In the summer of 2004, audiences watched in awe as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, defeated the world's footballing titans to become the most unlikely of European Champions. Otto Rehhagel, the legendary German football coach, was the mastermind behind this unprecedented triumph. He made the audacious decision to leave everything he knew behind and work in a foreign country with the underachieving Greek National Team after achieving every major success in Germany. This is the story of how two diametrically opposed cultures came together to speak the same language and write a new chapter in Greek mythology.
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In the summer of 2004, audiences watched in awe as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, defeated the world's footballing titans to become the most unlikely of European Champions. Otto Rehhagel, the legendary German football coach, was the mastermind behind this unprecedented triumph. He made the audacious decision to leave everything he knew behind and work in a foreign country with the underachieving Greek National Team after achieving every major success in Germany. This is the story of how two diametrically opposed cultures came together to speak the same language and write a new chapter in Greek mythology.
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