Five hundred and eighty-one days later that signing humiliated Bayern’s defence in a matter of seconds. At 4:47 p.m. on that April Saturday, Grafite received the ball. What followed was great football: he slalomed between two defenders, shifted the ball past the rushing Michael Rensing and, with his back to goal and opponents all around him, used his heel to send the ball beyond the paralysed Bayern defenders and into the net.\n\nIt was the goal for 5–1, the final score, the goal that summed up Wolfsburg’s outstanding season and documented a temporary shift in the balance of power in German football.
Sportschau viewers later voted it Goal of the Year. It made Grafite immortal and, a few weeks later, helped place the first league shield in Wolfsburg hands.