Tag: Franz Beckenbauer
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FIFA Congress fully backs reform process
Budapest-Hungary, May 25, 2012: South Sudan, Chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the FIFA Congress, which convened today in Budapest (Hungary) for its 62nd edition, gave its full support to the current reform process of football’s world governing body and to its continuation until the 2013 Congress according to the established road map. At…
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Beckenbauer reminisces about class of ’72
Switzerland, April 10, 2012: From the “father figure” of Helmut Schön to the “phenomenal” Gerd Müller, Franz Beckenbauer looks back on a golden era for the West Germany team he captained to 1972 glory. A Rolls Royce of a sweeper in an equally majestic West Germany side, Franz Beckenbauer looks back on the team he…