Monday, July 04, 2005

July 04, 1954 - The "Wonder of Bern"

Sepp Herberger, Fritz Walter, Jupp Posipal, Horst Eckel, Werner Liebrich and Ottmar Walter (from left to right) after winning the world championship. (Photo: dpa)

The German national team caused the “Wonder of Bern” on July 4, 1954 by beating the undeniable favourite Hungary 3-2 in Switzerland and thus becoming world champion for the first time.

And after 51 years, we still call it "football", the rest of the world "soccer"...

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