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Franz Beckenbauer & Gerd Müller , FC Bayern Munich 1976.
Rock & Footy by James Campbell Taylor
Nobody saw a wild wolf on the field. Disguised as an old woman, his fangs and claws hidden, he strolled along, making a show of showering innocent passes and other works of charity. Meanwhile he slipped unnoticed into the box. The net was bridal veil of an irresistible girl. In front of the open goal he licked his chops. And in one fell swoop he stood naked, then bit.
- Eduardo Galeano on legendary German footballer Gerd Müller.
As the author of El fútbol a sol y sombra, or Soccer in Sun and Shadow. Uruguayian journalist and writer Eduardo Galeano’s book offers a cultural history of the beautiful game, using his trademark poignant verse to shape history and politics and economics and personal experience into a sort of paper sculpture - beautiful, unexpected, and somewhat transient.
There’s a lot of darkness in the story Galeano tells - the “shadow” in the book title, as it were - yet he unfurls and shares his joy and love for the sport throughout. Football, for Galeano, was an intimate and indelible part of life - and more often than not, it represented the better parts of it. Galeano was more than a fan; he was a pilgrim, telling a story that was equal parts hard labour sentence, passionate love affair and fleeting moment of rapture.
Gerd Muller: Bayern Munich's German legend dies aged 75.
RIP Der Bomber
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (born 3 November 1945) is a German former professional footballer. A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is regarded as one of the greatest players and goalscorers of all time.
At international level with West Germany, he scored 68 goals in 62 appearances, and at club level, after 15 years with Bayern Munich, he scored a record 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and an international record 66 goals in 74 European club games.
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“Brazil has Neymar. Argentina has Messi. Portugal has Ronaldo. Germany has a Team.”