Phillip Lahm is not your typical footballer.
The German full-back-turned-midfielder will go down as a legend of German football when he retires, as along with being a truly world class player, he is also an extremely nice guy.
He's an intelligent person and carries himself with a level of class and dignity that few footballers can match, and this was perfectly exemplified in a brief clip from Bayern Munich's title celebrations.
As the crowd sang 'BVB sons of bitches', taking the piss out of their rivals Borussia Dortmund, Lahm put an end to that and instead lead them in a chant praising Bayern's successes.
Bayern fans sing 'BVB Hurensöhne' (BVB sons of Bitc*es), Lahm didn't like it and asked to change the chant pic.twitter.com/wsCe2pJyiP
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) May 16, 2016
It's the subtle things like that which separate Lahm as a proper captain. So much of modern football "support" is attempting to batter the already bruised egos of fans of other clubs, and less about celebrating one's own club's successes.
You won't get away with that carry on while Phillip Lahm is around. Fair play to him.
[via 101greatgoals.com]
