![]() And even the radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann, whose ecstatic cries of Tor! greeted the winning goal in the 1954 World Cup final and helped change a whole nation s view of itself. 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 Matthäus. ![]() 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.
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