Some German football fans would prefer to celebrate national team goals “completely detached from the earth” in the future. Since Sunday, two and a half months before the home European Championship, signatures have been collected in an online petition for the Neue Deutsche Welle hit “Major Tom” by Peter Schilling to be played when the DFB team scores in the future. By Monday afternoon, over 30,000 votes had already been collected.
Basically, he is “open to the choice of song,” said national coach Julian Nagelsmann on Monday, noting: “I scream so loudly when I score my own goals that I only notice the song later.” However, it is more important that goals are often scored for Germany fell.
National coach Nagelsmann is open to the song selection
“The fans are the bosses. And if they say they want ‘Major Tom’ as the new goal anthem, then that’s what they should get. “It’s very moving for me what’s happening right now,” said musician Peter Schilling to “Mediengruppe Münchner Merkur/tz” and added: “The Germans should score as many goals as they can. I have football in my DNA. I’m a huge fan.”
Florian Wirtz from Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen added to “RTL/ntv”: “Our job is to score goals and concentrate on what is happening on the pitch. And then others can decide what goal anthem will be played afterwards.” His teammate Robert Andrich said: “Regardless of the goal anthem, the song is definitely an absolute classic. Yes, for us as players it is of course important that we score a goal or two so that the anthem can be played.”
Wirtz doesn’t want to get involved – Andrich celebrates “classics”
The song “Kernkraft 400” by Zombie Nation is currently being played at DFB goals, which the fans decided on in a vote by the German Football Association in mid-2019. This Tuesday (8.45 p.m./RTL) the DFB selection will play against the Netherlands in Frankfurt.
The national team’s current goal song comes from Zombie Nation
The DFB did not officially comment on the topic on Monday; the “t-online” portal had previously reported. In further test matches before the home tournament, the national team will face Ukraine on June 3rd in Nuremberg and Greece on June 7th in Mönchengladbach.
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