sexta-feira, junho 02, 2006
Wir sind wieder wer
For the Germans, knowing the impact of the World Cup goes far beyond football is a lesson they have understood since a rainy day in the Wankdorf Stadium in Berne, Switzerland, in the summer of 1954.
An unheralded West German team, caused a big sensation in world sport by defeating the apparently invincible Hungarians to win the trophy.
The victory led to an unprecedented outpouring of joy, not just in West but in East Germany too; the celebrations were encapsulated in the phrase "Wir Sind Wieder Wer" ("We are somebody again") and gave enormous psychological impetus to the building of the West German state.
Edited from BBC
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An unheralded West German team, caused a big sensation in world sport by defeating the apparently invincible Hungarians to win the trophy.
The victory led to an unprecedented outpouring of joy, not just in West but in East Germany too; the celebrations were encapsulated in the phrase "Wir Sind Wieder Wer" ("We are somebody again") and gave enormous psychological impetus to the building of the West German state.
Edited from BBC
