For the past two years, the TV presenter and model, who grew up in Italy, has been happy to stay out of the spotlight as the footballerâs career has taken him around the world, from captain of Manchester City to midfielder for Barcelona, alongside leading the German national team.
âCompetitions like these bring people together,â says Sara, 28, who will watch Germanyâs opening match, against Scotland in Munich, alongside her Italian parents and Turkish in-laws. âI love seeing everyone singing the national anthem and cheering for their country.â
Ilkay, who is of Turkish heritage but was born in Germany, is excited, too. âIâm really looking forward to the tournament,â he tells us. âThe fact that I can lead my team onto the pitch as captain in my own country makes it even more special and I am very proud of that. I can hardly wait for it to finally start.
âWe have big plans in front of our fans. Not many players get the privilege to play such a huge tournament at home.â
HOME DRAW
After the Scotland match, Sara will return to Barcelona, the familyâs home for the past year, with their one-year-old son Kais.
Glitzy nights out on the town, once de rigueur for footballersâ spouses during major tournaments, appear to be a thing of the past; it was in Germany at the 2006 Fifa World Cup when the term WAG (wives and girlfriends) came into common use as Victoria Beckham, Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney stole column inches from the playersâ performances on the pitch.
But Sara struggles with the persistent stereotype of footballersâ partners as being nothing more than glittering trophies.
âYou never read anything positive, only what theyâre wearing, where they go and that they donât work. Thereâs this idea that someone has just got lucky.
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