‘A natural born leader!’ Remembering Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer | ESPN FC

ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti reflects on the life of Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer after he died at age 78.
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[@KaiserM3]

Thanks for everything you did for us Kaiser, Germany,Bayern and football fans. One of the most dominant players ever, one of the greatest. A player who took Bayern from Bundesliga 2 (second division) to win it all in Europe. Rest in peace absolute legend

[@martydav9475]

Well said and absolutely correct: Pelé, Beckenbauer and Cruyff - three giants of football.

[@AlexandraMuller-ob6fi]

Now the playing together in heaven

[@sp33dybozohi86]

Don’t forget maradona

[@minhtri649]

@@sp33dybozohi86 I agree, but Pele, Beckenbauer, and Cruyff were pioneers.

[@sp33dybozohi86]

@@minhtri649 are you referring to founders of modern football?

[@KaiserM3]

​@@sp33dybozohi86 watch the end of the vídeo

[@geraldbutler5484]

The libero,the sweeper,the Kaiser. What a magnificent player!

[@hilalabbas]

One of the greatest and classiest players ever.

[@tsimoi273]

I remember him from the 1990 WC standing at the end of the his team's bench, watching his team and being the calmest person in the stadium.

[@sabine1470]

True legend.

[@kentgrady9226]

That NY Cosmos squad made a lifelong football fan out of a six year old boy from Omaha, Nebraska. Today, that boy is a 53 year old man, tapping away on a KZbin comment board. Even in the autumn of their careers, those men remained living legends of the game. I once read that the aggregate transfer value of the Cosmos, adjusted for inflation and the present market value of players of that stature, would be well over a billion dollars. In other words, they would be the second most expensive club in the world, trailing only Manchester City. Danke vielmas, Herr Beckenbauer. Ich werde niemals vergessen.

[@j.f.almeida9081]

Didier Deschamps, Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo are the only ones to win the Fifa World cup as a player and manager. Zagallo died 2 days ago and ESPN ignored.

[@CactusJack60]

He's playing football in heaven with all of his contemporary Legends now. 🕊️⚽

[@DisasterArtist1997]

one of the best Players of all time

[@anavilla7134]

BECKEN, TE QUEREMOS Y ADMIRAMOS. BESO Y ABRAZO GRANDES A SUS FAMILIARES Y AMIGOS, DESDE MÉXICO.

[@sellmyhousesoon4283]

I remember watching him on TV wearing that arm sling and playing with confidence. What the different era.

[@MohamedHussien519]

Football lost a true legend

[@P.K...]

Rest in peace 🙏

[@bishalparasar8623]

Respect button for Beckenbauer ........ 😢❤ 👇👇👇

[@chaosdemon1870]

What a legend ❤

[@allenlopez9731]

Lovely eulogy to an all-time football great.

[@uconnapharm]

While Beckenbauer started his careeras a midfielder ; he made his name in the world as a central defender who created the philosophy of the modern day sweeper

[@AthosRac]

One of the best of the game!

[@sino7282]

he was an absolute world-class savage

[@tasinxeditz5868]

Respect for Beckenbauer 👇💔😭

[@Lee.Hsien-Yung]

Now Franz Beckenbauer has calmed down and is together with Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Pele and Bobby Charlton in heaven.

[@InglesDinamico100]

Within one year lost 4 legends , pele, zagallo , beckenbauer and bob charlton.

[@andreaperrone6478]

God is making his dream team.May he rest in peace

[@hartmutthomas989]

Beckenbauer hat viel für den Deutschen Fußball getan . Das bleibt großartig .

[@weissomar185]

The great defender of all time.

[@juppderwal918]

His teammates were warriors. He danced football.

[@mjm5081]

🙏 ✌ ❤ 🇩🇪 🌎 ⚽ 👏 Franz

[@aidanaalok9459]

🇩🇪👑💖

[@Toofunyy]

The greats are all disappearing

[@LILY_WHITE_LOVER]

“As you look down from Heaven onto all of the fields you ever set foot upon, I hope you smile at the lives you have touched and the legacy you have left. May God place his hand on your shoulder and say, “Well done”. -Anonymous Fly High Brother❤👆🏻🏅

[@chuckding5590]

Brilliant player. Lost to England in 1966 by one controversial goal and one non controversial goal. I know, it's England, not Italy.

[@ptkarl]

That is not true , the 4:2 was also irregular, people where on the pitch

[@luperamos7307]

Italy wasn't even good enough to compete with his team in 1966 and 1974. Nor at the 1972 Euro. So that comment is quite laughable already. In 1970 Italy won 4-3 after extra time with Beckenbauer having his arm in a sling. But Germany beat England 3-2 after extra time in the quarterfinal whereas Italy beat Mexico 4-1 or 4-0. Italy was well rested and broke apart at the end of the game vs Brazil bc that semi vs Germany had worn them down.

