L'After Foot L'After Foot

La minute de Polo Breitner : Comment Beckenbauer est devenu manager de la sélection anationale ? + Helmut Benthaus et son voyage aux USA en caravane !

Sep 28, 2026 · 2m

Summary

The episode explores the 1984 German football landscape, drawing a parallel between Jürgen Klopp’s recent appointment and Franz Beckenbauer’s controversial rise to the national team. The host details how the newspaper Bild orchestrated a massive campaign to install Beckenbauer, despite him lacking the necessary coaching licenses. A key anecdote reveals that Stuttgart coach Berti Vogts, who had just won the Bundesliga, was initially the favorite but was overlooked because he was unreachable on a road trip in the United States.

Topics discussed

Winamax My Match advertisement Introduction of the German music segment Comparison of Klopp and Beckenbauer appointments The overlooked story of Stuttgart coach Benthaus Bild newspaper's role in Beckenbauer's selection Preview of upcoming Klopp media debate Dazn La Liga advertisement
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