Bold text The eyes in the Mannschaft
A journey down the corridors of the explosive German team vain queue the 2014 World Cup (Thursday, July 2nd on Canal + Sport 20 h 50).This team deserved so much this title. " On July 13, 2014, at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the German coach Joachim Löw made the tribute to his players, winners of the World Cup. Thanks to a goal by Mario Götze, the Nationalmannschaft had defeat (1-0) in the final of the Argentina prodigy Lionel Messi, after bitter extensions. Present in the last four of each international competition since the 2006 World Cup held on home soil, Germany hung a fourth star to his jersey after his planetary coronations of 1954, 1974 and 1990. Organized around seasoned executives as its captain Philipp Lahm and striker Miroslav Klose, the 36-year record for goals (16) registered in the World Cup, she won her first title since ... Euro 1996. A fire attack Directed by Martin Christ, Jens Gronheid and Ulrich Voigt, Die Mannschaft wants a dive day to day behind the scenes of this explosive selection, including fire attack shook the nets to eighteen times in the Brazilian tournament. French viewers will be tempted to compare this film to the legendary Les Yeux Bleus in the masterpiece of Stéphane Meunier and Canal +, which shows the underside of the epic of El Tri, world champions in 1998. They will be disappointed. In Die Mannschaft, chats pre-game Joachim Löw are significantly less muscular and lyrical than Aimé Jacquet, the former head of edgy Blues. Built from scratch on the funds of the German Federation (DFB), the Bahia de Campo resort is more like a resort, to paradise, to a base camp where the "warriors" sweat blood and water, as Clairefontaine was the headquarters of El Tri. Filmmakers particularly emphasize the harmony within the staff of Joachim Löw. Complicity between the players and the technical staff, hired gentiles, visit a state school of Bahia, playing pool and darts: this Brazilian epic akin to a triumphal march without a hitch. One sequence reflects a climate of nervousness: the manly exchange between defender Per Mertesacker and the German media after the tedious victory (2-1 after extra time) selection against Algeria, in the fourth round. Portuguese combed, sprayed Brazilians "Our motto was to fill a blank page," advance the manager Oliver Bierhoff, one of many executives interviewed Mannschaft "cold" and a posteriori. If it shows humility, the team of Germany is nevertheless a steamroller capable of curry (4-0) opponents of the caliber of Portugal, during the first round. On 8 July 2014, in Belo Horizonte, she sprays (7-1) Seleçao, in the semifinals of "his" World, causing an earthquake in the country's "fute boll". Behind the exploits of eleven German hide assistant Joachim Löw, methodical and discrete technicians. The filmmakers strive to present these men in the shadows, as Urs Siegenhalter, "spy" the Mannschaft to oversee his opponents. "Osmosis", "flood of emotions". Thus, Joachim Löw depicts the hours that followed the coronation of his men greeted like heroes by 1 million Berliners. A crowd had already forgotten the elimination of his selection, eight years before, in the semifinals of "his" World.