“I guess it really wasn’t a dream!” On Sunday morning, VfL Bochum’s Twitter account needed to verify the reality of what had been a wonderful, strange afternoon with a snap of the scoreboard at the 90-minute mark. Relegation favourites at the start of the campaign, surprisingly must-watch since, Thomas Reis’s team have been a tough nut to crack, especially at their atmospheric, chocolate box Ruhrstadion. Making life uncomfortable for visitors and becoming the first team to put four first-half goals past Bayern Munich since November 1975 is slightly different, however.
The club’s managing director, Sebastian Schindzielorz, told Sky 90 the game might even surpass the fixture from September 1976, when Bochum had led 4-0 against the European champions and ended up losing 6-5. “Potentially it’s a new game of the century,” said Schindzielorz. “Now we can talk about a replacement for it. It’s a game that will go down in the history books of VfL Bochum.”
