Summer tales
The beginning of the Central-European summer coincided with the beginning of the “other” season: the World Soccer Cup in South Africa that was kicked off in mid June. BFT INTERNATIONAL had marked the event by organizing a betting round. We are pleased to note the lively participation of our readers!
On the occasion of World Cup 2006 – borrowing from “Germany: A winter’s tale” from the German poet Heinrich Heine – we coined the term “a summer’s tale.”
At that time, the entire German nation had hoped to again win the World Cup title. Even if the German team did not make it to the final, the...