grief when 1. FC Cologne: a club legend Gerhard Strack died at the age of only 64 years. With the FC, he won four titles, the DFB-Team, he stays because of a special match in memory.
The Cologne-based club legend Gerhard “Gerd” Strack is surprisingly passed away. Strack was only 64 old. His former teammate Toni Schumacher react “shocked”. In 1978, he caught up with the FC, the Double, in 1977 and 1983, the DFB-Pokal.
Cologne – a Great sadness to all at team 1. FC Köln : One of the biggest club legends is surprisingly passed away. The ten-time national soccer player Gerhard “Gerd” Strack was only 64 years old. The the Association on demand confirmed to dpa, with reference to the family. Earlier, it was reported on Friday by the Cologne “Express”.
The near of Cologne in Kerpen-born Strack played from 1974 to 1985 for the Cologne club. He was at the Double 1978 regular player and led the team during the last title win in 1983 in the DFB-Cup as the captain in the finals on the square.
Important goal for Germany: Strack, the German Team shot for the 1984 UEFA European championship
German national team he scored as a Libero only a goal, but a very important: the winner of the 2:1 in the crucial qualification game against Albania, ten minutes before the end of the Game Strack Germany headed to the 1984 UEFA European championship . In the finals he was not in the squad, came in France but for use. Germany was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Ex-teammate Toni Schumacher was “shocked and totally sad,”
Straight longtime teammate Toni Schumacher “image”: said “I am shocked and totally sad. My thoughts are with his wife Emmy and children. The Gerd was younger than I am.“
“At the game in Saarbrücken, I have to think back,” said Schumacher, who was tending at the time, against Albania, the German goal.
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another club legend it is currently a little better: none other than FC Bayern*-honorary President Franz Beckenbauer will be part of the FCB to the eight-member Delegation, which allows to keep track of the game against Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich’s Allianz Arena*.
*tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network. Here you will find everything for the squad and the titles of the FCB.
