One Night in Rio

“After the German National Team had checked in for the flight that was to take them to Berlin for the celebration party for their World Cup victory, it occurred to me to put the trophy into an everyday type of situation during the security scan. Of course, the trophy didn’t need to be scanned but, with my limited Portuguese, I managed to convince the security officer to let me take this picture. Naturally, having a player in the background was very important for the picture, but Thomas Müller, the only one wearing his football shirt, was already on the other side and was a bit irritated at having to go through security again. Today, however, the photo also represents one of his favourite souvenirs of the World Cup victory, and he has a large copy of it hanging in his home.”