

Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. 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 Matth 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! (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. He writes for FourFourTwo, ESPN and the Blizzard and lives in Germany.Book Description Paperback. H essens Ministerpräsident Boris Rhein (CDU) fordert in der Diskussion um eine Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie in Deutschland eine Beteiligung der Bundesländer.


About the Author: Uli Hesse is an expert on German football and the author of Tor! The Story of German Football, the first extensive English-language history of German football, Who Invented the Stepover? And Other Crucial Football Conundrums and Bayern: Creating a Global Superclub. But it also tells the story of those people who have done as much for the club's profile as any player, coach or chairman - Dortmund's unique supporters. How did this happen? How could a club that hasn't won a European trophy in twenty years so thoroughly capture people's imaginations? Building the Yellow Wall tells the story of Dortmund's roller-coaster ride from humble beginnings and lean decades to the revolution under Jürgen Klopp and subsequent amazing success and popularity. Every fortnight, an incredible number of foreigners eschew their own clubs and domestic leagues and travel to Dortmund to watch football, while people from all corners of the world dream of doing the same - of standing on the largest terrace in the world, the Yellow Wall. Now they are an international phenomenon - one of the most popular clubs and fastest-growing football brands in the world. WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 Towards the beginning of the twenty-first century, Borussia Dortmund were on the verge of going out of business.
