Fall ’73 : East Meets West In European Cup (first leg)

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Denmark international fullback JOHNNY HANSEN of Bayern Munich (right) and Dynamo Dresden winger RAINER SACHSE, who would later in his career be capped twice by the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, both eye the ball during the opening leg of the historic, first-ever all-German battle in the prestigous European Cup of Champions tie contested at Munich’s Olympiastadion in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
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As for the actual game itself, the inaugural all-German encounter in European competition certainly provided more of the back and forth sort of drama and excitement than the abundance of media hype and hoopla on both sides of the Iron Curtain in the three weeks leading up to the match could have ever possibly hoped to have asked for.

Trainer UDO LATTEK deployed the very same Startelf for the match with the Oberligameister at the Olympiastadion in Munich that had, just a few days earlier, taken part in the now-famous “Wunder von Betzenberg” game. This, the second half debacle during which Bayern Munich conceded six unanswered goals in the final half hour to thoroughly snatch an eye-opening 7-4 defeat from the jaws of victory at 1.FC Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga. So, perhaps it was only fitting that the visitors from Lower Saxony scored first when Bayern Munich’s Denmark international defender JOHNNY HANSEN put the cross from Dynamo Dresden captain and defender FRANK GANZERA into his own net with barely a baker’s dozen minutes played.

WILHELM HOFFMANN had scored nine goals for Bayern Munich during the Bundesliga title-winning campaign the season before but essentially lost his place when the Bavarian club paid a then-record fee to sign West Germany international JUPP KAPELLMANN from 1.FC Koeln and also added attacker BERND GERSDORFF from relegated Eintracht Braunschweig in the summer of 1973. A very first goal of this new term in any competition from the recently restored 24-year-old winger arrived at a fortuitous time, though, and brought Bayern level. The move had been initiated by the versatile BERND DUERNBERGER, the 20-year-old capable of deployment up front on the wing but now replacing injured West Germany international PAUL BREITNER at left back.

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A deflated trio from the reigning two-time West German Bundesliga champions of Bayern Munich — BERND DUERNBERGER (3), the guilty Dane JOHNNY HANSEN (3) as well as FRANZ ROTH (6) — all despair as the East German Oberliga champions collectively celebrate after visiting Dynamo Dresden opened the scoring in the first leg of the European Cup tie at the Olympiastadion in southern Bavaria.
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Duernberger soon delighted the Bayern Munich supporters less than ten minutes later after taking a short pass from club captain and West Germany international libero FRANZ BECKENBAUER just outside the penalty area on the left. After a parallel run across the top of the box, the youngster unleased a wicked and irrepressible right-footer which banked in off the far post and staked the Bavarians to their first lead of the night. A second strike in Europe, then, for Duernberger, who already netted in the first round against Swedish side FF Atvidabergs, and, including Bundesliga contests, marked a seventh goal of this 1973-74 campaign for the former ESV Freilassing youth product.

Dynamo Dresden refused to remain behind for long and the visitors from the D.D.R. equalized when winger RAINER SACHSE was left all alone to easily head past Bayern Munich’s West Germany international goalkeeper SEPP MAIER from close range in the 36th minute. Just six minutes later, the 23-year-old Sachse sent shock waves through the Olympiastadion, if not the whole of Europe, by nodding down another cross from the captain Ganzera out on the left to the unattended GERT HEIDLER in front. The 25-year-old central striker, who later went on to earn 12 caps and score two goals for East Germany, controlled neatly to easily beat the luckless Maier, again from tight quarters.

And so it was the underdog of the German Democratic Republic, conquerors of Italian Serie A giant FC Juventus of Turin the first round, who adjourned for the halftime break in Bavaria a goal to the good. Entirely displeased with the situation, Bayern Munich president Wilhelm Neudecker entered the home team’s dressing room at the Olympiastadion and announced the prize money of 10,000 Deutsche Mark per man would be doubled should the Federal Republic club rally to victory in the second half. Meanwhile, the trainer Lattek decided to withdraw Gersdorff, who had scored two goals before being sent off in the Wunder von Betzenberg, in favor of inexperienced midfielder ERWIN HADEWICZ, the 22-year-old who had made exactly one substitute appearance in fourteen matches for Bayern Munich in all competitions thus far this season.

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West Germany international superstar striker GERD MUELLER of Bayern Munich, who netted twice against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Final of the 1972 UEFA European Championships in Belgium, looks to settle the ball in front of Dynamo Dresden defender SIEGMAR WAETZLICH (far right), who earned a bronze medal for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games hosted by Munich, during the first leg of the historic European Cup of Champions duel at Munich’s Olympiastadion in late October of 1973.
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If perhaps nervously, Neudecker and the rest of the Bayern Munich supporters were made to wait until less than twenty remained in the match with Dynamo Dresden for the score to be knotted once more.

