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Beckenbauer against Frankfurt in the stadium on Saturday

I will enjoy the ghost game and concentrate entirely on the actions on the court

I will enjoy the ghost game and concentrate entirely on the actions on the court

Berlin - Beckenbauer had not been present in the stadium for a long time

  • AFP
  • Updated: Fri 22 May 2020, 12:54 PM

Franz Beckenbauer will attend the home game of soccer record champions Bayern Munich against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday (6.30 p.m. / Sky). As the 74-year-old told the Bild newspaper, CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had invited him to the game. "After a long time, I leave the home environment again," said Beckenbauer. The world champions from 1974 and 1990 suffer from health problems, which is why he had not been present in the stadium for a long time.
Together with Uli Hoenes, like Beckenbauer's honorary president of the club, the former Libero is part of the eight-person Bayern delegation for the first ghost home game after the restart of the Bundesliga. "I will enjoy the ghost game and concentrate entirely on the actions on the court. Otherwise I will be asked again and again: 'Franz, how did you see


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