Football International press reviews on the death of Franz Beckenbauer
The German football legend died on Sunday at the age of 78. photo
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Franz Beckenbauer is dead. International media bow to the football emperor.
International media write about the death of football legend Franz Beckenbauer.
Great Britain
“The Telegraph”: “Franz Beckenbauer: A groundbreaking central defender and football’s best thinker. With the death of the great West German captain, football loses the last representative of a generation of players who became global TV superstars”
“The Guardian”: “Franz Beckenbauer was the consummate footballer and a winning coach (…) He had one of the best and most distinctive nicknames of all time, and like his contemporary, Eddy “The Cannibal” Merckx in cycling, his nickname was fitting “The Emperor” suited him perfectly and served to introduce him in advance.”
“The Sun”: “THE EMPEROR Franz Beckenbauer was a German football machine whose eyesore off the pitch could not overshadow his greatness on it.”
“Daily Mail”: “Most who knew him well will remember his excellence on the field, his outstanding footballing intelligence, the elegance with which he moved, the joys of his company and the invaluable knowledge that he possessed we learned from conversations with him.”
Spain
“AS”: “He was a footballer who kicked the ball with ease and looked almost provocatively elegant. The game from the back started with him and he made it socially acceptable, with Bayern and Germany all behind in the first half of the 1970s He later celebrated triumphs as a coach. He was a world champion not only on the pitch, but also outside in a suit, like Zagallo and the Frenchman Deschamps.”
“Marca”: “There has never been another like him, neither before nor since. The figure of the eternal emperor is incomparable.”
“Mundo Deportivo”: “”The Emperor”, a cross-border idol of several generations and a footballer who everyone wanted to emulate.”
Netherlands
De Volkskrant: “Franz Beckenbauer’s nickname says everything about his status: The Emperor. The Kaser because he was the boss, the leader. He loved power and had the gift of words. He divided and ruled as a footballer and later in his Career as a national coach and official.”De Telegraaf: “This class, combined with the respect that he always showed others, made Beckenbauer the most popular German footballer in the Netherlands after the Second World War. Added to this were his achievements as a coach.” France
“Le Parisien”: “Franz Beckenbauer will forever belong in the category of immortal sports personalities.”
Italy
“La Repubblica”: “Farewell to Franz Beckenbauer, one of the few players from the past who would not be out of place in today’s football.”
“Corriere dello Sport”: “For the boys of the 20th century, Franz Beckenbauer was the symbol of class and elegance. And for the Germans, he was above the chancellor and below God.”
“La Gazzetta dello Sport”: “He was probably the best libero in the history of football, having started his career as a midfielder.”
“Corriere della Sera”: “He brought his football, that of the 1970s and the footballers who won a World Cup on the pitch, back to life and revived the same joy as a coach. Football without the “Kaiser” loses something historical.”
Austria
“Kronen Zeitung”: “The German football legend, who became world champion as a player and coach, got his nickname in Vienna! It happened in 1971: As part of a friendly match between Bayern and Austria, Beckenbauer was next to the bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I was photographed.”
“Today”: “The nickname (note: “Kaiser”) only became established thanks to an Austrian photographer. Herbert Sündhofer photographed Beckenbauer next to the statue of Emperor Franz Josef I in Vienna. The picture was so popular in Germany that the From then on, the 78-year-old was nicknamed “The Emperor”. The nickname would forever be the German’s trademark.””Der Standard”: “Beckenbauer was able to look back on one of the greatest careers in world sport, but the affair surrounding the awarding of the The 2006 World Cup scratched the myth of the emperor. After the summer fairy tale, there was a rude awakening about an unexplained payment of millions by the World Cup organizers. The then OC boss Beckenbauer could not be proven to have committed any wrongdoing, but doubts about the controversial World Cup award were never dispelled .”
“Kurier”: “Franz Beckenbauer is dead: Football has lost its emperor”
Switzerland
“Blick”: “A shock for friends, acquaintances and fans.”
“Tages-Anzeiger”: “He brought success and elegance to the Germans. In every heroic story in the leading role: Franz Beckenbauer managed everything with ease. In his lightness, he was the German that doesn’t actually exist.”
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