German soccer team sends masked man to stand in for manager

When the manager couldn’t pose for a photo op, German soccer team FC St. Pauli decided to get creative.

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FC St. Pauli manager Ewald Lienen is undoubtedly excited his team has just signed a promising young striker named Marvin Ducksch.

Here they are posing for a photo together. 

Tolle Nachricht: Der FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Marvin #Ducksch vom @BVB #fcsp 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Jnqgnvalt5

— FC St. Pauli (@fcstpauli) June 15, 2016

But wait a second, what’s up with Ewald’s face?

No, Lienen doesn’t suffer from some terrible facial deformity. He just wasn’t able to make it to the photo op, so the team decided to use a guy in a Lienen mask instead. 

Unikat! #ewaldmaske #fcsp #ducksch pic.twitter.com/J7xpdffLLq

— FC St. Pauli (@fcstpauli) June 15, 2016

Marvin, your thoughts?

All right then.

[via BBC]