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Liberos might not exist but Beckenbauer’s soul is still integral part of modern football

It was a slap that changed the course of German football. Growing up in Giesing, a war-ravaged working-class suburb of Munich, now in the vicinity of the Olympic Stadium, young Franz Beckenbauer was a pacy centre forward who wanted to play for 1860 Munich, the strongest German club in the 1950s. But as destiny charted, during an U-14 game for local team SC 1906, he was fiercely marked and supposedly slapped by Gerhard König, the 1860 youth team defender. In anger, he refused to join 1860 and signed for then minnows, Bayern Munich. At Munich, a sharp youth coach realised that he was so skillful and quick, he was prone to rugged tackles and injuries. So he decided to hide him in the midfield, probably knowing that the kid was so intelligent and technically sound that his attacking prowess...
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From knives hurled at him to persisting with a broken collarbone, the tales that put Franz Beckenbauer with Pele and Maradona as football’s greatest

He may not have conformed to the established archetype of a global phenomenon of a footballer – the likes of which came and since his time have come from Brazil and Argentina – but Franz Beckenbauer is one of the most important figures to have revolutionalised the sport in the 20th century. The German seemed natural on the ball and yet, his was a reputation grafted on hard work rather than god-gifted talent, on technique rather than skills.In a world that had already witnessed Pele grace the field and was about to witness the greatness of a Diego Maradona, Beckenbauer instilled the value of practice and repetition – and yet, looking effortless. And it was in his elegant beliefs that the German football would craft its image in the years to come. But for the boy who grew up in a bombed o...
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Football’s all-conquering Emperor, German great Franz Beckenbauer no more

Franz Beckenbauer not just embodied the ideals of German football, its fabled tenacity and indefatigability. But he was German football itself.One of just three men to have lifted the World Cup as both player and manager, he was arguably the greatest footballer his country has produced, the man who reinvented the role of a defender in the game. He was arguably the greatest leader on the football pitch his country has churned out, whose single-minded defiance upset one of the greatest football teams of all time, the Total Footballers of Johan Cruyff; he was also a legendary manager too, the spiritual figurehead of a raft of managers from his country. A bigger nod to his personality could be that he stopped Cruyff as a player, and strangled Diego Maradona as a manager. England’s Bobby C...
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Franz Beckenbauer dies: German football legend nicknamed ‘Der Kaiser’ passes away at age of 78

German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has passed away at the age of 78, media reports said on Monday. The German football great helped his country win the Football World Cup both as player and as a coach. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that my husband and our father, Franz Beckenbauer, passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, Sunday, surrounded by his family,” Beckenbauer’s family said in a statement to German media organisation dpa. “We ask that we be allowed grieve in peace and spared any questions.” The statement did not provide a cause of death. As a player and coach, Beckenbauer did more than most to shape German football. He captained West Germany to the World Cup title in 1974. He also coached the national side that won the 1990 World Cup final against Argenti...
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German World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer dies at 78 | Football News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany's greatest soccer players, who led the team to World Cup triumph in 1974 and then secured another victory as the manager in 1990, has passed away at the age of 78, according to a report by the German news agency DPA on Monday.Beckenbauer, renowned for his grace and commanding presence on the field for West Germany and Bayern Munich during the 1960s and 70s, was instrumental in introducing the central defensive sweeper role, showcasing calmness on the ball and effortless distribution in his midfield performances.Having earned 103 caps for West Germany, he achieved success by winning the 1972 European championship and later clinched the World Cup on home soil, redeeming the loss in the 1966 final to England.During the mid-1970s, Beckenbauer's B...
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Kaka welcomes Lionel Messi to ‘Triple Crown’ club

Brazil legend Kaka welcomed Lionel Messi to the “Triple Crown Club,” an elite group of players who have won the World Cup, the Champions League and at least one Ballon d’Or. The Argentine now has the World Cup along with 7 Ballon d’Ors and 4 Champions League winner’s medals. “Welcome to the club, Leo Messi,” Kaka had posted in his Instagram story as reported by SPORTbible. The PSG superstar scored 2 goals in the World Cup final, one from penalty and one from open play before club teammate Kylian Mbappe scored a hattrick to drag the match to penalties with the score tied at 3-3. Argentina would ultimately go on to win the match and the cup after defating the French 4-2 in the shootout. Messi became the latest to join that list which has the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer,...