Saturday, May 1, 2010
Taxi drivers get the football title
Dusseldorf - Our city has finally a German football champions. But it is not the Fortuna, which won the title, but the taxi guild.
In the 17th Edition of the tournament succeeded in Düsseldorf drivers at the facility of the DSV for the sixth time of triumph.
As had been canceled at the last moment, the teams from Stuttgart and Chemnitz, the hosts went with the same two teams at the start.
And both unbuttoned before their opponents from Duisburg, Halle, Dresden, Berlin and Leipzig, and managed the leap into the final.
In the final, won Dusseldorf II with the taxi-drivers from the airport against the favored driver from the city by two converted penalty kicks from Neunmeter-Günther Stocker and Klaus everywhere 2-0.
"The practice every week, we're a-assorted crowd. Therefore, our victory is sensational, "beamed organizer Bernd Grubert, who scored in the semifinal against Hall for the crucial matches 3:2.
But in the big ceremony in the clubhouse, all participants were winners. "It's really a great thing, chat with colleagues from other cities and spend a whole day," said Grubert after the event, which was first held in Dusseldorf.
Even a thunderstorm after the first round could not tarnish the good mood among the taxi drivers. Grubert: "This has poured out like bathtubs. We just made a break and comfortable drinking a coffee. "