German World Cup documentary uses quote from FAKE Steven Gerrard's Twitter account

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A fan-made Twitter account of Steven Gerrard has noted that a film about Germany's World Cup success includes one of his quotes believing him to be the real Liverpool icon.

My tweet was quoted in the offical German DFB wodl cup movie as a real Steven Gerrard quote - https://t.co/0GfPSJmG98 pic.twitter.com/0bZhrejwBF

— Steven Gerrard (@iSteven8Gerrard) November 12, 2014

DFB, the German football association, have commissioned a documentary based on Germany's triumphant World Cup campaign in Brazil in July.

Titled Die Mannschaft, the trailer opens from a quote from Gerrard.

Brazil have Neymar. Argentina have Messi. Portugal have Ronaldo. Germany have a team!

— Steven Gerrard (@iSteven8Gerrard) July 8, 2014

Problem being, Gerrard DOES NOT have Twitter and it was simply a fan account commenting on the German victory on the microblogging site.

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