That was impressive, compliments for that,” said expert Matthias Sammer on “Amazon Prime Video”, who also found the fans’ reaction to Bayern’s exit with applause for their own players “great class”.
Gerd Müller died on August 15, 2021 at the age of 75 after many years of Alzheimer’s disease.
The so-called “bomber of the nation” shot FC Bayern Munich into the Bundesliga and later into the European history books as a center forward between 1964 and 1979.
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“He was such a fine guy and much more subtle than many thought. Gerd and I – we were like brothers,” said Franz Beckenbauer to “Bild” last year. “Without the Gerd gates, we would still be in our old wooden hut on Säbener Straße,” the emperor once said.
Robert Lewandowski in the footsteps of Gerd Müller
Müller, who scored the winning goal 2-1 in the 1974 World Cup final against the Netherlands, was crowned world champion together with Beckenbauer and, among others, Uli Hoeneß. “It was a great personal honor for me to play alongside him,” Hoeneß told Merkur after Müller’s goal.
Müller’s record of 40 Bundesliga goals in one season (1971/72) was only surpassed 50 years later by Robert Lewandowski (41).
“If you had told me that a few years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. Unfortunately, Gerd is no longer with us. But I wouldn’t have made it all without him. It’s always about the next step, to achieve the next goals . To break this record was a dream for me,” said Lewandowski at the time.
A total of 365 Bundesliga goals are unmatched to this day.
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