Andy Möller on BVB triumphs: "Most important pass of my career" | OneFootball

The book "15 Seconds Wembley – A Career Full of Titles" by Andreas Möller has just been released, in which the World and European Champion naturally also talks extensively about his total of eight years at Borussia Dortmund. To drum up publicity for his book, he recently visited Kicker to reveal some insights from the book in their podcast.

The BVB is particularly close to him because of those eight years he spent there. He still enjoys going to the stadium in Dortmund, meeting many old acquaintances, and maintaining a good relationship with the club. However, he doesn't want to commit to a favorite club. Eintracht Frankfurt, as his youth and training club where he later worked in the youth academy, is just as close to him. He also maintains good contacts with Juventus, although not quite as close.

When asked about the most beautiful moment of his career, Andreas Möller doesn't want to single out one. The 85-time German international points out that his entire career, not least off the field, was a beautiful experience.

However, when it comes to the most important scene, Andreas Möller does make a decision. His pass before Lars Ricken's chip for the decisive 3-1 in the 1997 Champions League final was the most important pass of his entire career. This scene is even more important to him, even with much time passed, than, for example, the penalty scored in the Euro 1996 semi-final, which he references with the title of his book "15 Seconds Wembley."

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Sammer one of Möller's Top-3 Players

When asked about his best teammate, Möller again doesn't want to single out one, initially naming Uwe Bein and Roberto Baggio, then adding Matthias Sammer. He himself played the best football of his career at Borussia Dortmund in the championship season 1994/95, certainly thanks to strong teammates like Sammer. Möller contributed fourteen goals and nine assists back then, but above all, he made the team the best in the Bundesliga with his dynamic offensive actions.

That his later move away from BVB to arch-rival Schalke 04 was not against the club and certainly not against its fans was already reported here. Rather, Möller was primarily concerned with shedding the "softie" image, which he felt was unjustified, with this by no means easy move.

After all, he had already proven himself at Juventus Turin, in a squad with absolute world-class players in the then best league in the world, and that in a foreign country, and had also demonstrated his class at various major tournaments with the national team.

The entire conversation lasts over two hours and offers worthwhile insights into all of Möller's stations, not just at BVB – or you can just get the book.

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