But then youthful West Germany international star midfielder ULI HOENESS, the 21-year-old talent who scored such a magnificent goal against East Germany in the Olympiastadion at the 1972 Munich Summer Games thirteen months ago, floated a high ball into the box that was not properly cleared by the Dynamo Dresden defense. Although Hoffmann could not control cleanly, he wisely allowed veteran midfielder FRANZ ROTH to take over and the 27-year-old with four caps for West Germany, with the aid of a slight deflection of Ganzera, was able to shoot past Dynamo Dresden’s young goalkeeper CLAUS BODEN.

The always-reliable midfielder Roth went on to register eight goals in the Bundesliga over the course of that 1973-74 campaign, but this would stand as the career Bayern Munich man’s only strike in Europe for the season.

Finally, in the 83rd minute, the most lethal striker in all the world at that time stepped to the forefront to decide the match in the Bavarians’ favor. Midfielder RAINER ZOBEL lifted a ball from out on the left wing into the area hoping for Hoeness but none of the four players in the vicinity were able to make contact. After being allowed to disastrously bounce in the box by the heart of the Dynamo Dresden defense, West Germany international star striker GERD “der Bomber” MUELLER met the ball at the back post and finished routinely to record his third strike in Europe and 15th goal of the season in all competitions for Bayern Munich.

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Herbst ’73 : Historic Team Sheet – Bayern Munich v Dynamo Dresden

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In reality, there was no looking back for West Germany international goalkeeper and 1972 Europameisterschaft titlist SEPP MAIER (1) as Bayern Munich club captain FRANZ “der Kaiser” BECKENBAUER (5) and Dynamo Dresden Spielfuehrer FRANK GANZERA (2) lead their respective teams out onto the pitch at the Olympiastadion in Munich for the historic first leg of the European Cup of Champions second round clash on October 24, 1973.
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GK – 29 – Sepp MAIER ———————– (West Germany 66-79: 95 caps)

DF – 29 – Johnny HANSEN —————– (Denmark 65-78 : 45 caps, 3 go)
DF – 28 – Franz BECKENBAUER ——— (West Germany 65-77 : 103 caps, 14 go)
DF – 25 – Georg SCHWARZENBECK — (West Germany 71-78 : 44 caps, 0 go)
DF – 20 – Bernd DUERNBERGER

MF – 27 – Franz ROTH ———————— (West Germany 67,70 : 4 caps, 0 go)
MF – 24 – Rainer ZOBEL
MF – 21 – Uli HOENESS ———————- (West Germany 72-76 : 35 caps, 5 go)

FW – 27 – Gerd MUELLER —————— (West Germany 66-74 : 62 caps, 68 go)
FW – 26 – Bernd GERSDORFF ————- (West Germany 75 : 1 cap, 0 go)
FW – 25 – Wilhelm HOFFMANN

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MF – 22 – Erwin HADEWICZ
for Gersdorff (46th min)

Trainer UDO LATTEK’s side were still missing regular left back, West Germany international and 1972 Europameisterschaft titlist PAUL BREITNER (48 caps, 10 goals in his career), who had been out injured since early October; another player not in the Bavarian Startelf was 23-year-old West Germany international winger JUPP KAPELLMANN, who had broken the existing Bundesliga record with his transfer costing 880,000 Deutsche Mark from 1.FC Koeln in the summer but scored just one goal on his first ten appearances (nine starts) with Bayern Munich to begin the 1973-74 campaign.

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Holding the club pennant to be exhcanged, captain FRANK GANZERA (far right), who featured for the East German Olympic XI against the West German Olympische Elf in this very same stadium at the 1972 Summer Games just thirteen months previously, looks down the line of the Dynamo Dresden players ready to contest Bayern Munich in the first leg of the historic European Cup of Champions tie at the Olympiastadion in Munich, West Germany.
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DYNAMO DRESDEN
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GK – 22 – Claus BODEN

DF – 26 – Frank GANZERA —————— (East Germany 69-73 : 13 caps, 0 go)
DF – 25 – Siegmar WAETZLICH ———- (East Germany 72-75 : 22 caps, 0 go)
DF – 22 – Hans Juergen DOERNER —— (East Germany 69-85 : 96 caps, 8 go)
DF – 21 – Christian HELM

MF – 29 – Eduard GEYER
MF – 21 – Reinhard HAEFNER ———— (East Germany 71-84 : 54 caps, 4 go)
MF – 18 – Hartmut SCHADE —————- (East Germany 75-80 : 28 caps, 4 go)

