Vice-President Feng Zuoku Gave Prize to Bayern Munich
In the evening of July 24, Yingli Cup China-Germany Friendly Football Match was held in Beijing Workers Stadium. Two teams of the match were Beijing Guo’an and visit team Bayern Munich.
The CPAFFC, as the honorary sponsor, participated in overall process of the preparation of the match, and brought it in series activities for celebrating 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Germany.
The Match
Bayern Munich is one of the most famous football teams in Germany which has won 22 champions of Bundes Liga and 4 champions of the European Champions League. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the president of Bayern Munich Club and the former German football star, said before the match, this visit in China was very important to Bayern Munich; the club would send all the first team and take the match seriously, in order not to disappoint the fans. Mario Gomez, Arjen Rubben, Franck Ribery, Tomas Muller and other super stars would visit China with the team and appear at the match.
This match attracted not only vast number of Chinese football fans, but also a lot of German fans in China, including the form German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroder, who was visiting in Beijing. Dr. Michael Schaefer, the German Ambassador in China made a special trip from Shanghai to Beijing, to watch the match.
German Guest Watching the Match (left 1 Rummenigge, Left 2 Schroder)
This match is prepared and sponsored by Yingli Green Energy Group, which is the official senior partner of Bayern Munich. Yingli Group is one of the most famous Chinese manufacturer in solar products which sponsored football World Cup in South Africa and has become the sponsor of World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
This match is one of the great events of China-Germany exchanges in culture and sports, which has attached wide focus. The main portals such as Sohu, Netease , Sina, Xinhuanet, and major newspapers reported it. A live broadcast was made by the Sports Channel of CCTV.
Press Conference
