After an all-night celebration, the Mainz team finally left their hotel in Berlin after lunch.
By the time the team returned to Mainz, it was already evening.
They were met by waiting Mainz fans the moment they got off the highway.
There was one rather awkward problem.
In the history of Mainz, winning a championship was a virtually unprecedented event.
As a result, they were completely unprepared for it.
After the team won the title, they scrambled to find an open-top bus for the parade but couldn't get ahold of one.
They finally managed to rent one from Frankfurt, but it still had to be hastily painted in Mainz's colors.
By the time the team arrived at Bruch Road Stadium, the freshly painted open-top bus was just arriving from Frankfurt.
Everyone changed their clothes, and holding the DFB-Pokal trophy, they boarded the bus and began the slow procession toward Gutenberg Square in the Old Town District.
The entire route was lined with cheering Mainz fans.