FW – 25 – Gert HEIDLER ——————– (East Germany 75-78 : 9 caps, 2 go)
FW – 24 – Horst RAU
FW – 23 – Rainer SACHSE ——————- (East Germany 77 : 2 caps, 0 go)

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FW – 26 – Dieter RIEDEL ——————— (East Germany 74-78 : 4 caps, 0 go)
for Sachse (75th min)
DF – 21 – Udo SCHMUCK ——————— (East Germany 76-81 : 7 caps, 1 go)
for Rau (83rd min)

Trainer WALTER FRITZSCH and Dynamo Dresden had been doing without injured goal-hunter HANS JUERGEN KREISCHE, the reigning Oberliga Torjaegermeister the past three seasons who would later end his career as the third leading scorer in the history of the East Germany national team, for quite some time; another player not in the Lower Saxon Startelf was FRANK RICHTER, the 21-year-old striker who finished the 1972/73 season as the second-leading goal-scorer for the Oberliga titlist.

Bayern Munich’s Derby Deal

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For the benefit of those still learning proper football speak in English, either here in America or elsewhere around the globe, the term “Derby” refers to a good ole’ fashioned rivalry (read, grudge) match match revolving around a certain region of any given country, if not any particular specific city.

In the case of BAYERN MUNICH, the intense, intra-city clash involves TSV 1860 Munich but a Muenchener Derby has always been somewhat rare for quite some time as, typically since the start of the 1970s aside from a ten-year stretch ending in 2004, TSV 1860 Munich compete in the German second division. Bayern Munich, on the other hand, have not been demoted from the Bundesliga since their initial arrival in the top flight to start the 1965-66 campaign.

The last encounter between Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich took place at the quartefinal stage of the Deutscher Fussball Bund Pokal in February of 2008. A penalty kick in the 120th minute by France international winger FRANCK RIBERY tipped the scale in Bayern’s favor. Since the start of Bundesliga play in the 1960s, Bayern Munich hold a 23-8 advantage over TSV 1860 Munich with seven drawn matches in all competitions.

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Bayern Munich midfielder TONI KROOS, still uncapped for Germany and only 18 years of age at the time, is taken down by the tackle of TSV 1860 Munich midfielder FABIAN JOHNSON, who plays his club football these days in the Bundesliga for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, during the last Muenchener Derby, a 1-0 Bayern victory in at the quarterfinal stage of the D.F.B. Pokal, in late February of 2008 at the Allianz Arena in Bavaria.
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Traditionally, the annual Derby that attracts the most attention in Bavaria is the intra-state Bavaria duel between Bayern Munich and 1.FC Nuremberg in the Bundesliga. Although often called the Bayrisches Derby, the rather fussy 1.FC Nuremberg supporters refer to the contest at the Frankisch-Bairisches Derby. This translates to Franconian-Old Bavarian Derby and is an overt sign from the 1.FC Nuremberg fans that neither they nor their club regard themselves as non-Bavarian.

1.FC Nuremberg, who are sometimes called der Altmeister (literally: old master) proudly boast nine German division domestic championships but five of those were back in the 1920s and der Club have just one title (1968) since the formation of the Bundesliga earlier that decade.

As is the case with their intra-city rivals, the four-time kings of Europe generally impose their will on their intra-state foe to the north, as well, as of late; including all Bundesliga as well as D.F.B. Pokal matches, Bayern Munich have won 39 matches while losing just 13 with 11 draws in the Bayrisches Derby with 1.FC Nuremberg.

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United States international recruit TIMMY CHANDER (26) of 1.FC Nueremberg, the 21-year-old defender who was born and raised in Deutschland, fends off the challenge of Bayern Munich’s France World Cup winger FRANCK RIBERY during the Bundesliga Bayrisches Derby match last April at the Frankenstadion in Bavaria.
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With the second round D.F.B. Pokal tie opposite FC Ingolstadt followed up by the Bundesliga Bayrisches Derby match with 1.Nuremberg a few days later, Bayern Munich had the unusual occurance of two intra-state Bavarian battles inside of the very same week; newly promoted FC Augsburg, who have yet to face trainer Jupp Heynckes’s side this season, are the other football club from Bavaria in the Bundesliga this season.

Fall ’73 : Media Circus Comes To Munich

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It was, as later observed by the well-known publication Der Spiegel, a “feast for the West German media”.

Of course, the people in the Propaganda Ministry had their share of fun railing against the capitalist class enemy on the other side of the border in East Germany, too, ever since the draw had been made by UEFA at the Hotel Atlantis in Zurich, Switzerland, in early October, 1973.

