Dusseldorf (Germany), June 13 (EFE).- Chief, formidable and everlasting footballer, forward of his time in protection, champion of every part, Franz Beckenbauer, the ‘Kaiser’, was the primary German to raise the Euro Cup trophy, in 1972, because the captain of that memorable group that additionally reached the world summit in 1974 and was a European finalist in 1976.
Ballon d’Or in 1972 and 1976, winner of three European Cups with Bayern Munich, between 1973-74 and 1975-76, champion of 5 Bundesligas, 4 German Cups, one European Cup Winners’ Cup, two Intercontinental Cups and even in the US United, his legend transferred to the German group (he performed 103 video games since his debut on September 26, 1975), to his nation or to the Bavarian membership, to which he devoted 539 video games, with 55 targets, from 1964 to 1977.
He goes far past the Euro Cups or the World Cups, as a novel participant within the historical past of soccer, the most effective in historical past, who received the primary of the three trophy for the German nationwide group at continental degree, then as West Germany. , with Beckenbauer alongside Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Hottges, Georg Schwarzenbeck, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness, Herbert Wimmer, Günter Netzer, Jupp Heynckes, Gerd Müller and Erwin Kremers within the line-up that received the 1972 remaining towards the Soviet Union 3-0.
«The 1972 group was the very best I’ve coached»remarked Helmut Schön, the coach who led Germany to the 1972 Euro Cup title, but additionally to the 1974 World Cup.
He received the primary on June 18, 1972 on the Heysel stadium in Brussels, the place Franz Beckenbauer additionally received his first European Cup at membership degree two years later with Bayern Munich towards Atlético de Madrid.
The German group beat the USSR 3-0, with two targets from the magnificent Gerd Müller (65 targets in 50 video games in his profession with the ‘Mannschaft’) and one from Herbert Wimmer. Unstoppable. And European champions.
Winners of the World Cup two years later, Franz Beckenbauer performed his second and final European Championship in 1976, with decrease expectations than within the 1974 World Cup or the 1972 continental championship.
«After profitable the European Championship in ’72 and the World Cup in ’74, the group was a bit down; “Gerd Müller and Overath now not performed for the nationwide group, as a result of a few of these nice gamers now not performed in 1976,” Beckenbauer recalled previously in statements to the official UEFA web site.
«That left a void that nobody might fill. Who might take over after Gerd Müller? No one. “The identical with Overath,” added the legendary Franz, the captain additionally of West Germany who appeared within the 1976 finals within the former Yugoslavia, the place his group beat the host within the semifinal 4-2 to succeed in one other remaining.
Within the decisive match, on the Pink Star stadium in Belgrade, Germany tied a 2-0 deficit (2-2). Czechoslovakia scored first twice, by means of Svehlik and Doblas. After which the German group, once more led by Schön, reacted with targets from Dieter Müller, within the twenty eighth, and Holzenbein, on the verge of the tip.
The duel went to additional time… And to penalties, for the primary time within the historical past of the Euro Cup (beforehand a tiebreaker was performed within the occasion of a tie within the remaining of the event). Germany fell 5-3, with Antonín Panenka’s well-known shot within the ninth of the set.
«We defeated Yugoslavia within the semi-finals after additional time and reached the ultimate, the primary to be selected penalties. We weren’t ready for penalties. We did not count on it. “We misplaced,” Beckenbauer recalled from his final Euro Cup sport.
That 12 months, the ‘Kaiser’, even with that defeat within the remaining, was awarded the Ballon d’Or.
Iñaki Dufour
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2024-06-14 06:46:40