Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win' Gary Lineker Packed with exclusive interviews with key protagonists, Raphael Honigstein's book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football's success.
13th July 2014, World Cup Final, the last ten minutes of extra time. Germany forward Mario Gotze, receiving a floated pass from his international teammate Andre Schurrle, 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 Das Reboot, journalist and television pundit Raphael Honigstein charts the return of German football - 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 during the last World Cup? The answer takes him from California to Stuttgart, from Munich to the Maracana, via Dortmund and Durban.
'German football boasts not only the World Cup, but superb writers...A fine account of how Germany reclaimed hegemony' Guardian
Avec Dortmund comme avec Liverpool, Jürgen Klopp propose un projet de jeu efficace et spectaculaire. Portrait d'un des coachs les plus brillants du XXI siècle.
D'un tempérament bouillonnant, Klopp est l'entraîneur parfait pour transformer ses joueurs en vainqueurs. Authentique, accessible et drôle, charmant les médias et les fans, il est également impitoyable et exceptionnellement rigoureux. Sa passion communicative a rencontré la ferveur des publics de Dortmund et de Liverpool. Avec, pour point culminant, la victoire triomphale des Reds en Ligue des champions en 2019.
Grâce à des entretiens exclusifs avec les amis, la famille, les collègues et les joueurs de Klopp, Raphael Honigstein raconte l'histoire de la carrière de ce génie du gegenpressing, de la Forêt-Noire à Liverpool en passant par le FSV Mayence et le Borussia Dortmund.
L'auteur se rend dans les coulisses de Liverpool et relate comment Klopp a amené le club à la victoire.
