That feeling persisted in 1973, when HE finally stepped in front of the cameras. We refer to the social critic Franz Beckenbauer, who in "Libero" — the eponymous film about himself — cast a critical eye behind the façade of Munich's football glitterati in the early 1970s. Abysses opened up.
With above all one bitter realisation: "I'm quitting football." To lend this drastic demand weight in front of Harald Leipnitz, the Kaiser ordered: "Gib mir an Whisky, I spiel eh nimmer" ("Give me a whisky, I'm not playing any more"). The film was panned by critics, except by former national coach Sepp Herberger, who also had to endure it: "Mer wolle ja nix Schlechtes sagen!" ("We don't want to say anything bad!") was his verdict — somehow bad after all.