With the score at 1-1, the goal crashed under the force of Borussia striker Herbert Laumen crashing into the net. The rotten wood was taken home by Charly Stock, the masseur at the time. Surely, manager Helmut Grashoff's wish to finally have this piece of wood out of sight that had caused so much trouble and turmoil.
For a draw would have been a setback in the battle for the championship, so at 1-1 the Gladbach team made a somewhat half-hearted and ultimately futile attempt to put the collapsed goal back up - speculating on a replay.