# Omnibus World Football Thread 2020-2022 (edited)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\
**Created:** [August 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264 "2020-08-16T15:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1064 "2024-01-08T16:54:35Z")

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I started a RIP thread:

> [@Franz Beckenbauer dead at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franz-beckenbauer-dead-at-78/995782):
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> Just saw the breaking news on [spiegel.de](http://spiegel.de). No details yet, just the announcement that he died. He was Germany’s best footballer of all time and its greatest legend in every regard, though he did much wrong as an official (which bit him in the ass the in last years of his life). RIP, Kaiser Franz.

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