“Goosebumps all over the body”
Beckenbauer son ensures emotional moment
Updated on March 17th, 2025 – 7:49 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
It is an emotional journey through time for FC Bayern. Many former stars such as Lothar Matthäus, Franck Ribéry or Arjen Robben are at the Beckenbauer Cup. Widow and son are taken.
Heidi Beckenbauer and son Joel took care of the emotional climax in the hall at the opening of the legend tournament to commemorate Franz Beckenbauer. “The whole body gets goose bumps,” said Joel Beckenbauer at the microphone in the Munich SAP Garden. It was “incredible” which football legends would have promised for the indoor tournament.
“We are full of honor and proud,” said the son of the “Emperor”. “I never saw my father live. It is incredible how many hearts he lives on.” The foundation also wanted to carry the legacy into the world and not let it forget.
The tournament takes place as part of the 125th anniversary of FC Bayern. The revenues should benefit the Franz Beckenbauer Foundation. According to its own statements, it has supported people with disabilities and people who have been sick or through no fault of their own for over four decades. The German football icon Beckenbauer died on January 7, 2024 at the age of 78.
The widow Heidi Beckenbauer grown thanked Bayern for the tournament in “honor of Franz”. It was “fantastic” what the club does in honor of her died husband, she said. “Thank you very much.”
Franz Beckenbauer also intended the football legends. Record national player and Beckenbauer friend Lothar Matthäus did not want to be taken away from “one of the greatest of football,” said Matthew. “I think Franz Beckenbauer is watching from above and is pleased that so many people have appeared.”
Beckenbauer’s honor also occurred on the field: Ribéry and Robben stood together for FC Bayern for the first time since their career end. Both were greeted particularly frenetically by the spectators in the hall.
The two 41-year-olds were also in the starting line-up at the opening game against Ajax with Lothar Matthäus (63), Rafinha (39), and goalkeeper Tom Stark (43). The duo “Robbery” doesn’t seem to have forgotten anything. After a pass from Robben, Ribéry completed the Tor-Co production of the two to 1-0. However, the game ended 1-1un tarto.
When asked about Beckenbauer’s importance, Robben said: “When we talk about Argentina, we say Maradona, in Brazil it is Pelé, the Netherlands Johan Cryff and with Germany it is Franz Beckenbauer. I think that.”