Walter Beckenbauer, brother of German and world football legend Franz Beckenbauer, warns that the world champion is not good” Due to the controversy over whether he bought votes, Germany remains chosen to host the 2006 World Cup.
The German public television channel ARD will broadcast in January a new program Documentary about Beckenbauer, winner of the 1974 World Cup as a player and 1990 as a coach, in which he will talk about his legacy, tarnished by suspicions of influence and his sporting successes.
The ’emperor’, aged 78, was accused of using his influence to help Germany buy FIFA votes to retain organizational rights to the 2006 World Cup. The accusations were not proven, but the legendary former defender retired from the public stage and now lives in Austria.
Walter Beckenbauer He claims that he does not appear in the documentary about his brother, but about former high-ranking German politicians, including the former Minister of the Interior and Finance Wolfgang Schäuble. He died this Wednesday at the age of 81 and was one of those who defended him.
If I said everything was fine now, I’d be lying, and I don’t like lying. Things are not going well, there are constant ups and downs.
“The scandal surrounding him today seems a bit exaggerated to me. He certainly made mistakes, which means that not everyone does everything right. In that sense he is also human,” he admitted. Schauble.
Former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer also states this in the documentation. The coach who became world champion in 1990 should not be ridiculed after he achieved so much in 2006.
The Germans wanted to organize the World Cup, and so did I, and we were happy that Franz Beckenbauer was there. In that sense, it is also hypocrisy in a sense. We must also blame ourselves. I don’t understand why people suddenly stop seeing Beckenbauer as the black sheep, even though he has done so much for our country.
(With information from Europa Press)
Source: La Neta Neta
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