Começando com as finais da Copa do Mundo da FIFA na Suíça em 1954, nós vemos a favorita destacada Hungria, liderada pelo lendário Puskas, ser eventualmente batida pela Alemanha Ocidental numa final clássica.
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.