Braunschweig: Grief around Danilo Popivoda

Danilo Popivoda, Eintracht Braunschweig's crowd pleasure of the 70s, died on Thursday at the age of 74 in his house in Montenegro, as the Eintracht announced.

In the lions, he is still considered a legend: In July 1975, Eintracht obliged the Yugoslav national player for converted 350 thousand euros - a proud sum for the then circumstances. In 126 games, the outer storm achieved 30 goals and had a large proportion in the seasons 1975/76 and 1976/77 that the BTSV initially completed the Bundesliga as a table of uses and then as a thritter.

DUELLE WITH BERTI VOGTS

Even Berti Vogts once described the Montenegriner as one of the most difficult and most interesting opponents of his career. Thus, the two met at the 1974 World Cup in the final round. The later World Champion Germany won 2: 0. Popivoda played 20 internationals for Yugoslavia and scored five goals.

However, an eye disease plagued, so he finished his career in 1981 prematurely. In Braunschweig he remained unforgotten. He also enjoys legend status in Slovenia, where he played long for Olimpia Ljubljana. It was also between 1998 and 2020 under Srecko Katanec Co-coach of the Slovenian national team, which then qualified for the EM 2000 and for the 2002 World Cup - until today the most successful time of the Alpine Republic.