Buchpremiere: Philipp Köster in Berlin

In the organizer's words:

Philipp Köster presents his new book "Holt euch das Spiel zurück!", which will be published by Ullstein on April 30. The event will be moderated by Andreas Ulrich (radioeins).

Get the game back! How fans can save soccer

Once upon a time, soccer was a popular sport, carried by enthusiastic fans, their chants and flags, their passion and imagination. But now the air has gone out of it. Managers and officials have turned the sport of ordinary people into an aseptic, glossy product, pumped up with TV billions and tailored for a global audience. Where has the emotion gone, where is the genuine enthusiasm? Philipp Köster has written an eloquent, stirring polemic that speaks from the soul of soccer fans. He tells of the legendary years of soccer, of enthusiastic fan stands and victory-drunk away trips - and he describes how greedy profiteers ruined and buried the sport. Is there a way for fans to get real soccer back? Yes. Not in all areas, but where it counts.