Two Rainer Bonhof trademark-freekicks/long-range shots: Müller's third goal from the 1974 World Cup final which was ridiculously disallowed by the English referee Taylor for alleged off-side (Müller was easily 1.5 meters on-side):
It really is mind-boggling that millions still somehow believe that Holland was 'robbed' in that final. Amazing how well the anti-German propaganda worked in all these years (well, not really surprising on second thought, for various reasons). It seems like the less people are around who have actually seen that match, the more believe that myth.
i saw one guy write on one forum that it was a freak result where if they played 10 times, holland would win 9
You'd be surprised, even a considerable number of Germans themselves believe this myth. It's probably some kind of 'guilt complex' - not only the traditionally rather difficult standing of 'patriotism' in post-WW2 Germany, but feeling "guilty" for being "too successful'; it's difficult to explain, thousands of psychologists made a living from this... One of the biggest myths regarding German football is that Germany was primarily so successful due to their superior will power and mental strenght. Up until this day, quite a few Germans believe that other nations are 'superior', but we compensate for that with our great mental strenght and winning mentality. This way of thinking had disastrous consequences in the past decade - if you actually believe that your winning mentality and superior fitness are 'enough', you can neglect the footballing side of things, hence the total lack of a professional youth setup just a few years ago. A lot of Germans basically believed their own stereotype. I call it German romanticism, just like Brazilians believed for decades that their 'superior flair and technique' alone would prevail (until the 'pragmatic' Parreira won the WC in 1994, after 24 years without a title).
I think it was heart. Growing up I could watch Germany take the field and immediately know if they would win the game. You could tell from their manner and the way they played. They played with heart and with pride.
I think that can be applied to a few NTs. Italy never won a World Cup playing catenaccio (even though some idiots sadly believe it) and Argentina didn't really win their World Cups by playing like Argentine sides in the most traditional sense.
Maybe, but did Italians and Argentinians believe that themselves? That's the point. Not the stereotype itself is the main problem, but the consequences it had in this country - the total neglect of professional youth coaching (especially the technical / footballing aspect of the game) for years. AFAIK, both Italy and Argentina had / still have an excellent youth setup, and Germany just caught up in the last few years.
A very fine goal scored by Mönchengladbach's Danish striker Henning Jensen after a superb assist by Horst Köppel in a 1973 Bundesliga game against Bochum:
Now "they" have done the same to Pimpelhuber's video collections. His awesome compilations of Rummenigge, Matthäus, Hässler, Möller, Basler as well as his mid-80s Bundesliga compilations are all deleted, as is his account. Damn those copyright bastards.
Non-Goal of the year 1983: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Hans-Günter Bruns at the Munich Olympiastadion vs Bayern.
Here's the report on the complete game, the sound is a little bit crap though: I regard this as the prime example of a Bayern 'Dusel' game.