article_snippet: Around half the victims of the plane crash in the French Alps are believed to be Niersbach
article_snippet: Niersbach said in a short statement on the governing body's website: 'It is the one clear thought which overshadows everything else. '
article_snippet: We owe It to the victims and their families that the football family share in the football family grief.'
article_snippet: National team manager Oliver Bierhoff added: 'We are deeply saddened and stunned.
article_snippet: We thoughts are with the families of the victims of the French Alps plane crash.'
article_snippet: Bayern Munich also observed a minute's silence after the fatal crash in the French Alps .