Defeat in Munich could threaten the positive feeling the manager has fostered around the squad, but he deserves better
in 1954. The glorious era that followed belonged to the powerhouse teams of Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthäus. And the dapper and mild-mannered head coach, Sepp Herberger, turned out to have been a Nazi. But apart from that.It is hard to know what to take from the current slew of deathly close-season England internationals, other than a generalised sense of unease. Thewas no surprise, an awkward, bruising game for a group of England players running on fumes and lactic acid.
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