Accumulated World Cup experience at the FIFA Museum

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

With the two Italians Vincenzo Iaquinta and Marco Amelia as well as Roman Weidenfeller (Germany), three champions from 2006 respectively 2014 were present and reminisced during the two-hour tour through the FIFA World Cup gallery, the cinema and the special exhibition 'Designing the Beautiful Game'.

The Elftal twins Frank and Ronald de Boer, Switzerland's Alex Frei and Diego Benaglio and Albania's record player Lorik Cana also took an interested look at the World Cup memorabilia from over 100 years of football and World Cup history.

The trio of world champions had the privilege of once again holding the FIFA World Cup trophy in their hands, presented by museum director Marco Fazzone. The attacker and the two goalkeepers were also immortalised on the Wall of Champions with a gold pin and an autograph in the presence of FIFA Museum football experts Pascal Zuberbühler and Prisca Steinegger.

Iaquinta played five of the seven matches (1 goal) in the Squadra Azzurra's triumph at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, while team-mate Amelia was the third goalkeeper at that edition and did not play a match. Also the third goalkeeper in the squad, Weidenfeller remained uncapped in Brazil 2014.

Wednesday evening's event at the FIFA Museum was part of the Arosa IceSnowFootball tournament, which is being played since 2010. This year, the 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.