The Bundesliga is a real early starter in 2021. The 14th matchday begins on January 2nd after a mini winter break. From today’s perspective, one of the curiosities in the history of the German elite class is that in the past they even played on New Years Eve.
But that was a long time ago. 1. FC Nürnberg and VfB Stuttgart parted in front of 23,000 spectators in the Franconian metropolis on December 31, 1964 with a 1: 1.
New Year’s Eve goals: Luggi Müller let it rip after the appendix operation
“If the game master scheduled the match for New Year’s Eve, then we just played. That was our job, ”recalled“ Club ”legend Ludwig“ Luggi ”Müller, who was able to compensate for the early Stuttgart lead by Hartmut Weiß from the third minute in the 77th minute.
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“Eight days earlier, my appendix was taken out. That’s why I had to manage my strength, ”continued Müller. It was enough for a hit on New Year’s Eve.
Erich Maas: Born on Christmas Eve, met on New Year’s Eve
Exactly one year after the aforementioned Nuremberg game, Tasmania Berlin lost at home in front of 3,600 fans against Eintracht Braunschweig with 0-2. “It was a game to catch up,” reported Braunschweig’s Klaus Meyer.
Erich Maas (r.) Not only scored the last New Year’s Eve goals in the Bundesliga, but also played three international matches. Here he is walking with his DFB colleagues Uwe Seeler (left) and Horst-Dieter Höttges on the beach at Malente in 1969
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Erich Maas, who was born on Christmas Eve 1940 and is still the last New Year’s Eve shooter in the Bundesliga, scored both Braunschweig goals.
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