Tournament director Philipp Lahm is hoping for a sustainable “fairy tale 2.0” when Germany hosts the football European championships in two years time in a repeat of the home World Cup from 2006. “You can’t plan it but that there is a fairy tale 2.0 is the hope of everyone,” he told dpa in Munich. “We can ensure from our side that it is well organized, that it’s modernly organized – with all the topics that are now definitely bigger than in 2006.” Germany’s surprise run to third place at the World Cup 16 years ago is known locally as the ‘Sommermärchen’ – summer fairy tale – both for the team’…

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