Dynamo Dresden trainer WALTER FRITZSCH and ‘department manager’ DIETER FUCHS were besieged with requests for interviews by West German journalists throughtout the whole of their scouting trip to the Bundesrepublik Deutschland to watch two matches of European Cup opponent Bayern Munich later that month. The contacts had been meticulously noted and reported to the Ministry of State Security by Fuchs, who was actually a captain in the Volkspolizei and acting as the official agent for the dreaded Stasi. Only one interview was granted which, as we shall see, did little to effectively diminish either the enthusiasm or enterprise of the West German news media.

The official Dynamo Dresden party traveling to Bavaria would actually consist of 15 players, the trainer and his assistant, the team doctor and a massage therapist — along with five Stasi agents masquerading as football team officials.

Upon arrival at the Esso Motor Inn in Munich, a few members of the West German media inquired if they might be allowed to accompany the Dynamo Dresden team on its scheduled shopping trip in the city. As was mandated prior to the match by the East German Ministry of the State Security prior to the historic European Cup tie, all contact between the Dynamo delegation and decadent Westerners was to be strictly prohibited and so the requests were summarily denied. But the local journalists had jobs to do and so the Dresden team bus was “chased” down the street, as officially reported.

At the shopping district in the Munich center city, the situation degenerated even further.

Despite being told it was against the wishes of the Dynamo Dresden team, photographers swarmed like flies and snapped pictures of the uncooperative players. Reporters shamelessly and persistently made offers to buy gifts for the wives of the players back home, what would East German women behind the Iron Curtain want to have? These attempts at sheer bribery were all rebuked by the Dynamo players, although the Stasi officer did note his official report that he could not personally verify every such instance.

One West German reporter candidly confessed to one of the Dynamo Dresden ‘team officials’ that the newspaper editors had specifically instructed he and his colleagues to to come back with some photos and stories of the East German visitors at all costs or else! … “Non-compliance of the order would (place) their position in danger,” the official Stasi report later read.

Das Letzte Mal Mit Hertha Berlin

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KARL-HEINZ GRANITZA von Hertha Berlin war einer der besten Torjaeger mit 17 Treffer waehrend des 1977/78 Bundesligasaison. Einschliesslich der grosse Gerd Mueller von Bayern Muenchen, hat nur sechs Spieler dieses Jahr mehr geschossen. Hertha Berlin war dritte in der Bundesliga und hat einen Platz in Europa auch dieses Saison verdient.
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29.Oktober.1978
Olympiastadion in Muenchen
19.000 Zuschauer

0 – Bayern Muenchen
2 – SC Hertha Berlin ————— Grau 29′, Gersdorff 89′

BAYERN MUENCHEN : Maier – Niedermayer, Rausch, Schwarzenbeck, Gruber – Duernberger, Augenthaler, Oblak (Roth 75′) – Hoeness (Kuenkel 75′), Mueller, Rummenigge

SC HERTHA BERLIN : Nigbur – Sziedat, Kliemann, Brueck, Wiener – Nuessing, Sidka, Beer, Kristiansen – Granitza, Grau (Gersdorff 69′)

Einmal deutschen Landspieler BERND GERSDORFF, der die zweite Tor fuer Hertha Berlin geschossen hat, war ein ehemalige Bayern Muenchen Spieler und ist spaeter nach Nordamerika gegangen. Vielen Spieler von diesem Spiel hat, wie der Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer mit der New York Cosmos, auch dann in der alte Nordamerkanische Fussballliga gespielt. Alle zusammen es gab sieben Spieler hier, die mit NASL Mannschaften spaeter unterschrieben.

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Nach der 77/78 Bundesligasaison ist die beiden Spieler von Hertha Berlin in Deutschland KARL-HEINZ GRANITZA (12) und der daenische Landspieler JORGEN KRISTIANSEN (10) zu Chicago Sting der NASL gegangen. Waehrend des Sommers 1978, Granitza hat 19 Tore in 22 Spielen gemacht und Kristiansen hatte Vorarbeiten 15 mal. Dann ging Granitza zurueck nach Berlin, um mehr in der Bundesliga mit Hertha zu spielen … aber Kristiansen in Amerika geblieben ist.
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Dass ist KARL-HEINZ GRANITZ diesen Tagen … WELT.DE ONLINE hat gesagt, dass der Angreifer von Luenen “ist Herthas effektivstes Torjaeger aller Zeiten – 34 Treffer in 73 Spielen” … Granitza hat auch 128 Tore fuer Chicago Sting von 1978 bis 1984 in der alte Nordamerikanische Fussballliga geschossen, dass ist das Drittel am meisten in der Geschichte des NASL.

