'The cup final is a football festival – and for me a family affair'
'The cup final is a football festival – and for me a family affair' Dieter Hoeneß was a successful forward for FC Bayern from 1979 up to his retirement in 1987, scoring 145 goals in 302 competitive appearances. Before that, he spent four years at VfB Stuttgart. Ahead of the cup final between the two clubs on Saturday night, the now 73-year-old speaks about his very personal cup memories.
Interview with Dieter Hoeneß Mr Hoeneß, when football fans hear your name, they immediately think of the images from the 1982 cup final against Nürnberg: with a blood-stained bandage after a collision, you headed in the goal to complete a 4-2 win for FC Bayern. Is that also your memory when you heard the word ‘Pokal’? “No, but that scene, that match was certainly something special.
Every cup final has its own story. When I think of the DFB Cup, I don’t just think of the three wins, but also of 1985, of Bayer Uerdingen, the first time in Berlin, how unbelievably hot it was that day, how blindly we went into it and lost 2-1. Cup finals are special moments in the life of a footballer.
The 5-2 win over VfB Stuttgart in 1986 has its story, too. ” What story? “We were so grateful to VfB that year for helping us to become German champions.
We thought to ourselves: if VfB now win the cup, that’s also fine! Then we scored five goals, three of them from Roland Wohlfarth, and won 5-2. ” Now it’s Bayern versus Stuttgart in the final again.