Gelsenkirchen --
The joy of scoring could not repress the grief: when quiet in the goal celebrations match against Ivory Coast Lukas Podolski, with his finger pointing to heaven.
"I think everybody knows I am a Catholic. It was a gesture for Robert. I think he is above us and watched fingers crossed," said the 24-year-old.
Podolski devoted his seventh double of the national soccer team jersey in the late team-mate Robert Enke.
"The whole team has played for Robert. And the two goals were also to Robert."
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Podolski saves Draw for Germany
So moving imaginary fans and national team, Robert Enke (†)
As mentioned recently in a 1-1 draw against Finland Podolski saved the German team also on Wednesday night in a 2-2 draw against Ivory Coast with a last-minute matches before a defeat. He was the best man on the field and scored) by Foulelfmeter also 1:0 (11. minute.
33,015 viewers in the Schalke Arena and millions on the screens were once again marvel at the "Germany-Poldi", which appears so different than the club player Lukas Podolski - even though he waved himself annoyed at this continuous theme: "It is after every game, talk about my role. But I'm sorry someday answer always the same. "
So the coach Joachim Loew took over again: "For us he has a tremendous joy of playing, is extremely involved in every training session, with great pleasure in the matter." And for the coach, despite Poldi is already 69 caps still a jewel.
"He has an incredible performance potential. He is dynamic, fast, abschlussstark. No matter at what position it is always good for goals," enthused Loew.
With six matches, he was the top scorer in 2009 DFB-team. And with the caps 36 and 37 hits-Podolski moved once in the eternal DFB-scorers at position nine with Oliver Bierhoff. All eight are within reach of him, even "Bomber" Gerd Müller (68 goals) Podolski replaces German as the scorer. But he wanted to speak on the Day of Remembrance Enke not about statistics.
"I am pleased with every match and every goal," he said. For now, one for him again the dismal league life in Cologne.
