The Germania and the world of soccer I forgive the most great German footballer of history. TO 78 years old is dead Franz Beckenbauerfor all the Kaiser, the emperor. Winner of world Cup as a player (1974) and as a coach (in Italy in 1990), he was a legend of Bayern Monaco, with which he won everything. Considered by many to be the strongest defender of all time, he was certainly the strongest of his generation, when in the 1970s he dominated European and world football with the Bavarians and the German national team.
Beckenbauer’s death was officially announced on Monday at 5.12pm. However, the former footballer had been ill for some time and his last public appearance dates back to last April. The weekly The mirror only a week ago he raised the alarm about the Kaiser’s critical health conditions, due to the many problems he had suffered in recent years: two heart operations, hip surgery and an eye infarction. In addition to the disease Parkinson with associated dementia. Without forgetting the pain of the loss of his son in 2015 Stephanjust 46 years old.
One exquisite style combined with the proverbial concreteness German: Beckenbauer’s career is that of a mito of football, capable of go beyond every era. Raised in Bayern, he won everything in Munich between 1964 and 1977: 4 times Bundesliga4 times the German Cup, three times the then Champions Cup. Without forgetting one Intercontinental and a Cup Winners’ Cup. The triumphs with the club are joined by those in National. Beckenbauer diventa symbol e faro of a team, that of Germania West, capable of marking a generation. Second ai World Cup 1966, those won at home by England. Third ai World Cup 1970those of the match of the century Italy-Germany 4 to 3. Then victorious in 1974, at home, in front of your audience. In the middle also a European won (1972, in Belgium) and another lost in the final against Czechoslovakia in 1976.
Triumphs that also led Beckenbauer to win by a landslide twice il Golden Ball (1972 and 1976): the first defender to do so. This is also why the Kaiser is still considered the central defender today stronger than any era. After the second Ballon d’Or, in 1977 he moved overseas to N.Y. Cosmos: wins three championships in New York too. Then he also takes away the whim of winning another Bundeslinga withHamburg (1981/82), before returning to the USA to end his career as a footballer. His coaching career still led him to lift trophies: he won the 1993/94 German championship and the 1995/96 UEFA Cup, again with Bayern Munich. The great triumph as a technician however he arrives first, a Italia 90: he is the coach of the German national team who is celebrating in Rome. He also lifted the World Cup as a coach, a satisfaction achieved only by him, Mário Zagallo and Didier Deschamps. Beckenbauer also takes away the whim of organizing a World Cup, the one in 2006 where Italy celebrated in Berlin. Then, since 2009, he has been honorary president del Bayern Monaco.