I was at the 2006 World Cup final at the Olympische Stadion, Berlin. It was a very dull game between France and Italy, who won on penalties. Shame Germany didn’t make the final.
I was at the Australia-Italy game in Kaiserslautern. Don’t get me started about Italy’s “penalty” which was right in front of me. I was nearer than the ref to the incident and we clearly saw Grosso’s trickery.
Steve Murray
4 months ago
He first came to our attention when, along with Bobby Charlton (but much younger), he lit up games during the 1966 World Cup tournament. Both acting on their manager’s instructions, they cancelled each other out in the final.
Four years later in the Mexican quarter-finals, an aging Charlton was substituted with England leading 2-0. Beckenbauer gained his revenge for ’66 by taking control and forcing a 3-2 win.
Steven Carr
4 months ago
Beckenbauer’s imperial, Kaiser-like attitude meant he had people who didn’t like him.
But the same could be said about any Bayern Munich player, except perhaps Gerd Mueller.
Franz was certainly much better liked when he represented Germany than when he represented Bayern.
Bayern project an awful arrogance and there is lots of Schadenfreude among the ABB when they lose.
A wonderful player; one commentator said that with him playing it was like having a coach on the pitch as well as one on the sidelines.
P.S. Bayern probably owe almost everything to FB as they were not the main team in Munich when he started playing – that would have been 1860 Munich.
Christopher Barclay
4 months ago
Most East Germans supported West Germany over East Germany.
I was at the 2006 World Cup final at the Olympische Stadion, Berlin. It was a very dull game between France and Italy, who won on penalties. Shame Germany didn’t make the final.
I was at the Australia-Italy game in Kaiserslautern. Don’t get me started about Italy’s “penalty” which was right in front of me. I was nearer than the ref to the incident and we clearly saw Grosso’s trickery.
He first came to our attention when, along with Bobby Charlton (but much younger), he lit up games during the 1966 World Cup tournament. Both acting on their manager’s instructions, they cancelled each other out in the final.
Four years later in the Mexican quarter-finals, an aging Charlton was substituted with England leading 2-0. Beckenbauer gained his revenge for ’66 by taking control and forcing a 3-2 win.
Beckenbauer’s imperial, Kaiser-like attitude meant he had people who didn’t like him.
But the same could be said about any Bayern Munich player, except perhaps Gerd Mueller.
Franz was certainly much better liked when he represented Germany than when he represented Bayern.
Bayern project an awful arrogance and there is lots of Schadenfreude among the ABB when they lose.
A wonderful player; one commentator said that with him playing it was like having a coach on the pitch as well as one on the sidelines.
P.S. Bayern probably owe almost everything to FB as they were not the main team in Munich when he started playing – that would have been 1860 Munich.
Most East Germans supported West Germany over East Germany.