Arjen Robben – Der Ausgezeichnetste Auslaender

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Shortly after scoring Bayern Munich’s third goal in the final minute of the Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, Holland World Cup winger ARJEN ROBBEN signals to the audience at the Allianz Arena in Bavaria his all-time rank among foreign-born goal-scorers in the illustrious history of the record German champions.
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Exactly 93 foreign players have been on the books at BAYERN MUNICH since the Bavarian club were first promoted to the Bundesliga to start the 1965-66 season. In that time, twenty-two men have been able to score ten or more goals in the German top flight during their time with the record champions. Up to this point, no Auslaender in the storied history of Bayern Munich has proved to be more productive in terms of goals per game than the Dangerous Dutchman :

30 goals —- 41 games – .732 gpg — Arjen ROBBEN, Holland
38 goals —- 60 games – .633 gpg — Luca TONI, Italy
78 goals – 129 games – .605 gpg — Roy MAKAAY, Holland
92 goals – 169 games – .544 gpg — Giovane ELBER, Brazil
11 goals —- 26 games – .423 gpg — Adolfo VALENCIA, Colombia
71 goals – 174 games – .408 gpg — Claudio PIZARRO, Peru
10 goals —- 27 games – .370 gpg — Paolo GUERRERO, Peru
34 goals – 104 games – .327 gpg — Franck RIBERY, France
12 goals —- 37 games – .324 gpg — Ivica OLIC, Croatia
21 goals —- 77 games – .273 gpg — PAULO SERGIO, Brazil
12 goals —- 45 games – .267 gpg — Ruggiero RIZZITELLI, Italy
10 goals —- 40 games – .250 gpg — Alan MCINALLY, Scotland
22 goals —- 89 games – .247 gpg — Soren LERBY, Denmark
11 goals —- 49 games – .224 gpg — Waldemar MAZINHO, Brazil
11 goals —- 53 games – .208 gpg — Brian LAUDRUP, Denmark
31 goals – 155 games – .200 gpg — Roque SANTA CRUZ, Paraguay
17 goals – 124 games – .137 gpg — Daniel VAN BUYTEN, Belgium
11 goals —– 81 games – .136 gpg — Conny TORSTENSSON, Sweden
30 goals – 234 games – .128 gpg — Hasan SALIHAMIDZIC, Bosnia
11 goals — 123 games – .089 gpg — Mark VAN BOMMEL, Holland
14 goals — 169 games – .083 gpg — ZE ROBERTO, Brazil
13 goals — 174 games – .075 gpg — Martin DEMICHELIS, Argentina

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Holland World Cup winger ARJEN ROBBEN (10) of Bayern Munich, who was acquired from Spanish La Liga giant Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 25.0 million Euros in August of 2009, receives congratulations after his late goal against Bayer Leverkusen from Germany World Cup midfielder BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER, who had set the Dangerous Dutchman up with a brilliantly weighted ball into the box, during the Bundesliga match on Saturday at the Allilanz Arena in Bavaria.

Herbst ’73 : “Wunder Vom Betzenberg”

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Bayern Munich winger BERND GERSDORFF, the off-season signing from relegated Eintracht Braunschweig who recorded two goals but also later received his marching orders in the well-remembered “Miracle of the Betzenberg”, lost this particular battle for the ball to 1.FC Kaiserslautern goalkeeper JOSEF ELTING during the famous Bundesliga match staged in late October of 1973.
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The match, itself, rightfully remains among the most riveting contests in the annals of the Bundesliga and, indeed, featured one of the most improbable and outright remarkable comebacks in of all German football history.

Two-time defending league champion BAYERN MUNICH were cruising comfortably as the hour mark approached opposite 1.FC KAISERSLAUTERN in the Bundesliga match being played on October 20, 1973. The visting Bavarians were well ahead 4-1 at the Betzenbergstadion thanks to a pair of goals from summer signing BERND GERSDORFF and West Germany international striker GERD MUELLER. A second goal from the superstar Mueller in the 57th minute had all but put the points in the proverbial bag for Bayern Munich trainer UDO LATTEK’s well-stocked side.

After all, the white-shirted visitors fielded five players against 1.FC Kaiserslautern on the turf that noteworthy day at the Betze who had been starters for West Germany’s title-winning squad at the 1972 European Cup of Nations tournament. Moreover, three of those champion players — GEORG SCHWARZENBECK, club captain FRANZ BECKENBAUER and goalkeeper SEPP MAIER — were deployed at the back by the Bavarians. The task facing die Roten Teufel, who, in direct contrast, featured just one player who had already been capped by West Germany at this point in time, was a monumental one to be certain.

