Soren Lerby: How Denmark & Bayern Munich midfielder played two games in one day for club and country

By the 57th minute, Michael Laudrup and John Sivebaek had put Denmark 3-1 up in a sport they’d win 4-1. A minute later, Lerby was off and the clock began ticking.

After a fast bathe – towards Hoeness’ needs – they had been off to the airport behind a police escort. The flight went to plan, too.

Thus far, so good – till the drive from Dusseldorf airport to Bochum’s stadium.

“The visitors was three, 4 kilometres as a result of the stadium is within the metropolis,” recalled the 67-year-old Lerby.

“So I needed to bounce out of the automotive and run 4 kilometres into the dressing room. That was an excellent warm-up.”

However Lerby would quiet down on the bench as a result of Bayern coach Udo Lattek had already named the beginning line-up.

“I used to be very upset as a result of I wished to play from the start. However I got here in at half-time after which there was further time and the consequence was 2-2.”

Lerby scored within the replay, which Bayern gained 2-0 and went on to carry the cup by beating Stuttgart within the last.

However as spectacular because the accomplishment sounds, he by no means thought it was something particular.

“I do not forget that I used to be sitting within the bar after the match in Bochum,” added Lerby. “I took a beer and I used to be considering ‘that was an excellent job’. However that was the one factor. I used to be not feeling prefer it was an enormous achievement.

“In our time, there was a lot chaos. We had been many instances in large hassle. You play for the nationwide group and the membership additionally has a match so you weren’t allowed to go [to the national team].”

Virtually precisely two years later, Hoeness additionally persuaded Mark Hughes to play in one other cup match for Bayern on the identical day as he performed for Wales in Czechoslovakia.

Whether or not the striker obtained a bonus for his efforts is not identified, but it surely’s a degree which Lerby could increase with Hoeness.

“I’ll ask him subsequent time, that’s for positive,” he mentioned. “I’ll say, you missed one thing, Uli!”