“At the end of 2022, the great player Pele died, now we say goodbye to another icon of world football, Franz Beckenbauer,” former Polish representative Grzegorz Lato, former president of the Polish Football Association, told PAP. .
“We played several matches against each other. I remember the goalless draw against Germany in Hamburg. Then the World Cup in Germany and the semi-final loss in difficult conditions. I blame our officials for agreeing to play the match in very difficult weather,” admitted Lato.
1. The legend of the Polish national team about Beckenbauer. “Great individuality of world class”
“Four years later, we faced each other at the World Cup in Argentina, drawing 0-0 in the opening match. Finally, the last match held in Munich, in connection with the 50th anniversary of the birth of Franz Beckenbauer, St. which Germany played against the world team”, says the top scorer of the 1974 World Cup, who scored seven goals at the German tournament.
Beckenbauer died Sunday, but his family said Monday. The famous “Kaiser” has been struggling with health problems in recent years. He was 78 years old.
“This great player is worth remembering for another reason. He won two World Cup titles. The first as a player, the second as a coach,” added Lato, who finished third in Spain in 1982. together with the Polish national team for the second time in the world.
mtu, PAP
