitely miss you here in Munich.
Definitely.
I'm back soon, I will be back soon.
Exactly, the second leg, it is in the beginning of March. There you are visiting Munich.
But back to the game on the 19th in London.
That is going to be an encounter.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said it might not be a winning draw
but it could have been worse.
So maybe Bayern are the favourites
How do you see that in London?
Was it a good draw for you, or a difficult one against FC Bayern?
Overall we are happy.
Well, I can still remember, that we were sitting in the lockerroom, excited, following the draw.
And when it then was Bayern we were happy, that we could be in Germany for a couple of days again.
Yeah. And things are going really well for Bayern at the moment
and that is one of the big challenges for us I believe
So, I'm very excited for both matches, and looking forward to see Schweini once again
at national matches.
that often currently
therefore, you are also just looking forward to see each other again.
Why? We are going to see each other in 2014 in Brazil?
Basti could you just?!
There is a long time until then.
What is that? Ooooh
Schweinsteiger, Bastian.
Basti, how was it for you when you heard about the the draw?
Did you hope for a different opponent or was it okay?
I don't remember where we were at that time
We weren't together or something, so when I heard it was going to be Arsenal,
well, I mean I didn't get happy, I mean
Arsenal is a club full of traditions. They do not play typical for the English I think.
And they are uncomfortable to play against. So we are going to play two difficult matches.
I can remember Arsenal against Barcelona have had a lot of duels in the last couple of years.
There Barcelona didn't advance without effort. So especially...
In the Emirates Stadium? Yeahhh man!
That's it, that's the one!
Is it full? Is it sould out?
Sure, always.
How many does it fit? 60. Oh yeah that is..
60?! Atmosphere!
Yes certainly not going to be so easy, so I mean the boys are also in good shape.
And the two blind guys also have their tricks so.
It's going to be a difficult task for us. Right Thomas?
I can only follow that, I don't want to philosophize
because, well, my quota has been used, so
we don't have so much time.
Thomas, would the Premier League be something for you? Could you imagine playing there
if you at some point should play internationally? Oh nice!
Who is it? You can't see it.
Poldi to the right, with the red hat.
Schuhmacher, in the middle.
And left, that is difficult to say. Yeah you don't know left, huh? Look at that.
Now it gets interesting, now the pictures come out of the private stash.
Per take that thing away from Poldi, that device!
So Thomas, a question for you. Premier League, would that be something for you?
Would you be more interested in the Spanish or Italian league?
Well it's like I would fit great in in Britain with my body shape.
It's certainly not uninteresting
But I just recently extended my contract, so for now I'm just going to see
Dare something!
Because northern Germany and southern Germany for a Bavarian like me
it's already crazy when you come to northern Germany.
Your guess, for the first leg for now, Basti you'll start.
You want me to start? Shall I really say something?
Is this a guess on how you think it will end or what you hope for?
Well, a mix of the two. Okay.
Bergheim, FC Bergheim.
Uhm, then I go for a, hmm, 0-0.
0-0 draw?! A flop?
Yeah technically you could... well Basti, then let's take a 2-2, that's much better.
0-0 is good for us! Yeah Basti, 0-0 is good for Arsenal!
You are a real expert, aren't you!
My goodness you. Well then we'll take the 2-2 then you can get a 0-0.
Newspaper headline, Schweinsteiger, 0-0, 2-2 here
Oh man, they are kind to you for once, and then you just get mocked.
Yeah, Per it is your turn
Do you have any internal bets going on? Anything? No idea, just amongst you
like small personal things?
No no, the betting-mafia has become too strict
Yeah you need to be careful about that.
Arteta wants a shirt of yours for two years now
from the national team and every time you are not there with us.
I get back every time and then I can't give him one, and then I get into trouble. Can't you take one with you for him?
As a pledge or something?
Yeah, Müller is going to bring one.
Yeah and the scarf, I would like the scarf
the scarf you are wearing, we would like to have that in London
yeah yeah, but it is unique, unique
Unique Lukas, look who's calling! (Harald Stenger)
Pick it up, pick it up! Ah, too late.
Yeah Per, you predict a 2-2, Poldi 3-1 for Arsenal
and I a 5-1 for Bayern.
Lukas, do the guys from Arsenal come to you and say
you played for FC Bayern for a long time - how do they think?
I mean, you probably know that already yourself. But are there one on one talks or not?
I don't think so. Maybe, like one or two days before the game, but I don't think so.
Alright guys, what else do you have planned?
Umm ... Eat something and then to bed.
So early?
Yeah I'm going to do some stuff in between that, but nothing interesting.
But isn't the Berlin Derby today? Isn't the Berlin derby tonight?
Second division, or? Berlin derby, yes of course!
Thomas needs to go to the stable later tonight. Nah, I was there this morning.
At seven, I cleaned the stables.
My goodness. In London, what is going to happen there?
Umm ... Nothing
The train has left, the Carnival train has left already
What about you Poldi? You have to go home, or what?
Nah I'm going to stay here with Per for a while, you know, so much traffic in London.
You won't be back before tomorrow morning.
And tomorrow he is going to take me along for practice.
You know, that is pure friendship.
Do you also sleep together or what?
Alright you need to focus again.
You all have tasks before the Champions League match on the 19th of February.
Then I'm going to thank you very much for being here with us today in the Google+ Hangout for adidas Football.
Great to have you, thanks a lot.
Thanks thanks, ciao ciao, good evening to London, good evening to Munich.
Bye the three of you.
We are out.