The high school graduates from the Bertolt Brecht School in Nuremberg got a surprise just in time for their maths Abitur.
Ilkay Gündoğan wished them good luck in a video.
Nuremberg - That was probably one of the biggest surprises that the high school graduates of the Bertolt-Brecht-Gymnasium in Nuremberg have ever experienced.
At the beginning: Today, Tuesday, the students took their math Abitur.
A horror for many of them.
National soccer player Ilkay Gündoğan * must have known that because he sent the high school graduates from his former school a message of greeting.
The city of Nuremberg published the 33-second video on the video platform YouTube, with which the football professional at Manchester City encouraged the students.
Surprise for Nuremberg high school graduates: National player Ilkay Gündoğan sends greetings to the math graduation
He's sitting casually in front of a gray-brown wall with a black T-shirt and messy hair and speaks into the camera.
“I send you my best regards from Manchester,” says the 30-year-old.
"I heard that today is your math graduation, so I wish you all the best."
In the video: Ilkay Gündoğan wishes Nuremberg high school graduates the best of luck
As Gündoğan continues, he was once a student in Nuremberg *.
“Perhaps not everyone knows, but I was a student at the Bertolt Brecht School until 2011 and did my Abi in math, among other things.
Accordingly, I know what kind of situation you are in right now. ”He wished the students the best of luck and immediately sent health wishes afterwards.
Footballer Ilkay Gündoğan was himself a student at the Bertolt-Brecht-Gymnasium in Nuremberg
Ilkay Gündoğan was born in Gelsenkirchen in 1990, but came to the Franconian metropolis for his time at 1. FC Nürnberg from 2009-2011.
The Bertolt-Brecht-Gymnasium was his school home until his Abitur, after which the midfielder got a contract with Borussia Dortmund.
He has been on the pitch for Manchester City since 2016.
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