Before Bavaria – Bayer
These German-German European Cup duels went down in history
In the Champions League, FC Bayern meets Bayer Leverkusen – the first German duel in a long time. We show a selection of the previous meetings.
Floodlights, the stadium is full-European Cup evenings are always something special. However, it becomes very special when two teams from the same country meet on an international stage.
After a long time, a German-German duel is coming up in the Champions League: the draw for the round of 16 brought record champions Bayern Munich and the reigning German champions Bayer Leverkusen. The first leg will take place in Munich on Wednesday, and on Tuesday afterwards the Bayarena will get on.
“With FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen, the two best German teams are meeting,” said Munich sports director Max Eberl. Leverkusen’s sports director Simon Rolfes acknowledged the lot with a mischievous smile. “Andy Möller would probably have said: Munich or Madrid, the main thing is it Italy,” said the Bayer manager based on the football wisdom “Milan or Madrid, the main thing that was used and linked to Möller.
Champions League final 2013 is remembered
In the past, German-German meetings in international competitions occurred again and again-especially before reunification. Some games between teams from the FRG and the GDR became myth. For example, the “Miracle of the Weser” or “Wunder from the Grotenburg”, when Werder Bremen and Bayer Uerdingen managed to spectacularly turn against the BFC Dynamo or Dynamo Dresden.
However, these east-west duels have always been more than pure football games, they were also the encounter between two systems. Some of them were reached for all means: when FC Bayern traveled to Dresden in 1973, the players took their meals before the border – food poisoning was feared by the Stasi.
After reunification, the Bundesliga duels became less common, the UEFA regulations prevent two clubs from being drawn into the same group. All the more dramatic when such games come about. The Wembley final in 2013 was primarily involved in the history books when FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund played the Champions League title among themselves.
Source: Stern
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