Franz Anton Beckenbauer, Born in Munich in 1945, he died this Monday at the age of 78. The former German player, coach and manager, a legend of German football, passed away after several weeks in which his health deteriorated. In recent years he has undergone two heart surgeries, and he himself once assured that he should be careful about that. This Monday he said goodbye, leaving a huge void Germany and in the world of football itself.
Apart from heart surgeries, in recent years he also underwent hip surgery and lost sight in one eye due to ocular infarction. And last August, Lothar Matthausanother of the great legends of German football, has warned of the health problems he is going through Beckenbauer. “We wish him to return to his old self, with the same energy. Franz always said that health is the most important thing in life and right now he has no good one,” he said a few months ago. Matthaus.
The player who best laid the position of libero, which has disappeared in today’s football, is considered one of the best defenders in history and managed to accumulate in his record two Ballon d’Ors, occupied in 1972 and 1976 respectively. Furthermore, in 2020 he was included in the historic Dream Team of the award along with other legends in the history of football.
In collective terms, he has many titles under his belt, highlighting that it is with the Brazilian Mario Zagalloalso died a few days ago, and in French Didier Deschamps one of three people capable of winning the World Cup first as a player and later as a coach. A true football legend is leaving.
Source: La Verdad
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