In Dresden, just before the start of the football European Championship in Poland and Ukraine, the German team plays its final test match against Slovakia. On the way there, national coach Klaus Ehlig is seriously injured in an attack on his car, and his assistant Holger Jansen is killed. A huge media frenzy ensues. Falk Tauner, a chief inspector and football hater, investigates among rival fans, but a recently dismissed player and a rival coach also come under his scrutiny. However, when the weapon is found, it bears the fingerprints of the DFB president.