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Thread #96236 Message #1878997
Posted By: Wolfgang
08-Nov-06 - 08:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: 1966 and all that
Subject: RE: BS: 1966 and all that
No one is forced to see a film about something in history that does not interest him. There are films made about events even much longer back in history.
Every German football fan older than 50 still can't hear these words without crying: Er hat den Ball - verloren diesmal, gegen Schäfer. Schäfer nach innen geflankt. Kopfball - abgewehrt. Aus dem Hintergrund müsste Rahn schießen - Rahn schieß:t - Tooooor! Tooooor! Tooooor! Tooooor!
1966 gave the German language a new word: Wembley Tor (Wembley goal)