FC Bayern “deeply shocked”
Death of Andreas Brehme causes great consternation
February 20, 2024, 10:30 a.m
Andreas Brehme died on Tuesday night at the age of just 63. The former clubs of the 1990 world champion are united in mourning the former world-class player.
The football world reacts with great shock to the death of Andreas Brehme. The Hamburg native died on Tuesday night at the age of 63 after a cardiac arrest. Brehme, who scored Germany’s victory over Argentina in 1990 with his converted penalty and thus their third world championship title after 1954 and 1974, played in the Bundesliga for FC Bayern Munich and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
FC Bayern, with whom Brehme became German champion in 1987, said in an initial reaction to “X” that they were deeply shocked by the sudden death of Andreas Brehme. The German record champion is united in mourning with his relatives and friends. ” With Brehme, the club lost its second former champion player within a few weeks after the death of club legend Franz Beckenbauer at the beginning of January. “We will always keep Andreas Brehme in our hearts – as a world champion and even more so as a very special person. He will always be part of the FC Bayern family. Rest in peace, dear Andi!”
1. FC Kaiserslautern, where Brehme began his Bundesliga career in 1981 and rose to become a club legend after his return in 1993 within a few but extremely eventful years, “mourns the loss of Andreas Brehme”. In 1996, the world champions with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, who won the DFB Cup after relegation, went into the second division in tears – only to become the first and so far only promoted team to become German champions after being promoted again. As champion, Brehme announced the end of his career in the Palatinate in 1998 – and later returned again for an unsuccessful coaching engagement.
Inter Milan, where Brehme moved for the 1988/89 season, said goodbye to its former champion player via “X”: “A great player, a real Interista,” wrote the Italians. “Ciao Andy, forever a legend.” The midfielder played 116 games for Inter Milan in Serie A, and in 1989 he became Italian champion alongside Jürgen Klinsmann and Lothar Matthäus. Two years later, Brehme won the UEFA Cup with Inter.
The DFB, for whom Brehme played three World Cups and 86 international matches, limited himself to “Rest in peace, Andy!” The association also shows a photo of the world champion with the World Cup trophy in his hands. “A young Hamburger and World Cup hero has left us,” wrote Hamburger SV, where Brehme once had a trial training session, but was never under contract. “We express our condolences and sympathy to the family, relatives and friends. May “Andi” rest in peace!”
In January, Brehme himself had touching words about the death of football legend Franz Beckenbauer. “I think in heaven he will create a magic triangle with Pelé and Maradona,” he said. “As a little boy, like probably every boy in Germany, I had a Franz Beckenbauer poster hanging above my bed. Later he became my boss and I was allowed to work with him. And in the end we became close friends. I I therefore owe a lot to Franz.”