Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World Audiobook (Free)

‘Football is a simple game; 22 males chase a ball for 90 a few minutes and at the end, the Germans always win’ -Gary Lineker

13 July 2014, World Cup Final, the final 10 minutes of extra time: Germany forward Mario Götze, finding a floated move from his international teammate André Schürrle, jumps slightly to meet the ball and pillow it with his chest. Landing on his remaining foot, he takes a step with his correct, swivels, and in one fluid motion, without the ball touching the ground, volleys it past the about Das Reboot: How German Soccer Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World onrushing Argentine goalkeeper in to the significantly corner of the web. The target wins Germany the Globe Cup for the first time in almost twenty-five years. In the aftermath, Götze appears dazed, struggling to comprehend what he did.

In Das Reboot, journalist and tv pundit Raphael Honigstein charts the come back of German football through the international wilderness of the past due 1990s to Götze’s moment of genius and asks how did this happen? How did German football transform itself from its effective, but unappealing and defensively minded customs to the free-flowing, attacking soccer that was on screen in 2014? The answer will take him from California to Stuttgart, from Munich to the Maracaná, via Dortmund and Durban. Packed with unique interviews with the main element protagonists, Honigstein’s publication lifts the lid for the secrets of German football’s achievement.