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Das Reboot
- Author
- Raphael Honigstein
- Narrator
- Charlie Anson
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 24 September 2015
- Run Time
- 9 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
‘Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win’ –Gary Lineker
13 July 2014, World Cup Final, the last ten minutes of extra time: Germany forward Mario Götze, receiving a floated pass from his international teammate André Schürrle, jumps slightly to meet the ball and cushion it with his chest. Landing on his left foot, he takes a step with his right, swivels, and in one fluid motion, without the ball touching the ground, volleys it past the onrushing Argentine goalkeeper into the far corner of the net. The goal wins Germany the World Cup for the first time in almost twenty-five years. In the aftermath, Götze looks dazed, unable to comprehend what he has done.
In Das Reboot, journalist and television pundit Raphael Honigstein charts the return of German football from the international wilderness of the late 1990s to Götze’s moment of genius and asks how did this come about? How did German football transform itself from its efficient, but unappealing and defensively minded traditions to the free-flowing, attacking football that was on display in 2014? The answer takes him from California to Stuttgart, from Munich to the Maracaná, via Dortmund and Durban. Packed with exclusive interviews with the key protagonists, Honigstein’s book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football’s success.
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Fantastic ... Honigstein's detail is superb
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Honigstein tells the story with panache and exactly the same kind of eye for detail he's writing about
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An excellent chronicle
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Honigstein […] is an engaging and informed guide
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Illuminating and insightful… whether you are a football hipster or not, this is worth reading
Daily Mail
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German football boasts not only the World Cup, but superb writers…A fine account of how Germany reclaimed hegemony
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A rich and gripping overview of how a decaying superpower worked over-time to replant and replenish its footballing roots.
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Details
- Author
- Raphael Honigstein
- Narrator
- Charlie Anson
- Duration
- 9 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 September 2015
- ISBN
- 9781473536814
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Association football (Soccer), Sports teams and clubs, History of sport
Synopsis
‘Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win’ –Gary Lineker13 July 2014, World Cup Final, the last ten minutes of extra time: Germany forward Mario Götze, receiving a floated pass from his international teammate André Schürrle, jumps slightly to meet the ball and cushion it with his chest. Landing on his left foot, he takes a step with his right, swivels, and in one fluid motion, without the ball touching the ground, volleys it past the onrushing Argentine goalkeeper into the far corner of the net. The goal wins Germany the World Cup for the first time in almost twenty-five years. In the aftermath, Götze looks dazed, unable to comprehend what he has done.In Das Reboot, journalist and television pundit Raphael Honigstein charts the return of German football from the international wilderness of the late 1990s to Götze’s moment of genius and asks how did this come about? How did German football transform itself from its efficient, but unappealing and defensively minded traditions to the free-flowing, attacking football that was on display in 2014? The answer takes him from California to Stuttgart, from Munich to the Maracaná, via Dortmund and Durban. Packed with exclusive interviews with the key protagonists, Honigstein’s book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football’s success.
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