Mineirão Receives Signed Shirt from German World Cup Winners

02/10/2015 - 09h06

An event as surprising as Brazil's 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Germany at last year's World Cup is not easily forgotten, especially given that Brazil were playing at home.

The match has already entered in the history books, and has attracted the attention of museums.

At the request of Minas Arena, the company in charge of the Mineirão, the site of Brazil's historic defeat, the German consulate has donated a shirt signed by the World Cup-winning squad.

It will be exhibited in the Brazilian Museum of Football, located inside the stadium.

"This shirt is a souvenir for the Mineirão stadium, where Germany consolidated their path to victory at the World Cup in Brazil. Here we saw a match that made football history and put Belo Horizonte on the map for all Germans. We have a lot of affection for the people of Minas Gerais and we here we leave a little of our history too," said Harald Klein, the German consul, as he handed the shirt over to museum staff.

According to Minas Arena, the number of German tourists visiting the stadium has increased since the World Cup, as have questions regarding objects from the German World Cup campaign.

For Thiago Costa, the museum coordinator, the shirt will be important to commemorate a moment of football history that took place in the stadium.

"That match was unforgettable. Our children and grandchildren will talk about it, about the German team that destroyed Brazilian sovereignty. It's very important that this shirt is part of our collection," he said.

Translated by TOM GATEHOUSE

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	Belo Horizonte's Mineirão receives a signed shirt from German World Cup winners