Reykjavik. Not only Giovani Trapattoni has lost his composure after bitter performances. Even the outburst of anger of a German team boss remained memorable and when the DFB selection will play against Iceland today as part of the World Cup qualification (8.45 p.m., live there), memories of Rudi Völlers will come back to life.
On September 6, 2003, Völler exploded after a bleak 0-0 in European Championship qualification. His reckoning with critics and experts, whom he scolded “gurus”, achieved cult status.
“This is a mess!”
His choice of words in the Laugardalsvöllur national stadium was rough, but the nation laughed with them. The weather was bad, the game of the vice world champion with Kahn and Ballack was pathetic and Völler's mood was gone when he had to appear in the TV studio of ARD journalist Waldemar Hartmann. He had to listen to the moderator Gerhard Delling and icon expert Günter Netzer tearing up his team.
Then there was no stopping: “Delling, this is a mess. I can't hear that cheese anymore. I've been sitting here for three years now and I always have to listen to this bullshit. Günter, what kind of people they used to be. . . played, that was standing football. And Waldi is sitting here and has drunk three wheat beers. “
Völler is currently still head of sports in Leverkusen. Hartmann received an advertising contract with a wheat beer producer, Netzer is always above everyone anyway. What will Hansi Flick say after the game today? After five rounds, Germany is leader of the table.
