The German football legend has health concerns.
Franz Beckenbauer lost the sight in his right eye. PDO
Franz Beckenbauer tells the German entertainment magazine Bunte that he suffers from glaucoma, i.e. eye pressure disease.
The disease has deprived the football legend of sight in one eye.
– Unfortunately, I can’t see anything with my right (eye). I can live with that. I also have to be careful with my heart, Beckenbauer, 77, says.
Looking at the teevee
Health concerns mean that the man who led Germany to the World Cup as a player and coach will not be able to watch the World Cup in Qatar on site.
– I will keep my fingers crossed for our team in front of the TV, he promises.
Beckenbauer hardly watched with satisfaction when Germany’s World Cup sky began in a rough way with a 1-2 loss to Japan. The defeat is the second in a row for Germany in the opening of the World Cup, since four years ago Joachim Löwin the team under coaching lost in the first game to Mexico Hirving Lozano with a goal of 0–1.