These were the big cup sensations of the past – soon also Bielefeld?
Would it be a sensation at all if the Arminia turned against VfB Stuttgart? After all, a master (Arminia) meets a disappointing table ninth. There have already been several major sensations in the history of the DFB Cup. With failing world champions, desperate Champions League winners and the hairstyle that have become.
VfB Eppingen – Hamburger SV 2: 1
It should be the mother of all cup sensation. Nothing indicated this. But that’s the way it is with the surprises. For the first time in the history of the DFB Cup, amateur clubs were also allowed to take part in the competition this season and VfB Eppingen showed in the second round where the attraction of this constellation could be. The Hamburgers competed in the starting line -up with Rudi Kargus, Manfred Kaltz and Georg Volkert. At the time of the game, the Hanseatic League ranks at the top of the Bundesliga. But that did not let the opponent from the 1st Amateur League Nordbaden freeze in awe. The Badeners kept the game open for a long time – and then Gerd Störzer’s hour hit. The then 25-year-old midfielder met in the 60th and 70th minute, the Hamburgers came to the connection nine minutes later. Defense battle, euphoric fans, final whistle – the full program. The HSV was out and the trophy had its first sensation.
FV Weinheim 08 – FC Bayern 1-0
A month earlier, six Bayern were there live when the German national team became world champion. « Yesterday world champion, today caretaker, » said Libero Klaus Augenthaler after the defeat with the Baden third division. For the first time, the Munich team had left an amateur club, and for the first time in the first round of cup. Because the trained fine sheet metal Thomas Schwechheimer confidently converted a very good -natured penalty. As was the case for cup sensations at the time, Schwechheimer was of course smokers and would have preferred to be « a drink with my buddies » instead of accepting the invitation to the current sports studio. In addition, Schwechheim was a confessing Bayern fan, which slightly clouded his joy – but not that of the 10,000 spectators. The stadium would have even caught 15,000 fans. But the high ticket price (45 marks) and 46 degrees in the sun held some followers. You will have regretted it.
Eintracht Trier – Borussia Dortmund 2: 1
The Kicker Hernach wrote that Dortmund had played « left as if from all good spirits ». The current Champions League winner was on the pitch here. The regional league in the round of 16 should not be much more than one passage station on the way to another title. It turned out differently. Jürgen Kohler, Andreas Möller, Paulo Sousa and Co. had little to oppose the stormy amateurs. This should go through the further course of the season. After only one season, the time of Nevio Scala was over at BVB as a trainer. That was not very interested in Trier.
TSV Vestenbergsgreuth – FC Bayern 1-0
If the defeat of the Hamburgers against Eppingen is the mother of all cup sensations, this is the father. It wears a mustache and long, curly hair. Like Harry Koch, the personified cup miracle. The regional league defender threw himself in duels with Matthäus, Scholl and Papin in 1994 – and on the other side of the field, Roland Stein used one of the few chances of the francs shortly before half -time. The rest is history.
