THE NEW BOOK BY OSKAR BECK:
“UND ALLES WEGEN ALI”
The stories that Oskar Beck has written down do not only tell of heroes and radiant winners in sport. He portrays people in an entertaining and sensitive way. As a journalist, he has met many of them personally. Oskar Beck is a humorous and incorruptibly critical contemporary witness of developments in sport and society.
The book is written in German language.
Latest articles
World Cup in Switzerland 1954: “Friedrich, it’s raining!”
1954 World Cup Final: It was weather to make heroes. And Friedrich ‘Fritz’ Walter loved such bad weather.
World Cup in South Korea 2002: “It’s going to hurt for a few days”
It was his only mistake at the entire World Cup in South Korea: can the flawless Oliver Kahn cope with this?
World Cup in Spain 1982: “Arrest them all”
A dark day in World Cup history: the disgrace of Gijón. Oskar Beck tells how he witnessed this scandal live.
World Cup in England 1966: “I could see the insult on his face”.
Rudolf Kreitlein invented the yellow and red card out of self-defence at the 1966 World Cup.
World Cup in England 1966: “This greedy Kraut”
The goal that wasn’t a goal. Oskar Beck tells the story of how Helmut Haller stole the Wembley ball and sold it back to the English.
World Cup in Mexico 1970: “Ita-lia! Ita-lia!”
Football was never more wonderful and terrible than the match of the century at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
World Cup in Germany 1974: “Block E 2, Standing, Price 15 Deutschmarks”
Diego Maradona: “I have seen God”
They say that Diego Maradona was able to do things that a human being cannot do – and at some point, the day came when he believed them.
Jogi Löw: “They will have to chase me out of football”.
Jogi Löw is resisting to hand over the reins. The national coach does not realise that it is time to go.