I don't know if the poster on GoalHi indicated that this aritcle is not an original work, but a translation of the work of one of the best writer on German football who writes in English, Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger. (His book "Tor! The Story of German Football", is perhaps the best book on German football available to fans of German football who cannot read German.)
The original article, written in English, was first publish on ESPN's soocernet website in December 2009.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/col ... ope&cc=5901
This is a good translation, but I think the original writer should get credit for his work.
To those fans who can read English (but not German) and have the patience to read long, in depth articles, I strongly recommend that you seek out the writing of Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger and those of Raphael Honigstein.
P.S. 1
Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger also writes under the name Uli Hesse.
P.S. 2
Raphael Honigstein's work is also sometimes translated and posted on GoalHi. |