In retrospect, certain football games actually seem to have been more than football games. Germany’s final victory in the 1954 World Cup, for example, is described by fans of exaggeration as a kind of perceived founding moment of the Federal Republic. The Löw team’s 7-1 win against Brazil at the 2014 World Cup was less politically interesting and more psychologically interesting: because the expectations placed on the Brazilians in their own country were so immense that they ultimately had a narcotic effect. The preliminary round encounter between the Federal Republic and the GDR at the 1974 World Cup is more than just a football game; after all, the national teams from the two Germanys only met each other once. During the draw, the Schöneberg choir boy Detlef Lange, in his role as lucky fairy, ensured that the game of games was put on the table.
Football non-fiction: Ronald Reng about 1974 and the most important football game in history. – Culture
