West Germany the Cup

The Cup. Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum reached the final. Eintracht looked like the favourite, but not absolutely. Given their predicament, the only chance for Bochum to win anything was the Cup tournament. They were experienced fighters, managing to survive in the Bundesliga for a long time always playing against superior teams. Eintracht did not have good season, so there was a chance. Motivation was not an issue at all. The final was tough enough and Bochum did the best they could, but Lajos Detari scored for Eintracht and that was that.
Unfortunately, VfL Bochum lost a second Cup final. With a team like that, it was kind of expected loss – modest as ever, their only player with fame was the Polish striker Andrzey Iwan. A few years back hailed as the next great Polish player, but expectations did not materialized – amply exemplified by playing for Bochum and not some big famous club. Not enough to win a trophy. Still, Bochum tried hard and lost minimally. But lost…
Eintracht Frankfurt won its 4th Cup – it was their specialty, but earlier they were leading team. Now they were going down and had miserable season. That made them eager to compensate and there was no doubt the final was very important to them. The team – by names – was not as bad as their season went, but was not great either. Korbel and troublemaker Stein were aging dangerously, Smolarek was going somewhat downhill – a few years ago he was expected to reach the stardom of Boniek, but he did not (still, he was classier than Bochum’s Iwan, who was supposed to reach the expected stardom of Smolarek). Manfred Binz and Lajos Detari were the only players young enough to guarantee good future – and the Hungarian scored the winning goal! Well, the team was classier than Bochum’s and eventually prevailed. It was great for the morale, great for the fans, great for Korbel and Stein, for whom this was perhaps the last chance to win a trophy. Great for Detari, who would keep attention on himself and increase his value. And great for tradition: Eintracht confirmed that the Cup was their specialty. It was noticed they played Cup finals dressed in their reserve white jerseys, black shorts, white socks – lucky kit, bringing success.