The truth lies on the field. Why are players not allowed to use their hands in football and must communicate with the weaker body part, their feet? How does the blind understanding that characterizes the game of top teams come about? Why can even the smallest mistake turn a game around? And when you look into the stands: How is it that complete strangers embrace each other and celebrate their team's victory? Philosopher and sports thinker Gunter Gebauer develops a philosophy of football with great enthusiasm for the game, allowing us to understand the events on and around the field not better, but differently. "One should take football as seriously as possible. But not more seriously." This quote from Albert Einstein, slightly altered, serves as guidance for Gunter Gebauer to view football itself as a form of philosophical thinking. After all, individuals are acting.