Euro 2024 sport
The Allianz Area, in Munich, was the venue for the beginning of the European Soccer Championship. In a festive ambiance, in a totally full stadium, nearly 70 thousand followers watched a ceremony with many alternative colours, music and choreography and likewise a heartfelt tribute to one of many large names in German and world soccer: Franz Beckenbauer.
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Former German worldwide Franz Beckenbauer, one of many largest symbols of world soccer, who died in January, was honored on the opening ceremony of Euro 2024, on the Allianz Area, in Munich.
The 2 residing captains of Germany’s European champion groups, Bernard Dietz (1980) and Jürgen Klinsmann (1996), joined Beckenbauer’s spouse, Heidi, in presenting the Henri Delaunay Trophy on the pitch.
On the ceremony there have been additionally representatives from the three German groups that gained the European Championship, in 1972 and 1980, as West Germany, and in 1996, with a now united crew.
Euro 2024 takes place between June 14 and July 14, in Germany, the second time the nation has hosted the match, having achieved so in 1988, then as West Germany.