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IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN TO LUTZ

MATT BADCOCK talks to a globe-trotting German goalkeeper about his crazy career

LUTZ PFANNENSTIEL takes a sip of his orange juice and starts telling his remarkable story.
A tale that has taken him from Bayern Munich’s reserves on a nomadic world tour, via a ditch in Wimbledon, a prison cell and even St Peter’s Pearly Gates.
An hour with the German goalkeeper at Waterloo station just isn’t enough. Fortunately Pfannenstiel, the only man to play football professionally on all six FIFA continents, has written a brilliant book about his life, perfectly titled The Incredibl...

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