The farewell party will take place on Thursday, October 10 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne game Lukas Podolski. “Lukas Podolski's last match in Cologne is to be an impressive event with the participation of LP10 friends and legends of world football, including many world champions from 2014 along with the then coach of the German national team, Joachim Loew, and his assistant, and currently the coach of FC Barcelona – Hansi Flick” – handed over at the beginning of September this year. Górnik Zabrze official website.
A galaxy of stars at Lukas Podolski's farewell match
IN match teams will play a farewell match FC Koeln and Górnik Zabrze. At least that's how it will be in the first half of this match. The second one will be pure madness at the stadium in Cologne. “After the break, the lineups will be mixed. Podolski's teammates from the German national team will appear on the pitch. As we agreed, this group will include, among others, Mats Hummels, Roman Weidenfeller, Julian Draxler, Christoph Kramer, Mario Gomez, Per Mertesacker and Kevin Grosskreutz ” – he said “TVP Sport“Earlier, the German media reported on the possible participation of Manuel Neuer or Erik Durm. Further details about this match are to be revealed soon.
Tickets for Lukas Podolski's farewell match are sold out
It turns out that the match is very popular fans. At the moment, there are no more tickets for this match, as Lukas Podolski informed in an interview with Robert BÅ‚oÅ„ski. – There are no more tickets, only tickets for players and families remain – he announced. This means that approximately 50,000 fans will appear at the stadium. Including two thousand Górnik Zabrze fans.
– I wanted to do it while I was still at it football player. I joined FC Koeln at the age of 10, seven years later I started training with the first team, then I made my senior debut. My career began there and is slowly coming to an end. I wanted to do a bye while I'm healthy and still playing. (…) Date 10/10. it's not random – it matches my shirt number – added Podolski in the same conversation.
Lukas Podolski played a total of 181 matches for FC Koeln. He scored 86 goals and recorded 41 assists.