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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.
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352 Pages
11-August-2022
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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.

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.

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 Matthus. 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.

Fully revised and updated ahead of the 2022 World Cup,Tor!is the definitive history of German football.

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    ISBN-13
    9781913538743
    Author
    Uli Hesse
    Publisher
    Birlinn
    Published
    11-August-2022
    Format
    Paperback / softback
    Pages
    352

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    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.

    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.

    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 Matthus. 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.

    Fully revised and updated ahead of the 2022 World Cup,Tor!is the definitive history of German football.

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