[@LordHighness]

​@@ptkarl Cry 😭

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

​@@LordHighness that's true though. There was even a police horse on the pitch too soon

[@tasinxeditz5868]

🙏

[@lamiasekkal1891]

Un grand joueur qui a echape a la justice.maradona,pele,cruyff etc etaient plus propres moralement

[@acechump3284]

😥

[@captainsmoke1612]

First and last like you'll ever get from me, ESPN.

[@lamiasekkal1891]

Un grand joueur certes mais il a ete a une affaire de coruption et c'est dommage

[@TheCdecisneros]

Wasn't very nice to the young American players on the cosmos particularly Ricky Davis.

[@LordHighness]

Probably frustrated by their incompetence.

[@NeilMalthus]

0:36 *"Where they were only beaten by a controversial goal"* Gab "wrong, again" Marcotti - They lost by TWO goals. It was 4-2. SMFH

[@omarbiro4398]

Yeah but it was that specific goal from Hurst which put them on front and changed the course of the game. It's almost the same with english fans crying after Lampards dissalowed goal even tho the match ended 4:1 to Germany and Germany was the better team troughout the game even tho in that period and a crossbar hit shortly after, England was slightly on top.

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

Fans were pouring onto the pitch as Hurst moved towards goal for the fourth. Play should have been stopped immediately. Two controversial goals. Asterik should replace the one star

[@christopherarancibia3333]

@@omarbiro4398 the disallowed goal in the last 16 match between England and Germany in 2010 WC was a goal clearly. the score would have been 2-2 and anything could have happened.

[@NeilMalthus]

Ah right, so apparently people want to re-write history for Germany's / Beckenbauer's / Marcotti's sake? Sometimes this self-respect of mine is such a burden! ;) :D

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

@christopherarancibia3333 sure. Gareth Barry still searching for his lungs on the pitch in the wake of Özil. Emblematic of the entire game.

[@amma9518]

Franz backenbauer gerd muller Lothar Matthaus philipp lahm Jurgen Klinsmann toni kroos Oliver bierhoff ulf kirsten

[@KaiserM3]

Stop insulting German football putting Kroos name there, are you a Madrid fanboy?

[@amma9518]

@@KaiserM3 kroos iz a good footballer he ain't a bad footballer like ur thinking toni kroos iz one of the greatest German footballerz

[@KaiserM3]

@@amma9518 hahahahaha of course not little Madrid fanboy, he was garbage every single time for Germany, he is not even close to Schweinsteiger or Müller for example, after Schweinsteiger retirement Germany went down badly, with Kroos as the main midfielder, he was a garbage, in 2010 when Müller couldn't play semifinals in WC it was Kroos his substitute and ruined a very open goal against Spain face to face with the keeper....in 2018 it was him losing the ball against Mexico and Korea that send Germany out the phase group.... He is not even a leader just a ball passer side to side. As I said stop insulting German football Madrid fanboy

[@P.K...]

​@amma9518 Kirsten? 😂 he's not even in top 50 In Germany

[@amma9518]

@@KaiserM3 kroos iz a better footballer than schweinsteiger

[@christopherarancibia3333]

I'm not disrespecting Beckenbauer when I type this, but Germany was given the world cup in 1990, as if it were a Christmas gift. Andreas Brehme dived to the ground looking for that penalty call. Gabriel Calderón gets tripped and the ref doesn't consider that a foul? If Caniggia did not get that yellow card versus Italy we would've been back to back champs. Then again, FIFA could not afford the Sky blue & white to win because Italians would have rioted no doubt. It is all good though we got that long awaited 3rd cup on December 18, 2022.

[@worldcupbroadcaster]

Did you even watch the full game? Argentina was just destroying the game foul by foul, Germany dominated Argentina.

[@alexanderhansen6134]

"Andreas Brehme dived to the ground looking for that penalty call..." You know that the foul was against Rudi Völler?!😂😂😂

[@tsimoi273]

Maradona was handled by just one defender, #6 Guido Buchwald. Arg was outclassed in that game.

[@noname-ot7vd]

Don't trigger the sensitive germans on here.

[@christopherarancibia3333]

@@alexanderhansen6134 that's what I meant to type, but yeah I know.

[@yoelpachuco6875]

Why do these people always fail to mention Gerd Müller??? He dominated Johan Cruyff in that era but somehow Cruyff has the status Gerd Müller deserves😂

[@martydav9475]

Muller was a finisher but not much else: he didn't have anything like the sublime skills, creativity and leadership of Cruyff. Muller was a member of the orchestra but Cruyff was the conductor of the orchestra.

[@yoelpachuco6875]

@@martydav9475whaaaaat😂😂😂 are you kidding me😂 Franz Beckenbauer said it best: when we didn’t know what to do with the ball we gave it to Gerd and he created a play. He was the most complete attacker ever. Look at his assists lol

[@yoelpachuco6875]

@@martydav9475 Müller outshined Cruyff every year other than 1971. 1970,72-76 he was the best player in the world

[@garywright9715]

@@yoelpachuco6875 Oh this is the place for a pissing match. Try and put your perspectives in order.

[@yoelpachuco6875]

@@garywright9715 🤡

[@tonywilliams7152]

The greats are all disappearing