East Germany won 2:1 with its neighbors and world champions West Germany in an exhibition soccer match that was postponed by 20 years.
Because of the age of the players match in Leipzig last 80 instead of 90 minutes. Members of West Germany was the coach of the Bulgarian national team, Lothar Matthaus, who captained the world champions for 1990.
Karlheinz Ridley opened the scoring in favor of the West, but East made a turnaround with hits Olaf Marshall and Ulf Kirsten.
"All we wanted to have fun. All we ambitious, although our feet we do not hear much," said humorous t star of West Germany - Juergen Klinsmann.
The friendly match between East and West Germany had to play through November 1990, one month after the unification of West Germany and East Germany. The meeting was then postponed because of the death of a soccer fan in the eastern part of Germany because of the threat of violence.
Nine of 22 players, world champions in 1990 were members of the West, led by coach Berti Vogts.
East was head of Edward Geier, coach led East Germany in the final game of that country before unification with West Germany in September 1990. Then East Germany defeated Belgium 2:0.
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