FC Bayern is rarely happy about opposing goals - especially not when they have scored arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund.
But with a special BVB goal even Herbert Hainer was on fire.
The Bayern boss has now explained the background in the Allianz Arena.
Bayern boss: Win over younger people for cancer screening
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The president and the team: Herbert Hainer poses in front of the aluminum player figures that have been sold for cancer research.
FCB increased the proceeds to a total of 16,000 euros.
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The ball wriggled in the net on February 4th.
Goal scorer: Sébastien Haller to 3:1 against Freiburg.
“It was a stroke of luck that he scored his first goal back from cancer on World Cancer Day.
We were also very happy for him at FC Bayern.
The rivalry with Dortmund and the fight for the championship fades into the background,” said Hainer, noticeably moved, at a media event in the Bayern Museum in the Allianz Arena.
There the Bayern boss handed over a donation check for 16,000 euros to the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BZFK).
The money comes from the sale of life-size aluminum player figures, with FCB topping up the proceeds.
Much more important than the donation, however, was Heiner's Bayern message to all fans and those who have yet to become one:
“We at FC Bayern want to draw attention to the topic of cancer prevention.
It is important to sensitize younger people in particular to this.”
The cancer shock cases from Baumgartl to Richter to Ebbe Sand
The background: Even young people are not immune to cancer - not even top-fit professional footballers.
In addition to Haller, Timo Baumgartl (Union Berlin), Marco Richter (Hertha BSC) and Ann-Katrin Berger from Chelsea recently had to digest shock diagnoses.
Heiner also remembered ex-Schalke Ebbe Sand.
"He fell ill with cancer at the age of 25 and has just celebrated his 50th birthday." In this context, cancer experts are also encouraging many other sufferers.
Today, in many cases, cancer can be treated very effectively.
Although a cure is not always possible, cancer can often be at least reduced to a chronic, easily controllable disease.
Early detection and prevention are crucial.
In addition to the Bayern boss, this was particularly emphasized by the representatives of the Center for Cancer Research.
Bayern's back four against cancer
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Advertising for cancer prevention (from left): moderator Katrin Müller-Hohenstein, Prof. Martin Tepel, Prof. Roland Schmidt, Susanne Kagermeier and Prof. Thomas Bein.
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Cancer is a nasty enemy.
Every year around 500,000 people receive this shock diagnosis in Germany alone.
In their offensive against the widespread disease, FC had a back four on the media podium in the Allianz Arena with a strong medical team: team doctor Prof. Roland Schmidt from Munich's Barmherzige Brüder Hospital, Prof. Martin Tepel, Prof. Thomas Bein and Susanne Kagermeier, all of them from the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research.
The talk show was moderated by TV journalist Katrin Müller-Hohenstein.
"In the fight against cancer, it's like in the Champions League: You can only win as a team," said Klein, the Augsburg university doctor who presented the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research - a research network of all university hospitals in the Free State.
“We want to give people everywhere in Bavaria access to the latest cancer medicine.
This also includes prevention and early detection with the most modern values.” FC Bayern is a valued partner in this respect.: “This club not only stands for football, but also for values and social responsibility.”
The key message about cancer screening is not: You have to go now.
It is much more important: you get something out of it if you go!“
Professor Thomas Leg
That's how important colonoscopy, mammography and skin cancer screening are
Prof. Bein - himself suffering from cancer - reminded how extremely effective cancer prevention can be.
Colon cancer, for example, can be almost 100 percent avoided.
That is why it is very important that you regularly go to colon cancer screening from the age of 50 at the latest.
These include a test for hidden blood in the stool and, above all, a colonoscopy.
Suspicious precancerous stages, especially so-called polyps, can be detected and removed immediately.
Mammography for early breast cancer detection and skin cancer screening are also important weapons against tumor diseases, emphasized Kagermeier, who is in charge of the BZFK's citizen hotline.
Everyone can get advice there free of charge on 0800/8510080: “Everyone can do a lot.