![]() ![]() ![]() Then the final whistle blew, we all went home and, all things considered, the world was not a bad place to be. I had a few beers and a bratwurst, I applauded good moves and shook my head at bad ones while squinting against the sun. They hit the post, then scored to make it 3-2 and in the final 20 minutes it was thrilling end-to-end stuff, though even the best chances went begging. The home side, in fourth place when the game began, pulled one back early in the second half and proceeded to throw everything forward. Huge numbers of German fans turn out to watch their local teams on a weekly basis Soccernet ![]() The visitors, second from bottom, scored from a set-piece in the first minute and then, as the hosts piled on the pressure looking for an equaliser, added two goals from counter attacks for a stunning 3-0 lead at half-time. Publisher: Polaris Publishing Limited ISBN: 9781913538743 Number of pages: 352 Weight: 644 g Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 1 mm You may also be interested in.Last Saturday, I saw a cracking game. And even the radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann, whose ecstatic cries of 'Tor!' greeted the winning goal in the 1954 World Cup final and helped change a whole nation's view of itself.įully revised and updated ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Tor! is the definitive history of German football. Tor! challenges the myth that German football is 'predictable' or 'efficient' and brings to life the fascinating array of characters who shaped it: the betrayed pioneer Walther Bensemann the enigmatic genius Sepp Herberger the all-conquering Franz Beckenbauer the modern misfit Lothar Matthaus. Tor! (Goal!) traces the extraordinary story of Germany's club and international football, from the days when it was regarded as a dangerously foreign pastime, through the horrors of the Nazi years to postwar triumphs and the crisis of the new century. Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world. ![]()
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