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JOSEF “Seppl” PIRRUNG of 1.FC Kaiserslautern, who ultimately appeared in 304 career Bundesliga matches for die Roten Teufel and would make his international debut within one month of the photo here, slips the ball past West Germany’s 1972 European Cup of Nations champion goalkeeper SEPP MAIER of Bayern Munich in the 43rd minute of the famous “Wunder von Betzenberg” match; the Bavarian trainer Udo Lattek later lamented that the play Pirrung made to sneak up on and steal the ball from Bayern Munich midfielder Franz Roth to score just before the break only served to foreshadow exactly what was in store for the visitors the second half of the famous match at the Betzenbergstadion in October of 1973.
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1.FC Kaiserslautern were not about to consign themselves to defeat after the legendary der Bomber shot his second, however. 22-year-old midfielder KLAUS TOPPMOELLER struck back within sixty seconds by getting his head to a long ball played into the box by Red Devils right winger JOSEF PIRRUNG to generate hope. And an uncharacteristic mistake at the back, in part by Beckenbauer, allowed Pirrung to grab his second goal of the match just three minutes later and pull die Roten Teufel within one.

The 24-year-old Pirrung, who would record a career high 13 goals in the Bundesliga during the 1973-74 season, then scored his third goal of the game from a tight angle on the right and pulled rejuvenated 1.FC Kaiserslautern level with Bayern Munich after Maier had stopped a free kick in the 73rd minute.

The dismissal of Gersdorff with a straight red card only three minutes after the equalizer tipped the scales once and for all and also spelled the end of the line for the 26-year-old Bayern Munich winger, who was transferred back to Regionalliga Nord (second division) Eintracht Braunschweig on the first day of November.

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This goal from 1.FC Kaiserslautern’s Man of the Match KLAUS TOPPMOELLER (far left) would be disallowed but the 22-year-old midfielder, who burst onto the Bundesliga scene with 21 goals for die Roten Teufel during the 1973-74 campaign and would later be capped three times by West Germany in his career, provided the Vorarbeit for the decider in the memorable “Wunder von Betzenberg” match in October of 1973.
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Despite having a goal waved off by the match referee, 1.FC Kaiserslautern blitzed ten-man Bayern Munich with a further three goals in the history-making final stages. Toppmoeller began the romp with a square ball at the top of the box for on-rushing defender ERNST DIEHL, the captain of die Roten Teufel in the 84th minute. HERBERT LAUMEN, the only member of the trainer ERICH RIBBECK’s Red Devils team to have been capped by West Germany coming into the match, clinched a victory for the ages with a pair of goals late.

The sudden and surprising 7-4 defeat to 1.FC Kaiserslautern literally shocked Bayern Munich. The reigning two-time West German champions were all set to host East German titlist Dynamo Dresden in the second round of the prestigous European Cup in just a few days time at the Olympiastadion in Munich but the result at the Betzenbergstadion only served to raise the alarm about Bayern Munich’s defense. That, however, is another story.

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1.FC KAISERSLAUTERN : Elting – Huber, Diehl, Schwager, Fuchs – Toppmoeller, Bitz, Laumen – Pirring, Sandberg, Ackermann

BAYERN MUNICH : Maier – Hansen, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck, Duernberger – Zobel, Roth, Hoeness – Hoffmann, Mueller, Gersdorff

Fall ’73 : Bayern By Skin Of Teeth In Sweden

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History, thereafter, might have been different in the fall of 1973 but West Germany World Cup star and club captain FRANZ BECKENBAUER delivered with the winning penalty kick in the shootout as Bundesliga outfit Bayern Munich crucially managed to just barely survive feisty Swedish side FF Atvidabergs in the opening round of the prestigous European Cup.
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BAYERN MUNICH had lost but once in its first ten matches in all competitions when arriving in Sweden to face FF ATVIDABERGS in the return leg of the first round European Cup tie for the 1973-74 season. The Bavarians had boasted six victories thus far, including the 3-1 triumph — powered by the pair of strikes from West Germany international superstar GERD MUELLER — over their Swedish opponents in the first leg at the Olympiastadion in Munich. But Bayern were also winless in their last four Bundesliga games and, despite the two-goal advantage, the early October journey to Scandanavia still proved to be rather difficult for one-time West Germany Olympic trainer UDO LATTEK’s side in the end.

