After 22 years in which the leaders in the final round also hoisted a plate, the yellow-and-black kicked the bucket. Dortmund did it with a 2-2 home win against Mainz, in a game where a win would have crowned them champions.
At noon the fans promised a party, on the evening the festivities were again reserved for the streets of Munich. The legacy of "Neverkusen" (from the word never) began - about the loser group that always came to the threshold of the well and did not drink.