Die Mannschaft

The film's official trailer starts with the words "Brazil have Neymar. Argentina have Messi. Portugal have Ronaldo. Germany have a team!" (in German: "Brasilien hat Neymar. Argentinien hat Messi. Portugal hat Ronaldo. Deutschland hat eine Mannschaft!"), credited to Steven Gerrard. An official press release by the German Football Association (DFB) even called this phrase the central idea for this film. The original source for this words was a tweet by a Twitter account named "@iSteven8Gerrard", published on 8 July 2014, the night of the world cup match between Germany and Brazil. However, this account is not run by Steven Gerrard, but by a Liverpool F.C. supporter called Seumas Beathan. Media from around the world, but especially in Germany, took up the sentence and credited it to the real Gerrard.