Summer 1966: Coal heaps in the Ruhr area, mines are being closed, miners are taking to the streets. And under a bridge in the Oberhausen district of Sterkrade lies a dead boy. The child's mother believes it is a punishment from God, but Chief Inspector Manni Wagner has his doubts and uncovers a story that began in 1947. He confronts terrible memories in the Eifel and misses the final of the World Cup. Because while a goal that isn’t a goal is scored in Wembley, he is facing a murderer.