Even if you don't subscribe to the overly commercial concept of the "German national der klassiker", you have to admit that many of the competitions between Bayern Munich and Dortmund are classics. The classic of the classics is the league staged at the Westphalia Stadium on April 3, 1999. No matter how many years have passed, the two scenes that appear in this game, or the protagonist of those two scenes, Oliver Kahn, are irreplaceable legends in the history of the "Red and Yellow Decision".
Irritated Kahn
Also in the 24th round, also Bayern's pre-match no. 1, Dortmund are no. 5, in line with the latest "national derby" to be staged tonight. The difference was that Bayern had already thrown 14 points away from 2nd place Kaiserslautern, which was a full 20 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund, and even if they lost, there would be no serious consequences. However, that Bayern team does not look like it will lose at all. Prior to visiting the Westphalia Stadium, Heathfield's side had won an 8-game winning streak in the league and kept a clean sheet! In other words, Kahn hasn't conceded a goal in the league for 3 1/2 months.
Throwing bananas at the penalty area where Kahn was located was a "trend" in the Bundesliga at that time.
However, after only 13 minutes of playing, Bayern's goal was actually broken by Herlich, and Kahn's league consecutive non-conceding time was fixed at 736 minutes. Kahn was infuriated by the goal conceded. In his autobiography published in 2004, he revealed that he was "like a troubled beast, my aggression was accumulating, on the verge of erupting." ”
Thus, one of the most famous scenes in the history of the "German National Derby" (although it was not yet called at the time) appeared: in the 22nd minute, when Kahn picked up the ball in front of the goal line, Herlich took the opportunity to press and leaned straight over, almost squeezing Kahn into the goal with the ball. Although referee Heinemann quickly whistled to punish Helich for the foul, Kahn did not spare Helich, opening his mouth to the opponent's face, like the scene where Tyson bit off Hollyfield's ear.
Even Kahn himself admitted that the scene of "biting" Helich made him ashamed.
Of course, Kahn didn't bite Helich, just "kissed" it. Oh, more than once. The current Augsburg boss later revealed that the clash was "premeditated" and that "Kohler told me before the game: 'Notice, Ollie can easily get irritated when handling the high ball.'" You can go squeeze him and make him nervous. So Kahn and Helich created such a classic "intimate encounter." Helich said: "Kahn didn't bite me, just nibbled me gently. Then I made a gesture where he had wine in his mouth. Of course, he wasn't drunk, I just wanted to provoke him further. Years later, Kahn reflected on his playing career: "I rarely feel ashamed, but maybe I felt it at Borussia Dortmund, after that scene with Helich. ”
The psychological battle between Herlich and Dortmund appears to have succeeded. In the 32nd minute, Kahn made a mistake in saving Nellinger's long-range shot, and Helich quickly followed up with a follow-up shot to rewrite the score to 2-0. What's more, Kufuor was sent off with a red card for assaulting Ricken just four minutes later. He made his own mistakes, the team was in trouble again, and Kahn went completely crazy. Thus, a second classic scene appeared.
In the 40th minute, Carsten Bowman sent a superb cross near the midline, Chap Issat quickly stepped forward, the assistant referee immediately raised the flag to signal offside, and the referee also quickly blew the whistle. At this time, Kahn rushed out of the penalty area like a madman to take the ball away with both hands, and at the same time jumped up and raised his right leg to try to kick at the Swiss forward, and the scene suddenly erupted into deafening boos and insults. However, like the previous "bite", Kahn's "kung fu foot" was not exchanged for a yellow card warning.
Kahn's "flying kick" of Chap Isat seems to be one of the inspirations for the design of today's Bundesliga logo...
Kahn later recalled: "At that moment, the aggression in my body was completely released. I unleashed a beast, and I jumped toward Chapu Isat and raised my legs. 'Kung Fu Kahn' was born. Obviously, this is also a humiliating scene for the chairman-elect of Bayern's board of directors, "That's not me. ”
Jedi Strikes Back
Just when people thought Kahn was really crazy and Bayern, who was playing one less, was completely out of control, the Jedi strike-back was staged in the second half. Immediately after half-time, Heathfield replaced Strenz and Basler with Salihamidzic and "substitute killer" Zikler. Shortly after the change of sides, Borussia Dortmund captain Reuter was sent off for violating Sauer, and the number of the two teams became equal again. Although Dortmund young marshal Schibbe made an immediate substitution in hopes of filling a defensive hole, Zickler and Yanker soon scored two consecutive cities to equalize.
In front of the South Stand, Kahn, who was not good at saving penalties, blocked Ricken's penalty with his legs, but this scene was "not famous enough".
The good drama is still to come, and Kahn still has the drama. In the 76th minute, Salihamidzic reached out in the penalty area and gently pulled Dede, the Brazilian left gate immediately exaggerated and fell to the ground, and the referee Heinemann blew a penalty! Ricken started running from inside the penalty area and finally decided to hit the middle, only to pounce on his left Side of Kahn to block the ball with his right calf! The ball quickly bounced back into Ricken's leg, and before Ricken could react, Janker quickly unblocked his big foot from the rear. Kahn blocked a penalty in front of the South Stand that Borussia Dortmund could have won the game, driving the yellow-and-black hardcore who threw bananas at him crazy! Kahn later said: "I don't think I'm making the audience very happy. I'm not here to please the audience. I just want to be the best goalkeeper in the world. ”
After a crazy 90 minutes, crazy Kahn led Bayern tenaciously to take away one point from the Westphalia Stadium and ride in the standings. A month later, Kahn and Helich met at the clinic of the "doctor" Müller-Wolfat in Munich. Hulich said: "We talked very easily but didn't talk about that game. Chap Isat later said: "We met later, but never talked about that scene. ”
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