{"id":902565,"date":"2026-09-20T06:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/902565\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T06:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:16:11","slug":"life-writes-the-best-stories-niko-kovac-sends-message-after-germany-snubbed-striker-delivers-bvb-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/902565\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Life writes the best stories!&#8217; \u2013 Niko Kovac sends message after Germany snubbed striker delivers BVB victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to reporters after the final whistle, Kovac expressed special satisfaction for match-winner Beier. The 23-year-old forward found the net shortly after being left out of the national team selection.<\/p>\n<p>Kovac noted that individual disappointment often creates the backdrop for defining moments on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Life writes the most beautiful stories,&#8221; Kovac said. &#8220;Maxi Beier isn\u2019t with the national team, but today he was the one who scored. I\u2019m thrilled for him, and it ultimately shows that we have a great squad and a great player in Maxi, and that he has rewarded himself with this goal today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to reporters after the final whistle, Kovac expressed special satisfaction for match-winner Beier. The 23-year-old forward found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[35902,35904,49,48,312181,561,82],"class_list":["post-902565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-bundesliga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-n-kovac","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}