VS. BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN
BAYERN LIFE February 2025
FINAL RESULT
2:4
1:2
When SPORT BECOMES ART: Lothar Matthäus volleys a corner from outside the penalty area into the top left corner.
The TV commentator shouted at the time:“ Lothar Matthäus of all people!“ Because he‘ d initially been rather lacklustre following his return from Italy.
Matthäus turned the game around in the 69TH MINUTE. He scored a total of 85 BL goals for FCB.
VS. BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN
1992
LOTHAR MATTHÄUS
LOTHAR MATTHÄUS – 21 NOVEMBER 1992( AND 10 JUNE 1990 FOR GERMANY)
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“ I’ ve had the great honour of being awarded the‘ Goal of the Year’ twice in my career: my goal to make it 3-1 in the 4-1 opening win against Yugoslavia on our way to the 1990 World Cup title, and then two years later my volley to put us 2-1 up against Leverkusen. Both remain special goals to this day. That opening win at the World Cup in Italy lifted us, and the goal for FC Bayern was a huge relief for me personally. I had returned to Munich from Inter Milan that summer and had worked hard after my cruciate ligament rupture to be back on the pitch after just five months. During that period, things still weren’ t quite functioning as naturally as they normally did, which lead to me receiving criticism. And then came 21 November in Leverkusen: A corner came in from the left, I took it on the volley, 20 metres from goal, the ball flew into the top corner and we won 4-2 in the end. It was my first competitive goal in one and a half years – and a real redemption. Wonderful to watch, and on top of that it had a very special personal meaning. I always look back very fondly on that goal, and clearly lots of fans do too. Even today it’ s still one of the goals I’ m most often asked about.“ 76 FC Bayern Magazine