The reigning two-time defending Bundesliga champions sent out a full-strength first team in Sweden which included six starters from West Germany’s reigning 1972 European Cup of Nations title-winning squad as well as new signing JUPP KAPELLMANN, who broke the existing Bundesliga record with his 880,000 Deutsche Mark transfer from 1.FC Koeln in the summer of 1973.

FF Atvidabergs, however, had five men in its line-up for the second leg against Bayern Munich who would eventually make Sweden’s squad competing in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final tournament hosted by West Germany. One of those players, forward BENNO MAGNUSSON, later spent two and a half seasons in the Bundesliga with 1.FC Kaiserslautern and SC Hertha Berlin. Another future World Cup and West German first division performer, winger CONNY TORSTENSSON, very nearly succeeded in spoiling the Bavarians’ whole trip.

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24-year-old Sweden international winger CONNY TORSTENSSON of Swedish champion FF Atvidabergs fires the first of his two goals against German titlist Bayern Munich during the first round, second leg European Cup match at the little Kopparvallen stadium on October 3, 1973.
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It would take FF Atvidabergs all of fifteen minutes to erase the deficit to Bayern Munich from the first leg. This scoreline left the European Cup tie square on aggregate but the Swedes ahead on the away goals rule. Worse still for Lattek’s team, West Germany international left back PAUL BREITNER had to leave with an injury just after the second goal at the Kopparvallen.

A second goal from the # 7 Torstensson with less than twenty minutes remaining sent FF Atvidabergs in front 3-0 for the evening and confirmed the fact that visiting Bayern Munich were in serious trouble. Fortunately for the Bavarians, within sixty seconds young and talented ULI HOENESS fashioned a rapid response. A goal from the 21-year-old attacking midfielder, who had accompished for West Germany the unusual feat of appearing in the Final of the European Cup of Nations and the final tournament of the Summer Olympic Games all in the same season the year before, restored equilibrium at 4-4 on aggregate.

Kapellmann and Torstensson traded successful penalty kicks before winger BERND GERSDORFF, another summer signing of Bayern Munich’s who had scored nine Bundesliga goals for relegated Eintracht Braunschweig the previous campaign, missed the net completely. Once again the situation looked bleak for the Bavarians. But in the fourth round, West Germany international goalkeeper SEPP MAIER dove to his left and denied Sweden’s future World Cup defender KENT KARLSSON to make the save that Bayern Munich desperately needed.

FF Atvidabergs would miss with its fifth and final penalty kick, which stamped Bayern Munich’s passport into the second round of the 1973-74 European Cup tournament.

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WLVT-39 : Jeder Samstag Bei 17.00 Uhr

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Einmal Bundesliga Torjaegermeister UWE RAHN (rechts) von Borussia Moenchengladbach, der das Sportmagazin “Kicker” Kanone in 1987 gewonnen hatte, fliegt hoch aber weltklasse Belgien Torhueter JEAN-MARIE PFAFF von Bayern Muenchen hat scharfe Augen und zuverlaessige Haende. Der bekannte Zuschauer am links ist Daenemark Weltmeisterschaftspieler SOREN LERBY von Bayern Muenchen.
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“SOCCER MADE IN GERMANY” mit TOBY CHARLES war jahrelang eine sehr populaere Fernsehsendung in den Staaten von Amerika.

Der wunderbare Erscheinen begann in 1976 und wurde durch “German Educational Television Network” produziert. Mehr als 250 Stationen ueber dem Land mit PBS (Public Broadcasting System) hat das Programm gezeigt. Und andere Stationen, wie ESPN — damalige sehr, sehr klein aber weltweit heute — hat auch das Programm mindestens einige Jahre gelaufen.

Natuerlich, ein Jahr spaeter der Kaiser FRANZ BECKENBAUER hat von Bayern Muenchen zu New York Cosmos von Nordamerkianische Fussball Liga (NASL) wechseln. Aber dass hat nur mehr Interessant fuer “Soccer Made In Germany” gemacht, glaube ich. Beckenbauer war ein sehr populaer Spieler in Amerika und, mit dem Brasilen Meister PELE, war einer der zwei Besten Spieler der NASL Geschichte.

Das Sendung “Soccer Made In Germany” auf Englisch gekommen hat und auch wichtig sehr lustig Herr Charles war. Wenn ein Spieler nicht so gut getan hat, dann Witze immer Charles gemacht — aber er war wirklich ein grosser Fussball Lehrer fuer viele Leute in Amerika. Chalres hatte das Spiel sehr gut verstand und Bundesliga immer viele guten Spieler gab es.

