Miracles from the Grotenburg
The miracle of the Grotenburg (also the miracle of Uerdingen ) is called the 7: 3 ending European cup match between Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Dynamo Dresden on March 19, 1986. Bayer Uerdingen had lost the quarter-final first leg in the 1985/86 European Cup Winners' Cup 2-0 and were at halftime - apparently hopeless - 3-1 back. After a career-ending foul against Dresden's regular goalkeeper, Uerdingen made his way into the semi-finals with six goals in the second half.
As a German-German duel during the division of Germany, the game was particularly explosive.
Uerdingen's entry into the semi-finals meant the greatest success in the club's history to date.
prehistory
The Uerdingen team lost the first leg on March 5 in Dresden 0-2 (goal scorers: Frank Lippmann , Hans-Uwe Pilz ). Uerdingen had to win the second leg at Krefeld's Grotenburg Stadium with at least three goals difference due to the away goals rule . With a 2-0 win, there would have been extra time, possibly with a penalty shoot-out; with any other result Uerdingen would have been eliminated.
Since it was a German-German encounter, this game was particularly explosive. Therefore, ZDF decided to broadcast this game live and not the simultaneous game in the European Cup between FC Bayern Munich and RSC Anderlecht . This very controversial decision turned out to be a stroke of luck, because it enabled West German television viewers to experience the “Miracle of the Grotenburg” live.
The game
Ralf Minge scored the 0: 1 in the first minute of the game . After Wolfgang Funkel (13th) equalized in the meantime , Frank Lippmann (36th) and Rudi Bommer (42nd, own goal) made it 1: 3 at halftime. At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Uerdingen needed five goals to advance. In a clash in the 39th minute, considered a foul by Wolfgang Funkel, Dresden's goalkeeper Bernd Jakubowski suffered a broken shoulder and had to be replaced at half-time by Jens Ramme , who had been completely inexperienced until then .
In the 58th minute, Wolfgang Funkel started the race to catch up after a foul from Minge with a penalty . Lárus Guðmundsson (63.), Wolfgang Schäfer (65.) and Dietmar Klinger (78.) screwed the score to 5: 3, and finally Wolfgang Funkel brought Uerdinger in for the first time with his third goal, a hand penalty (79th) the addition of both games in the lead. Immediately afterwards, the Dresden team gave up two clear scoring chances by Jörg Stübner and Ralf Minge, which goalkeeper Werner Vollack destroyed. Wolfgang Schäfer finally set the end with the 7: 3 in the 86th minute.
consequences
For the Uerdinger, reaching the semi-finals against Atlético Madrid was the greatest success in their club history.
Dresden's trainer Klaus Sammer was later relieved of his post and replaced by Eduard Geyer . For Dynamo goalkeeper Bernd Jakubowski, the injury sustained during the foul resulted in an abrupt end of career. The Dresden player Frank Lippmann sat down after the game and stayed in the Federal Republic.
The soccer magazine 11 Freunde named the game Uerdingen against Dresden the “greatest soccer game of all time”. The WDR filmed a documentary about the game, on 10 December 2007 around 100 invited guests in Krefeld Cinemaxx premiered in late December it was shown on television.
Web links
- Game statistics in the Dynamo database. ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: svenebert.de.
- 7: 3 after 1: 3. When Uerdingen won the craziest game of all time. In: Welt.de. March 19, 2011, accessed March 29, 2020 .
- Richard Leipold: Football thriller. A miracle that turned into a political thriller. In: FAZ.net. December 15, 2007, accessed March 29, 2020 .
- Sports show : Catching up in the European Cup: The football miracle of Uerdingen. At: YouTube .
literature
- Steffen Pockart: World youth until the meltdown. Ten gates for eternity . Books on Demand, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8423-8439-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ European Cup. "That was over". In: rund-magazin.de. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .