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German federation considered firing Jurgen Klnsmann if the 2006 World Cup went badly | Redux

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German federation considered firing Jurgen Klnsmann if the 2006 World Cup went badly

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FRANKFURT, Germany –  The governing body of German soccer had a secret plan to fire coach Jurgen Klinsmann during the 2006 World Cup if the tournament had gone badly for the host team, according to former federation president Theo Zwanziger. Zwanziger says he and three other top federation officials, including head local organizer Franz Beckenbauer, devised the plan to fire Klinsmann during the tournament if it turned into a "sporting disaster" for Germany. Only the four men knew about the plan to replace Klinsmann with sporting director Matthias Sammer, who was unaware of the idea. Zwanziger was never a friend of Klinsmann and installed Sammer over Klinsmann's objections. Klinsmann led Germany to a third-place finish. He took over as coach of the U.S. national team last year. Now retired, Zwanziger has written a book about his time as federation head and revealed the plan to possibly fire Klinsmann.

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Juergen Klinsmann

Overall Sentiment: -0.0732352

Relevance: 0.95102

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Theo Zwanziger

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.233501

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-0.0589418Zwanziger says he and three other top federation officials, including head local organizer Franz Beckenbauer, devised the plan to fire Klinsmann during the tournament if it turned into a "sporting disaster" ...
0Zwanziger says "Plan B" ...
0.126186"I have to admit that I was beginning to have doubts about our team chief. Publicly, I expressed loyalty to Juergen Klinsmann ... but internally we set up a plan B," Zwanziger wrote. ...
0"I have to admit that I was beginning to have doubts about our team chief. Publicly, I expressed loyalty to Juergen Klinsmann ... but internally we set up a plan B," Zwanziger wrote. "If a sporting disaster began to develop at the World Cup and Klinsmann was no longer acceptable, we decided to have Matthias Sammer jump in at short notice."
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0672442
  • Mean: 0.01681105
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Matthias Sammer

Overall Sentiment: 0.0946708

Relevance: 0.164833

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Joachim Loew

Overall Sentiment: -0.0673639

Relevance: 0.102317

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Franz Beckenbauer

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Relevance: 0.0839854

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