“We could hardly lose,” he says. Although Pirmasens beat Hertha 2–1 that same day, Düsseldorf produced a sensation in Hesse. The feared Bieberer Berg was in Fortuna hands.\n\nThey led 3–0 at half-time. “Peter Meyer and Waldi Gerhardt had put us well clear early on, and then in the second half I got my chance too.” Jürgen Schult and Werner Biskup made it 5–0 under deafening chants.
Offenbach got one back, and then the place exploded at full-time.