Alonso: The standout Predator was coming out, it was like the big day
Lahm: You were always waiting for the latest release until finally the new one came
Alonso: I wear them as a professional. Oh, did you not play in them?
Lahm: When was that?
Alonso: 2004, Euro Portugal?
Alonso: I remember because I wear these ones in the Istanbul final.
Alonso: I wore this one, they are in the Anfield museum with the boots that I scored the goal.
Alonso: Yeah, so it has a nice story this ones. Each time I see the images I still feel the tension
Alonso: and the responsibility of such a big moment and you know
Alonso: probably my history or my Liverpool history would be different had I not scored that third goal.
Alonso: But you know I am still feeling nervous, I get goosebumps, when I see the goal.
Lahm: First of all the colour of the boot was different at that time.
Lahm: I was allowed to play in a gold version of the boot, meaning the designed in gold.
Lahm: To play a World Cup in your country is one of the most thrilling things you can experience.
Lahm: The most important tournament in football with your fans, well that is fantastic.
Lahm: On top of that, to score a goal in your home town in the first match of the tournament is the jewel in the crown.
Lahm: There is nothing like it and don`t forget, I wasn`t known as a "goal scoring machine.”
Lahm: It's something special to win the league and cup double in Germany
Lahm: and you must remember that it was a big surprise that we made it to the Champions League final
Lahm: in Madrid against Inter Milan.
Lahm: We lost the Champions League final as we all know,
Lahm: but it did not affect our World Cup preparation.
Lahm: We went to the World Cup with a young team that really got on well together in South Africa.
Lahm: Of course we had some experienced guys sidelined due to injury, but the youngsters did the job.
Lahm: Unfortunately we were kicked out in the semi-final by . . . well?
Alonso: I remember your defeat.
Lahm: It was close, a tight game, but
Lahm: unfortunately, we went out … against Spain
Alonso: Two years before we had won the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland
Alonso: and we had the feeling that could be the chance for us to lift the World Cup trophy for the first time.
Alonso: Of course it is the biggest challenge
Alonso: and you need to prove your best against the best countries in the world.
Alonso: It was history to lift the World Cup trophy for the first time,
Alonso: for me this trophy doesn’t compare to any of the other ones.
Lahm: Memories are not that good regarding the Champions League final in 2012, of course.
Lahm: We played at home in Munich.
Lahm: Here you see it is written on that boot: MIA SAN DAHOAM (We are at home).
Lahm: It is an incredible experience to play a Champions League final in your home town,
Lahm: in your own stadium against Chelsea.
Lahm: Looking at the boot I can say it was an outstanding event, but with the wrong result.
Lahm: For you?
Alonso: No, it’s ready for you.
Lahm: We had reached the semi-final in 2006, the 2008 European Championship final
Lahm: the 2010 World Cup semi-final, at the 2012 European Championship again the semi-final
Lahm: – then the moment comes that you more than ever want to win the title.
Lahm: The dream came true in 2014.
Lahm: It was an incredible feeling to climb the stairs, to lift the trophy in an arena like the Maracanã,
Lahm: later you continue to celebrate on the pitch – incredible.
Alonso: It was very important for me that year because after so many years,
Alonso: after five years chasing the Champions League, La Decima with Real Madrid
Alonso: it meant so much for each of us to be able at last to grab the Champions League the club and for the supporters, it was amazing.
Alonso: It was so intense during those years so it was like a big relief for all of us
Alonso: that we were able to be part of Madrid history.
Alonso: I love this boot. I remember playing great years - 2002 - with this one,
Alonso: so when I saw that it was coming back before finishing I had like a big…
Alonso: I got emotional and I got so excited.
Alonso: I am really looking forward to wearing it again.
Alonso: Most of the players of our generation they remember this boot and they like it so much.
Alonso: I’m going to enjoy it.
Lahm: We had to go through many different colours over the years,
Lahm: We always wanted black or white [boots], now it’s champagne
Lahm: For us it is like a special part of history – maybe the youngsters don’t know about this boot,
Lahm: but for us it is part of history. Call it romantic
Lahm: It is great to have the boot around on the last stretch of our career.
Alonso: The last ones. The last rock stars.
Alonso: We are the last rock stars left of our generation the other ones are gone.