VS . EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
BAYERN LIFE February 2025
KLAUS AUGENTHALER – 19 AUGUST 1989
“ Coach Jupp Heynckes had mentioned before this DFB Cup match at Eintracht Frankfurt that Uli Stein liked to stand very far off his line , like a kind of libero . I then noticed during the game that he was constantly outside his penalty area when Frankfurt were in possession , so I just tried it – and the ball landed perfectly . It flew 49.5 metres , right under the crossbar . Uli Stein accepted it with a shake of his head . I was good friends with him . He just said : ‘ Only crazy people go for goal from that distance .’ At Bayern at that time , we often shot at goal from the halfway line at the end of training . If you scored , you were allowed to go into the dressing room . I often tried it in matches , including once in an international against Colombia , where ‘ El Loco ’ René Higuita was in goal . But he didn ’ t fall for it . People still remember the goal at Frankfurt to this day . I regularly get sent the video and I enjoy watching it . Whenever I see it , I think to myself : Man , why does no one challenge you there ? Only one of them tried but rather half-heartedly . That the strike was later also voted ‘ Goal of the Decade ’ is obviously great , but it didn ’ t interest me for long . After all , we were knocked out in the next round of the cup .”
ONLY CRAZY PEOPLE GO FOR GOAL FROM THAT DISTANCE
FINAL RESULT
0:1
After the game , Augenthaler was rather matter-of-fact when summarising what had happened : “ I noticed that Uli was standing way off his line and just hit it .“
VS . EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
In the 34TH MINUTE , Uli Stein had ventured too far out of the Frankfurt goal . Auge scored 74 goals for FCB .
0:1
‘ Auge ’ ( the German for eye ) with an EYE FOR GOAL . He runs from his own penalty area like a Roman general towards the centre circle and then pulls the trigger – from 49.5 metres .
Watch the goal
1989
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