Full name: Tor!: The Story of German Football

Author: Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780954013455 095401345X

I love love LOVE this book! It is an absolute essential for a German football fan, particularly for me because this book retells the story from the beginning until right when I saw the Jungs for the first time: World Cup 2002. Like every good story, German football has its ups and downs, but Hesse-Lichtenberger somehow connects them smoothly while always shows how consistently German they are.I really love the part about the nation's sentiment towards Bayern München, because one of the first German song I've ever heard is 'Bayern' by Die Toten Hosen, which describes perfectly the hatred of a regular volk towards the giant club. One of my favourite parts is also when Bayern was facing MU in final CL 1999 when people from Germany and England support the opposite clubs (page 244).This book might work its magic for me because my fandom to German national team, but really, this is a very good football literature. Do pick it up if you love football and love to read! Similar books: Morbo by Phil Ball