“Uerukamu Porudi!” Welcome Poldi! Japan is in the Poldi-fever: With great enthusiasm, hundreds of Fans celebrated in Japan, the arrival of the football world champion Lukas Podolski.
With a lot of hype, hundreds of Japanese Fans football world champion Lukas Podolski is preparing an enthusiastic reception in her home. After landing at the airport of the port city of Kobe, the followers of his new club Vissel Kobe were waiting to part with their families along a red carpet and chanting his name, the 32-Year-old from the machine entered.
In the sweltering morning heat step Podolski through the trellis in short trousers and a peaked cap, on the front in Japanese, written in red characters his nickname, Poldi, and on the back, the Japanese flag was embroidered. A good reception, he called Podolski to reporters while he was signing autographs, smiling in Selfies with the phones of his Fans and to the great enthusiasm of the crowd with Japanese babies in the Arm posed.
Kicking and culture
“If one is received, it is always nice. Because you are proud of,” said Podolski, who is supposed to earn during his two and a half years in the far East, 20 million euros and at the airport cheered enthusiastically by the crowd was: “I haven’t seen much, but I now have two and a half years to make a sporty a lot of things right, and get to know the city. The focus is not only on football.”
Selfies with the football world Cup “Poldi”
Accompanied by wild guitar riffs and applause Poldi entered the crowded press room of the Japanese first division club. “In Japanese what to say? Konnichiwa!”, the 32-Year-old, grinning said. The Live broadcast on the Internet, tracked almost 100,000 people.
Poldi-plush animals, and Twitter-Emoji
In Japan, it was on the Club website with the huge words of welcome “WELCOME POLDI!” and a radiant arms austrecke nd Podolski in the new club Jersey powerful the stirred drum. The behind Vissel Kobe Online shopping giant Rakuten sells merchandise such as cute little bears with Podolskis back number 10, jerseys, key chains and Fan-towels of the club. The short message service Twitter jumped on the train and gave Podolski as the second footballer after the 105-million-man Paul Pogba and a own Emoji.
Red carpet for Lukas Podolski
The anticipation of the Japanese people is based on reciprocity: “not only is It crucial that I become a master or top scorer – I want to get to know the culture, to live life to engage with,” said Podolski in an Interview with the Cologne newspaper “Express” before his departure. “I am open to totally off on this adventure, and I am to try new things. Japan is one of the most advanced countries in the world. They have a great culture, great food”.
Voice Talent Lukas Podolski
He also wants to learn as quickly as possible in Japanese: “I want to be able to speak a few words and phrases, take lessons. I learned in Istanbul, a little Turkish,” said the 130-time national player who had to be present according to own data also offers from China. But since his wife Monika have said, “that you do there, not even ten horses”.
With his new club, Podolski has a clear goal: “Kobe is really a good start to the season, now has a trailer and is on the eleventh place. Our goal is to come in this or next year, the first Three to qualify for the Asian Champions League.” 29. July to carry Podolski for the first Time, the Vissel Jersey with the number ten and on the playing field.
pab/fab (dpa, sid)