Dhe distance between heaven and hell? Infinite? A matter of faith! The period? Exactly nine months and seven days between August 29, 1970 and June 6, 1971. A perception that was then reserved for glowing followers of the Offenbach Kickers. In the late summer the triumph in the cup final against 1. FC Köln, in the early summer the relegation of the promoted from the Bundesliga. The bon mot from Offenbach’s Bieberer Berg venue as the highest peak in Germany made the rounds: one year for the ascent, one year for the descent. The cup win with the 2-1 win over the Rhineland favorites, as can be seen in some chronicles, was both a blessing and a curse. The way to the final with successes over 1860 Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Frankfurt Eintracht (3-0 in the Waldstadion) and 1. FC Nuremberg had gone to the substance that was missing in the everyday life of the Bundesliga. The triumph brought the European Cup duels against him as an encore FC Brugge (2: 1 at home, 0: 2 away) with himself.
“Perfect nonsense, we have descended, basta”, says Karl-Heinz Volz today soberly and does not want to know anything about the thesis of the exhaustion of forces. Back then, on August 29, 1970, the goalkeeper was 23 and the celebrated man. Today he is still slim and slim, an eyewitness with no penchant for transfiguration. He remains the hero of the game throughout his life. Because he got a penalty kick
parried, by the Minister of the Interior himself Hans-Dietrich Genscher as a neutral eyewitness said: “I personally would not have given it.” But referee Gerhard Schulenburg thought he was on the safe side with the penalty awarded in the 81st minute. At this point, the Kickers led to goals from Klaus “Johnny” Winkler and Horst “Pille” Gecks and the goal of Hennes Löhr 2-1. Volz confirms the turmoil surrounding the decision, which according to the standards of today and today “should never have ever been given,” says Volz. Schulenburg had been deceived by Bernd Rupp from Cologne by a fall maneuver.
Rioting before the penalty
Before Werner Biskup could take the penalty, it took a while. There was turmoil on the square, spectators had left the stands. It was also verbally high: Hansi Reich questioned the legality and was, the Cologne native assured Wolfgang Overath after the final whistle, dismissed for insult. “He stays in there,” defender Seppl Weilbächer campaigned for his teammate, and Reich promptly stayed in.
Schulenburg was ultimately not sure who had criticized him behind his back. Volz, meanwhile, remained calm and remembered the “sports show” that already existed at the time and scenes of “twelve or thirteen penalties that Biskup had all sunk in the right corner by the goalkeeper. It was clear to me that I plan to do it. ”Biskup did him the favor. His anything but solidarity wife in this special story: “I was not sad that Werner didn’t score, because it wasn’t a penalty!” Today a Rhenish shit storm on the net would have followed.
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