'Beckenbauer's aura was very special' - Marco Rose - video Dailymotion

RB Leipzig boss Marco Rose pays tribute to Franz Beckenbauer, after the Germany icon died at the age of 78.

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00:00 He's a great personality, a great athlete, one of the most successful, one of the best.

00:10 If not the best in Germany, across generations.

00:16 I have pictures in my head as a child, we in New York, I think he was the first German player, I don't know,

00:24 who played with Pelé a long time ago, back then.

00:30 Of course we all have the pictures in our heads, how he runs over the pitch after winning the World Cup as a coach,

00:38 always dressed in adret, such a radiance, an aura that was very special, such a casual authority.

00:47 If Franz had tried to explain to me at some point that we would play with a corner ball from now on,

00:54 he would have thought about it for a long time, whether we really do it that way.

00:59 Because you just believed everything he said, because of how he said it, and of course also because of his vita, his success.

01:13 I think if a person like that is going, even though he doesn't have a lot of personal contact,

01:19 then it always does something with you, it also shows you things,

01:23 that life is final and that you shouldn't argue so much and should always get along with each other.

01:32 Because I think that makes total sense.

01:36 I think we will all think back on him well, we are happy when we see pictures of him.

01:43 And of course, a hearty condolences to his family and all the best for what is yet to come.

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