The non-aggression pact of Gijon: when Germany still won football matches

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The game went like “Gijon’s non-aggression pact” in the history of football. 41 years ago on Sunday, Germany met Austria at the World Cup and took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute. Since this result secured the progress of both teams, no one took unnecessary risks. In the end, the players pushed the ball towards each other without being tackled. Much to the chagrin of the Algerian fans as it eliminated their team.

He jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps. Year after year, the same question arises: power Simon Amman further or not? We don’t have an answer to that at the moment. But what we do know: this Sunday the ski jumper celebrates his party 42nd birthday.

These are the most successful grass tennis players

1. Roger Federer (41): 19 titles
10 victories in Halle (De), 8 titles in Wimbledon (GB) and 1 victory in Stuttgart (De). No other tennis player has been as successful on grass as the Swiss.

2. Pete Sampras (51): 10 titles
Between 1990 and 2000, the American won ten tournaments on grass: 7 times at Wimbledon, 2 times at Queen’s and 1 time in Manchester. Makes place 2, because there was no herb against Federer for him either.

3. Jimmy Connors (70): 9 titles
De Ami played at a time when the Australian Open and the US Open, which he won once each, were still played on grass. There are also 2 wins in Wimbledon, 3 in Queen’s and 1 in Manchester and Birmingham.

3. Stan Smith (76): 9 titles
The American’s 9 titles are divided over 8 different tournaments: Nottingham (2), Melbourne (1), South Orange (1), Boston (1), Beckenham (1), Queen’s (1), US Open (1) and Wimbledon (1).

5. Novak Djokovic (36): 8 titles
The Serbian is one of seven players to have won 8 titles on grass. The others are: Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Alex Metreweli, John McEnroe, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray.

Occupied in the Bundesliga table Schalke 17th place and relegated. In a ranking, however, the Gelsenkircheners are the best: that is the local Veltins Arena most vegan football stadium in Germany. Chosen by animal rights organization PETA. Incidentally, Bayern Munich only took sixth place.

Source : Blick