Go West! - The last eleven of the FDR
November 1989: East Germany’s national football team, coached by Eduard Geyer, is preparing for the decisive match in its World Cup qualifying campaign. The golden generation featuring Matthias Sammer, Ulf Kirsten, Andreas Thom and Rico Steinmann needs only a draw to secure a place at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Hardly anyone doubts that they will succeed. But then the Berlin Wall falls—and everything changes.
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East Germany coach Ede Geyer faces the challenge of getting his team focused once again on their ultimate goal—the World Cup—after the fall of the Berlin Wall. But his players’ minds seem to be elsewhere already.
Andreas Thom becomes the first East German player to be allowed to move to the Bundesliga. After Chancellor Helmut Kohl puts his foot down, the other players realize they have to take their future into their own hands.
Rico Steinmann is one of the few stars who decides to continue pursuing his football career within the East German system. But he, too, soon realizes that the playing field is far from level.
