![]() ![]() His work gives an entertaining background to the significance of soccer in Germany through many different eras of its past. However this work shows the rich cultural insights that can be drawn from the realm of sports. Historians have traditionally focused on other aspects of German culture such as Music, Art and Film. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger’s narrative history Tor: The Story of German Football is one of very few books dedicated to German soccer in the English language. ![]() This new edition brings events up to date, examining the effect that hosting the 2006 World Cup had on the country, and how German club football has become the most talked-about in Europe, culminating in the 2013 Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. ![]() 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. 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 Matthäus. 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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