Abstiegs-Endspiel für Schalke: So lief das heiße Finale 1973
Rolf Heßbrügge

Die Zwillinge Erwin (links) und Helmut Kremers in jungen Jahren beim FC Schalke 04.
Foto: dpa Picture-Alliance / SVEN SIMON / picture-alliance / Sven Simon
Gelsenkirchen. Erst einmal gab es für Schalke ein dramatisches Bundesliga-Rettungs-Finale. S04-Legende Erwin Kremers erinnert sich: „Ich rannte nur noch los.“
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Tränen der Erleichterung auf Schalke
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Schalke mit Nobodys und Newcomern
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Schalke 04 musste gegen den HSV punkten
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„Klaus hatte einen tollen linken Fuß“
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Große Jubelsause fällt nach Rettung flach
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