After surviving the corona infection, Neuer was already guarding the Munich goal again and was unemployed for long stretches against the “billies”. Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski, who tied a three-pack, shone in the storm.
There was no sign of frustration in Cologne after the final whistle. But on the contrary. Baumgart rushed to handshake with the Bayern keeper. And secured a special memento: Neuer’s goalkeeper jersey. After the game, the TV cameras caught how the German team goalie took off a jersey, which the Cologne coach pressed into the hand. And even received a souvenir: Baumgart’s flat cap, which has become a cult object. The 50-year-old always wears it to Cologne games, and it was already sold out in the fan shop of the German cult club in autumn.
That’s why Neuer was all the happier to have received the hat. “He asked me about my jersey,” reported Neuer after the game on “Sky” from the exchange of jerseys. The keeper agreed immediately because there had never been a jersey swap during Baumgart’s active time. The flat cap will meanwhile have a place of honor, assured the Bayern keeper. Because it has already become “legendary”.
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