One of Germany's players has damaged their FIFA World Cup trophy! And the culprit remains a mystery.

DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach
has confessed that the cup given to
them this summer by Fifa did not
survive the team's victory
celebrations unscathed
The chief of Germany's football
association (DFB) has revealed that
one of the team's triumphant players
has damaged their World Cup trophy.
Joachim Low's men defeated
Argentina 1-0 in the final after extra-
time to win the inter-continental
tournament for the fourth time in
their history, following on from 1954,
1974 and 1990 victories.
The Mannschaft were welcomed home
from Brazil to jubilant scenes and
toured Berlin with the trophy during
midweek, however, they may have
celebrated a little bit too hard as their
World Cup trophy has been damaged
by an unknown member of the
Germany team.
"At one point, a small piece of our
World Cup trophy was chipped off,"
DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach is
quoted by Die Welt as saying. "But do
not worry! We have specialists on the
case who can fix it.
"We have investigated persistently
who it was that damaged the trophy,
but the investigation was concluded
without a result."
Luckily for Germany, the cup they
have been given by Fifa is just a
replica of the World Cup trophy they
were presented with at the Maracana
on July 13, which is estimated to be
worth over €10 million.
Fifa - it would seem wisely - tends
not to trust football associations with
the trophy after the original World
Cup award, the Jules Rimet trophy,
had a history of being a target for
thieves before being stolen for good in 1983 from Brazil.