a bit irritating is the scene already, such as the legend of plods on the training ground of FC Bayern at the Säbener Strasse, a net full of balls on your shoulder, he then to this young man who wants to be a legend and you should all hold on to the ears, throws and shoots. But that’s his job: “Sepp”, was Munich’s Manager Uli Hoeness said his many years of sport, “Sepp, you’re now set. I have committed to the Oliver Kahn from Karlsruher SC, grinding him to diamond.“ The Rest is history, from the young man Kahn, the Titan was.
But the legend of this Sepp, Maier’s last name, which will be on Thursday, 75 years old. There have always been legends in German gates, Heiner Stuhlfarth, Toni Turek, Hans Tilkowski, but none was ever as successful as Sepp Maier. Also the successor, Toni Schumacher, said Mr Kahn, Manuel Neuer, it will probably not also, Sepp Maier it will remain. What he has achieved everything and won, would go beyond the space of this newspaper, he gives to him the world champion, European champion, German champion, European Cup winners ‘ Cup and DFB-Pokal-winner. Everything is correct, most of it several times, but yet so little, to appreciate these Josef Maier.
On the way to the world title. Sepp Maier (2. from left to right), in 1974, was the great support of the national team.Photo: AFP
“The cat of Anzing” he was called. Why, is not entirely clear, he was born in Metten in lower Bavaria, and the local dialect, he still speaks. Probably one would call it today, also the cat from Wembley, but at the time, the 1966 world Cup in England, Maier just a replacement for Hans Tilkowski. Who knows, the cat would have chased the British Hurst the Ball may be easy to advance from the foot, and us, a decade-long discussion saves.
Maier has his prophetic abilities
preserves, Finally, he knew, as a striker tick, to wanted to in the beginning of his career, he is to become one But that was no matter, the main thing is the Ball was in the game. A football, one of them, as he had him traded to a children’s birthday party with his older brother. Had a Ball given to the Sepp only a wrist watch. Tempi passati, or we tell so: Whether there is a Karl-Heinz Rummenigge today would exchange a Rolex against a filthy Ball?
Maier is still see from time to time at the Säbener Straße. He is a bit weathered in the face, as it may be 75, but the mischievous Smile takes him no more age. But most of the time he spends in South Tyrol, lives there, plays Golf, quite passable, as is Hiking on the mountains, on foot still, and enjoys it, to be a legend.
Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeness, Bayern grandees, always call Gerd Müller, the scorer, as a pioneer of Munich’s success story, and forget Sepp Maier. Really has kept everything that was to hold, and has, as before, as he knew in advance where the Ball came flying, his prophet preserved skills He has lost his Job as a Federal goalkeeping coach under Jürgen Klinsmann, because he had spoken out against Jens Lehmann, the competitors of his pupil, Oliver Kahn. Then he said ten years ago, in an Interview in advance that this Kahn will probably serve at some time as Chairman of the Executive Board of FC Bayern. As such, Uli Hoeness, Kahn has proposed these days.
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Sepp Maier, now 75 years old, congratulations from here, was ahead of its time. Only the duck that had lost on the field of play, the escaped him at the time, had wings. The cat from Anzing, only paws.
