The boot with which Mario Goetze struck the World Cup-winning goal this year has raised €2m (US$2.45m, Dhs8.99m) for the German charity event “A Heart for Children”, the organisers revealed on Saturday.
Amazing! @MarioGoetze‘s left boot from the World Cup final has raised €2 million for charity! http://t.co/bxICgcjMuc pic.twitter.com/VIqiXIDIeA
The 22-year-old Bayern Munich star donated to the charity the left boot with which he scored the only goal, in extra-time, aginst Argentina and seal Germany’s fourth World Cup title in Brazil.
All of the money will go to the German charity which helps disadvantaged children.
“That is overwhelming, I would have never dreamed of such a figure,” Goetze told German daily Bild.
UNFASSBAR! RT @BILD: Der WM-Schuh von @MarioGoetze bringt 2 Mio. Euro für @BILDhilft! http://t.co/8zWf4yRLdF pic.twitter.com/RH7Db6jxIB
— Mario Götze (@MarioGoetze) December 6, 2014
“Two million is such a huge sum, the good thing is that it’s for a good cause and not just for a boot.”
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