This is André Schürrle. He’s a very, very good footballer. A lot of people would recognise him as a star for both Wolfsburg and the World Champion German national team. This German web TV host, however, did not.


Sofia Kats, from gaming channel Rocket Beans TV, was pranked by her colleagues into doing the interview, which she thought was with Counter-Strike player Christian Chmiel. Schürrle does a great job of keeping up appearances, with the interview lasting around 1:45 before everyone kinda breaks down.

Redditor sueha has a rough trasnslation of the opening exchanges: