“Soccer is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutesand at the end, the Germans always win." Gary Lineker (English soccer player and sports broadcaster ~ 1960)With the unconditional surrender of Germany in May of 1945, not only was the country a shambles but the spirit of the German people was as well. Slowly, however, life improved and, by 1954, the West German soccer team had made it to the World Cup Finals in Switzerland. A win in this prestigious event would astonish the wo