Efficiency.
Brutal
Ruthless
efficient again....
ich ich ich
Panzerman, panzerman
I could hardly speak after Dortmund, soon to be eviscerated by fully tax compliant Bayern Munich, followed them with a powerhouse performance, I've struggled to watch in snippet form on YouTube.
Then I read the first match reports this morning and the 'e' word emerged.
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| Rafa Honigstein's spiritual predecessor |
German football up the the late 70's was as carefree, physical, damn it, as fun as last night and last Tuesday. But not many people want to hear it in our part of the world, for it exposes an offensive ignorance of the whole central European culture of football. The person I blame however, for turning every match report involving a Bundesliga side into a fugue of Plath's most harrowing work is Lothar bloody Matthaeus. A man so steady, so physical, so reliable. Eff...well, you get me. He was all that, but, like a 1982 Ford Fiesta that just keeps going, he was as boring as hell, and likewise you could hear him coming two blocks away. Thanks God he retired and is a distant memory. After this week, he is for sure.
Boring old Lothar, we have had to kill you. Efficient German football, we're through. Just tell the copy editors, ok?
