Franz Anton Beckenbauer, gone today. RIP
That's two real legends of their respective sports in the same day, JPR and Beckenbauer.
Franz Beckenbauer
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Der Kaiser ist tot. Lang lebe der Kaiser.
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an incredibly talented player; but sadly a complete shit, & crook of an administrator, & that is what will define him.
I don't think it will define him.fishfoodie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:45 pm an incredibly talented player; but sadly a complete shit, & crook of an administrator, & that is what will define him.
Football is by far the most popular sport in the world, they reckon one and a half billion watch the FIFA World Cup Final. Millions flock to games every weekend, no one gives a shit about the money in football and where it comes from.
Football fans will remember the player, not the administrator
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Despite inflicting the biggest sporting trauma in their history on the country in 1974, he was well-respected and even liked in The Netherlands. Marco van Basten is on record saying how deeply impressed he was with Beckenbauer's behaviour after the Dutch beat Germany (coached by Beckenbauer) in the Euro 1988 semi-final in Hamburg. Says a lot about the man.
Don't know much about his administrator era. What did he (allegedly/definitely) do?
Don't know much about his administrator era. What did he (allegedly/definitely) do?
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Worked hand in glove with Blatter taking bribes & fixing votes for World Cup bids, & of course avoiding taxes on said bribes, etc, etc.clydecloggie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:41 pm Despite inflicting the biggest sporting trauma in their history on the country in 1974, he was well-respected and even liked in The Netherlands. Marco van Basten is on record saying how deeply impressed he was with Beckenbauer's behaviour after the Dutch beat Germany (coached by Beckenbauer) in the Euro 1988 semi-final in Hamburg. Says a lot about the man.
Don't know much about his administrator era. What did he (allegedly/definitely) do?
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This. He had the status of a demigod in Germany. Could talk the dumbest stuff in interviews, even confirmed doping during his playing days, he called it "Vitamin injections", yet nobody cared and he forever remained the Kaiser.