The German Machine. Bayern, the Bundesliga, and the Mannschaft: How Germany Turned Failure Into a System
M. Muñoz
M. Muñoz · AI-narrated by Martin (from Google)
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Germany did not become a footballing superpower by accident, and it did not stay one by luck. The German Machine follows the alternating story of Bayern Munich and the national team — the Mannschaft — from the improbable 1954 “Miracle of Bern” and the imperial decade of Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller, through the disorientation of reunification and the public humiliation of Euro 2000, into the academy reforms that rebuilt German football from the youth level up. It follows that rebuilt system through the 2014 World Cup title and the viral 7–1 rout of Brazil, while resisting the comfortable myth of an innate “German mentality.” Along the way, it examines Borussia Dortmund as the league's necessary rival, the Bundesliga's fan-protecting 50+1 ownership rule, full stadiums sold at some of Europe's lowest prices, and the pressing doctrine that carried German coaching ideas from Ralf Rangnick to Jürgen Klopp and beyond German borders entirely. A rigorous, clearly organized account for readers who want to understand not what Germany won, but which specific institutional decisions actually made winning repeatable.
Germany did not become a footballing superpower by accident, and it did not stay one by luck. The German Machine follows the alternating story of Bayern Munich and the national team — the Mannschaft — from the improbable 1954 “Miracle of Bern” and the imperial decade of Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd...
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