Borussia Dortmund goes into the game against FC Bayern ten points behind. After all: BVB won the last time, 2-0 in Munich.
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They have entered the language as a “German classic” – at least in the specialist media. The term is frowned upon by football purists. The “taz” etched: “Every time a sports reporter talks about the German Clásico, a groundskeeper dies in Spain.”
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1972: Dortmund goes to League 2
Bayern and Dortmund, on the other hand, have not only literally played in other leagues for large parts of their history. Shortly after the star of the south rose in the early 1970s, BVB slipped into insignificance.
Bayern’s 11-1 record win in BVB’s 71/72 relegation season only makes black and yellow witnesses cringe – they have experienced worse.
Munich remains – the rivals change
Bayern feuded with Gladbach’s Foals in the 1970s, with HSV in the 1980s and then with Werder Bremen. The classic was called “North-South Summit”.
After 2000, Leverkusen and Schalke had what it took to be rivals – but for them only titles like “Vizekusen” and “Master of Hearts” came out.
Hoeneß’ Bayern dream comes true
In Munich’s championship season with eleven titles in a row, BVB was runner-up seven times. But on average the “Bayern hunters” trailed by twelve points. When Pep Guardiola made his debut, the deficit ended up being 25 points. Uli Hoeneß’ dream: The competition only watches through binoculars.
BVB ten points behind Bayern
Things don’t look much better in the former Westfalenstadion. Only two out of nine games went to black and yellow. Dortmund are currently going into the game as outsiders again – ten points behind.
German final: BVB – Bayern at Wembley
The term “German classic” probably came into being during the 2013 Champions League final. UEFA strategists had put up advertising slogans around Wembley: “Football’s coming home” and “El Clasico – The classic”.
That was perfect because Bayern and Dortmund had previously eliminated Barca and Real. But BVB was already past its peak.
For the final of the 2013 Champions League, UEFA is playing around with words.
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Ancestral gallery with Kahn, Mill and Co.
Legendary moments can still be distilled. “Classic” photo shows are a standard feature of every sports editor: with Lothar Matthäus mocking Andi Möller as a “crybaby” in the 1990s; Oliver Kahn jumping at Stephane Chapuisat in kung fu style or biting Heiko Herrlich’s neck.
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A duel with a great history: in 1999, emotions ran high. Oliver Kahn narrowly missed Dortmund’s Stephane Chapuisat with this jump. He then gets the nickname “Kung Fu Kahn”.
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With the card festival of 2001: ten times yellow and four times red in one game; BVB striker Jan Koller the following year as an emergency goalkeeper. Hasan Salihamidzic’s brutal attack against Sebastian Kehl in 2006; or deeper in the archive: Frank Mill’s failed attempt in front of Jean-Marie Pfaff’s empty goal in 1986.
The DFB Cup also has great moments: Dortmund’s 5-2 triumph in Berlin. Sven Bender’s cult slide in Munich. Mats Hummels’ missed goal in the final game, which initiated the goal-line technique. All classics of German football.
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