Go West
East Germany’s golden-generation football squad, coached by Eduard Geyer, needs only a draw to reach the 1990 World Cup when the Berlin Wall suddenly falls and upends everything. Go West follows coach Eduard Geyer as he prepares East Germany’s national football team for its decisive World Cup qualifying match in November 1989. The side’s golden generation—Matthias Sammer, Ulf Kirsten, Andreas Thom and Rico Steinmann—requires nothing more than a draw to secure a place at the 1990 tournament in Italy. Inside the camp almost no one doubts the result will come. Training sessions and tactical talks continue with steady confidence until word arrives that the Berlin Wall has fallen. The political shock instantly collides with the squad’s sporting plans, forcing Geyer and his players to confront a future none of them anticipated. With borders opening and the old system collapsing, the athletes a