{"id":1467,"date":"2018-06-19T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2018\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2018-07-26T12:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:27:02","slug":"moscow-the-ball-at-the-german-school-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2018\/2018\/06\/19\/moscow-the-ball-at-the-german-school-in-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"MOSCOW – The Ball at the German School in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Read this post in German<\/a><\/div>

It is the long awaited start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Ball is in Moscow. The Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES) team and its director Mirko Hempel are our fantastic hosts. We are preparing to run our workshop at the German School Moscow. Special guests are expected. We are hoping that one of the defending World-Champion German national team will be at the school. Unfortunately there are no players there, but the DFB President Reinhard Grindel and Dr. Reinhard Rauball, President of the DFL, are there. They hear all about The Ball\u2019s journey and then sign their names on The Ball. The FES\u2019s project coordinator, Konstantin Ponomarjow, joins The Ball night and day and sheds some light about the political restrictiveness of operating in Russia and his hopes for the World Cup. He suggests that \u201eMoscow has never seen this before\u201c, referring to the thousands of fans from all over the world, who are celebrating in the streets together with locals. \u201eWe hosted the Olympics in 1980, but the West boycotted it. Since then, there hasn\u2019t been anything like this. It is a chance, but also a danger\u201c. <\/p>\n

After The Ball left Moscow, we received the following message from our new friend Konstantin. We\u2019d like to share it with you: \u201cI would like to warmly thank the whole team of “The Ball-2018” for the project and my participation in it. You work very professionally and do everything to achieve the result \u2013 a new positive mood and better understanding of the global importance of football and our coexistence in this world. Sometimes we lack such small but striking and effective projects with team spirit for the whole world. Watching your work was great, taking part – even better. I will never forget some moments, such as our exchange of opinions in the circle at the German School in Moscow or playing with football fans from all over the world in Saradje Park with the Kremlin in the background.\u201d<\/p>\n

And we will never forget you Konstantin!<\/p>\n

\"Fu\u00dfballmatch <\/a>
Fu\u00dfballmatch vor sagenhafter Kulisse <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Im <\/a>
Im B\u00fcro der Friedrich Ebert Stiftung mit Mirko Hempel <\/div> <\/div>
\"Das <\/a>
Das Moskau Team: Martin. Anastasia. Joaquin, Konstantin, Andrew, Benny, Benni <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Auch <\/a>
Auch DFB Pr\u00e4sident Reinhard Grindel zeigte sich begeistert von dem Projekt “The Ball” <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Reinhard <\/a>
Reinhard Rauball unterzeichnet The Ball <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kopfb\u00e4lle <\/a>
Kopfb\u00e4lle auf dem roten Platz <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Workshop <\/a>
Workshop in der deutschen Schule <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Tausende <\/a>
Tausende Argentinier in den Stra\u00dfen Moskaus <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Andrew Aris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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