World Cup at centre stage as legends turn out at FIFA Museum

Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands – former FIFA World Cup™ participants from several European countries were guests at the FIFA Museum on Wednesday evening.

Italy’s 2006 world champions Vincenzo Iaquinta and Marco Amelia were joined by Germany’s Roman Weidenfeller, a winner of football’s ultimate prize in 2014, for a trip down memory lane during a two-hour tour taking in the FIFA World Cup Gallery, the cinema and the special exhibition “Designing the Beautiful Game”.

The Elftal

Iaquinta played five of the seven matches (scoring once) in the

Wednesday evening’s event at the FIFA Museum was part of the Arosa IceSnowFootball tournament, which has been played since 2010. This year, three national teams – Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands – as well as an all-star team of international football stars will face each other on snow and ice.