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1984 DFB POKAL FINALE — Deutschland Mittelfelder LOTHAR MATTHAEUS von Borussia Moenchengladbach ist nicht treu mit seinem Elfmeterschoss gegen Belgien Torhueter JEAN-MARIE PFAFF (1) von Bayern Muenchen waehrend das Duell der Weltmeisterschaft Laenderspieler. Bayern Muenchen hat nach Elfmeterschiessen 8-7 gewonnen und dieses war das letzte Spiel fuer Matthaeus mit Borussia. Eine kurze Zeit spaeter zu Bayern wechseln der junge Mittelfelder, der nur 23 Jahre alt ist.
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Der New York Cosmos von NASL mit vielen Sternen waren viel mehr oft auf dem Fernsehen fuer diesen Blog. Der beruehmte Beckenbauer hat die NASL Meisterschaft drei Mal in seinen ersten vier Jahren in Amerika gewonnen. Aber sogar konnte ein Jugend sehen, dass Bundesliga gab es leicht bessere hochklasse des Fussball.

GETN wurde in 1982 das erste Fernsehnetz, zum FIFA Weltmeisterschaft auf Englisch in den Staaten von Amerika zu uebertragen. Wahrend des WM 82 in Spanien, gab es jede Nacht bei 19.00 Uhr ein Programm von New York Stadt mit Herr Charles. Ausgezeichnet Moment fuer amerikanische Fussball Kultur.

Wirklich, PBS sind Stationen dass hat meistens Kulturprogramme wie William Shakespeare oder Kinderprogramme mit “Seasame Street”…aber ein Stunde jede Woche gab es Fussball und dass paedagogische Erfahrung fuer diesen Blog war.

Ein Jahr, hatte ich einen bestimmten Geschichte Lehrer in Schule. Er hat mir immer gefragt, ob die Erscheinen diese Woche von PBS “Masterpiece Theater” (Shakespeare) auf Fernseh zuschauen hatte ich. Und immer gesagt habe ich, “Ja, Bayern Muenchen hat wieder gewonnen und noch einmal Deutsche Meister zu sein werden wir.”

Meisterwerk Theater — Jeder Samstag bei 17.00 Uhr.

Belgian Bearing Gifts For Greeks – Pfaff Puts Out PAOK Thessaloniki

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Belgien Torhueter Jean-Marie Pfaff, der 64 A gespielt hat und bei zwei Weltmeisterschaft fuer sein Land erschien, hat sechs Saisonen in dem westdeutschen Bundesliga zwischen den Stocken fuer Bayern Muenchen…Belgium goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff, who played 64 international matches and appeared at two World Cup finals for his country, spent six seasons in the West German Bundeslgia between the sticks for Bayern Munich.
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Manchmal, der Torhueter muss alles tun…Sometimes, the goalkeeper must do everything.

Nach 210 Minuten von zwei Spiele ohne Tore zwischen Bayern Muenchen und PAOK Thessaloniki, es gab Elfmeterschiessen in ehemalige UEFA Pokal waehrend 1983-84 Saison. Zu den fuenften Umlauf der Kicker anfangen, mit einem Tor gewonnen haben koennte PAOK. Aber JEAN-MARIE PFAFF hat PAOK Verteidiger IONNIS DAMANAKIS (21 A fuer Greichenland) angehalten und Bayern ein neue Leben gegeben hat…After 210 minutes from two games without goals between Bayern Munich and PAOK Thessaloniki, there were penalty kicks in the former UEFA Cup during the 1983-84 season. To begin the fifth round of kickers, PAOK could have won with a goal. But Jean-Marie Pfaff stopped PAOK defender Ionnis Damanakis (21 caps for Greece) and gave Bayern a new life.

In dem zehnten Umlauf, Pfaff zeigt Klasseform und das Spiel allein beenden. Zuerst, ein andere PAOK Elfmeter blockiert hat er. Und dann das Bayern Torhueter die Siegelfmeter schiessen…In the tenth round, Pfaff shows class form and terminates the match by himself. First, he blocks another PAOK penalty. And then the Bayern goalkeeper shoots the game-winning goal.

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1983-84 UEFA Pokal (Cup)
Zweite Runde, Rueckspiel
2nd round, return leg

BAYERN MUNICH : Pfaff – Augenthaler – Duernberger, Beierlorzer, Nachtweih – Pfluegler, Lerby, Kraus, Mathy (Hoeness 70) – K.H. Rummenigge (Dell’Haye 37th), M. Rummenigge

PAOK THESSALONIKI : Fortula – Damanakis, Alavantes, Baniotis, Psaras, Alexandridis, Skartatos, Koudas (Vassilakos 56th), Georgopoulos, Dimopoulos, Kostikos