Weltmeistermütze (brazil #10)

This is a tale about a hat. There might be a sole reason, that Germany won the copa this year: I wore a fisherman's hat with the teutonian tricolore! I did it with conviction and pride. It all started during the lousy round of last sixteen against Algeria. Once I put the hat on, things went our way. So it was an obligation to continue with it, and my lads always got nervous, when the hat wasn't in place, when the referee blew the first whistle. So it's a fact, this hat made us champion. And of course the locals got an idea of the little magic going on here. Willian (rings a bell?) was a bombeiro at the beach in Marajo, an all baywatchy red lifesavior. But when he saws Herr Willies hat he only had one mission, to get a piece of that. He asked me, if we can trade his baywatch-cap for my fisherman hat. I thought, why not, I still felt a bit embarrased and sorry by the semifinal and really had to make up for that. And after all, there got to be another talisman at another copa - luck can not be reused. So I made a little photosession of the champion-charm and off it went to a new future. good luck brazil!

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