Best material for Bundesliga junkies on withdrawal: What happened on April 27 in the German football elite class?
34 years ago? The Bundesliga is experiencing one of its most dramatic finals and Uli Hoeneß will say at the end of his Bayern days he has never been more happy about a championship than on April 26, 1986. Why? The defending champion is chasing 33 music days that Werder Bremen makes. Because Werder gave the match ball four days earlier in a direct duel (0-0), Bayern still has a small chance two points behind – and uses it. With a furious 6-0 against listless Gladbacher and with the help of VfB Stuttgart. His midfielder Karl Allgöwer hits two balls in the Werder box, Manfred Burgsmüller’s connection goal is too little. This means that for the first time a team becomes champion that is only on the last match day – but that’s what matters. Coach Udo Lattek expresses his pity for the unloved colleague Otto Rehhagel, who says: “Only those who know football know how I suffer.”
29 years ago? The early relegated relegation Hertha BSC saved not only victories and goals in 1990/91, but also transportation costs. Since you don’t even have your own bus before the home game against HSV (1: 4), the team drives to the stadium with a BVG bus for cost reasons. Coach Peter Neururer ashamed: “We turned around on the bus so that nobody recognized us.”
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26 years ago? A black day for the black guild, a big one for justice in football. The DFB sports court made a historic judgment in Frankfurt and had the match between Bayern Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg repeated, which had hit the headlines due to Thomas Helmer’s phantom goal. For the first time, a factual decision about a Bundesliga match is being challenged. Nuremberg President Georg Haas: “The only winner is football.” Interesting: while the six yellow cards remain valid, the goals of the game of April 23, 1994 (2-1) are also deleted in the player statistics. Tragic for Helmer, who scored two goals for the first time in Bayern dress. Such a day will never come again …
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