What a lovely man! Being born and bred in England in the 70’s and really taking to football in the 80’s we were always taught to hate the Germans because of the last two world wars, glad to say it didn’t take me long to break out off that bigoted and discriminatory rhetoric especially towards people who played no part in it and Klinsmann and Klopp (yes I’m a Liverpool fan) are proof that wonderful people with great hearts and attitudes towards the world and the people on it can come from anywhere including Germany & when you delve into the history books so many wrongs have been done in the world by so many from so many places least of all England/Britain who’s past and present actions are still effecting the world today! “He without sin, shall cast the first stone” as they say,!
In what part of England were you 'taught to hate the Germans.' As an Englishman from the North East I was brought up to radically respect Germans and Russians because of the war.
I have fond memories of watching Klinsmann growing up. He was an amazing striker and such a nice, humble guy who had every right to be arrogant but wasn’t. True gentleman of the game 👏
Not really....he won already trophies with Giovanni Trapattoni, Lothar Matthäus and Andreas Brehme at Inter Milan....taking the Seria A Title away from Diego Maradona and his Napoli. He also was already World Cup Winner.... Oh man, I loved him at FC Bayern München...he held for years the record for most goals in the Uefa Cup competition and literally single handedly won the Uefa Cup against Zidane & Lizarazu's Girondins Bordeaux....after two battles against FC Barcelona. It's kind of interesting that his greatest success was ALWAYS connected to Lothar Matthäus playing in the same Team...
When i was a kid watching 1990 world cup, i saw kilnnsman, as this big man mountain figure up front for west germany So weird when your a kid looking at sport stars But when you get to adult life, you understand klinnsman was just an average sized man I always remember that, and he was amazing in 1990, when that west german team came of age. What a manager they also had in beckenbauer, amazing that he captained west germany to world cup, and then managed them to same feat Very few could ever have done this But klinnsman was so great in 1990 Even though he signed for spurs in 90s, as i supported arsenal till 2002 when i was young, the 1990 and 1996 tournaments is what i remember him for. I will always remember when i was a kid in 1990 seeing klinnsman and thinking he was this big massive man, and then when later i became an adult understanding he was just an average sized man Weird, it must of been the aura he had in 1990 Most people will not understand this. Even though he signed for the english team i hated i just ignore that, even footballers as good as him can make dumb decisions.
Why nothing about his stint at Bayern with the many ups and downs, scoring the most goals in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup and winning the trophy and not only hitting goals, but also batteries 2 m big?
Vogts was such a bad coach. Always blaming others when he lost to the weakest teams. The Euro '92 should have been won. The WC '94 could have been won. In '98 they were old, but still should have done much better
