Görlitz scores against Görlitz, a goal for the ages remembered & other curiousities

By: Luke | August 19th, 2009

FC Bayern was victorious in their Testspiel in Saxony against Gelb-Weiss Görlitz by the final count of 10:0. Former Bayern star Jens Jeremies was a youth player for Gelb-Weiss, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this season. His pro club was happy to repay his loyalty over the years by participating in the match. Most of the starters were rested, although Ivica Olic did play the full 90, and scored 3 times, a feat matched only by Thomas Müller on the night. A rather subdued version of the Zillertaler Hochzeitsmarsch could be heard following each goal, an oddity generally reserved for away friendlies against sub-3rd division clubs. Among the other rarities were a goal (and no card) for Christian Lell, and that Twilight Zone-y moment when Andreas Görlitz put in the 10th against Görlitz. The incident was reminiscent of the time Torsten Hamburger scored against HSV. Thanks to reader Bryce for posting a link to a feed, although I was only able to get audio on most of the feeds I found. The match was carried on DSF in Germany, and the upcoming friendly against Union Berlin will be as well, so most of the interested should be able to find a way to watch it via the net.

As mentioned on the Bundesliga website, Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of arguably the coolest goal ever scored in the long history of FC Bayern Munich. It was August 20, 1989, in a first round Pokal match against Eintracht Frankfurt, when Klaus Augenthaler unleashed this magical shot..

On the Ribéry watch, it seems the Big 3 have more or less come out 2-1 in favor of Louis van Gaal in the ongoing position debate. Rummenigge’s comments try to downplay the entire issue, by stating the both Ribéry and van Gaal have “the same goal” but he indicated the “player will play where the coach decides”. Meanwhile, Hoeness tried to play the “manhood” card to a degree, more or less stating that to be considered one of the great players, one must play in the center, tacitly challenging Ribéry to step up. He was a bit less non-committal about whether the specific
situation at Bayern calls for that, labeling the situation “interesting”. Beckenbauer for his part, continues to bemoan the “problems” created by shifting Ribéry away from the left. It seems to me Franz is perhaps still making penance for his past slap at Franck.

Finally, a wacky story out of Italy as Luca Toni’s agent Tullio Tinti angrily insisted that he alone is the agent for Toni, and not one Jose Alberti. Alberti, whose actual expertise other than passing himself off as an agent or possibly being a fictional character are unknown, was widely quoted in the online stories speculating about a possible Toni move to West Ham over the last few weeks, including one I linked to in this blog. At least I managed to balance it with Nerlinger’s denial of the rumor. Come to think of it, maybe I should pose as Christian Lell’s agent and demand an immediate transfer to somewhere far away.