Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"Football is a simple game, twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win” - Gary Lineker.

Having said that, there’s no denying that we’re currently in the middle of a downturn in what is historically only upwards trajectory.

Even still, despite that - you can never truly feel comfortable counting them out, can you?

As the Brazilians know, there are 7 reasons that dictate why that is and will indefinitely remain the case.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:29- The English Disease
03:50 - Football and Propaganda
06:04 - The Miracle of Bern
12:42 - Der Kaiser und Der Bomber
20:00 - The Grind
25:52 - Das Reboot
31:18 - Fall

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Producer: Tinashe Chipako
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