AMD 3 Michael Nizinski

For this AMD I watch a short documentary on Franz Beckenbauer. I will not write everything about his life and accomplishments because I do not think anyone is that interested in his life and that would be a drie page papia.  Fran Beckenbaur was and still is regarded as Germany’s best Foßball player of all time. He was born 11, September 1945 in Munich. When he was acht Jahre alt he saw the West German team win the world cup, he regarded them as his heroes. The first club he joined was S.C. Munich 06. By the time he was driezehn Jahre alt the team dissolved. Er speile für Bayern jung team. The coach of this team, Chick Kocovski (which I am not sure is the correct spelling) was like a father to him. After exceling there he joined Bayern’s regional south league and two years later made his first debut in the 1966 World Cup playing for West Germany. West Germany made in to the finals against England. England had won 4-2 which upset Franz but he also thought that they should have won.  After that match a Munich journalist gave Franz his nickname “der Kaiser” which means “The Emperor”. In 1968-69 he won German foßball player of the Jahre award and introduced a new position to the game. The new position was called the “libero” which is also known as the “swiper”. In 1970 West Germany made in to the quarter finals against England were they won 3-2. The next match after that was against Italy, Franz had dislocated his shoulder and was taken out of the game. He said it was the most intense match he had ever watched. West Germany ended up losing the match but soon after he was named captain of the National World Team (West Germany). He won his first trophy as captain for West Germany against the USSR in the 1972 European Championship. In 1974 the World Cup was held in West Germany. The team almost didn’t play because of conflict with the federation and the players, which would have been embarrassing to West Germany to host the World Cup and not have a national team playing. That same year West Germany won the World Cup and the team immediately went home to celebrate with their wives that they had barely seen for months on end. From 1974-76 the club team Franz speilt fur Bayern Munich won drei straight Jahres the European Championship with Bechenbauer as captain. He had lost the next Jahre and retired from all leagues in Europe because he was struggling with personal matters. Er decided to go to New York and play for the New York Cosmos.  He won drei NSAL titles with them and then returned to Europe to play again for Hamburg. There he suffered many injuries and decide to retire again. In 1984 he became the manager for West Germany and taken them to a World Cup again. Now in his old age, he is an Ambassador of foßball in Germany.