Saturday saw Schalke 04 welcome local acquaintances Borussia Dortmund to the Veltins Arena for the Ruhr derby, which eventually played out as a 1-1 draw.
However, the breakout star of the game was the one lone Dortmund fan who managed to find herself stranded amid the home fans and an endless sea of blue shirts…
Photo: @MarcBartra/Twitter
Indeed, Dortmund defender Marc Bartra was so enamoured by the circumstances that led to the photo that he launched a personal Twitter search to track down the fan in question.
Using the #SheLovesBVB hashtag, the Spaniard asked his social media acolytes to help identify the supporter so he could present her with a match-worn souvenir for her troubles.
I want to meet this woman! Will you help me find her? I wanna gift her my shirt! Help me with RT + hashtag #SheLovesBVB @BVB #EchteLiebe 🙌🏼🐝 pic.twitter.com/ETh6cIJteR
— Marc Bartra (@MarcBartra) April 2, 2017
Less than 24 hours later, bingo – Bartra managed to get in touch with the woman.
In fact, she turned out to be Steffi, a Dortmund fan who is married to a Schalke-supporting husband, hence the sub-optimal seating arrangement.
Yesss!!🔔 🎯💥👏🏼 Thanks to everybody: fans, media… all of you! We’ve found our brave supporter! A promise is a promise, see you soon Steffi! pic.twitter.com/Cl2aXvWhGJ
— Marc Bartra (@MarcBartra) April 3, 2017
Sure enough, having ferreted out his mystery fan, Bartra once again promised to keep up his end of the bargain, implying that a signed shirt was in the post.
How simply wunderbar of him!