No panic on the Titanic: Daniel Stolpe lists Eintracht Frankfurt’s 5:1 win over Kaiserslautern on May 29, 1999 under the heading ‘the special match’ – and that is still putting it mildly. In blazing summer heat, Eintracht delivered an epic fight and escaped relegation from a seemingly hopeless position. They needed to win by four goals.
Marco Gebhardt made it 3:1 only in the 80th minute. Bernd Schneider and Jan-Aage Fjörtoft, with his famous step-over finish, completed the sensation. Afterwards Fjörtoft said of rescue coach Jörg Berger: ‘He could have saved the Titanic.’