Since 1968 Beckenbauer, has been called "Der Kaiser" by fans and the media. The following anecdote is told (even by Beckenbauer himself) to explain the origin: On the occasion of a friendly game of Bayern Munich in Vienna, Austria, Beckenbauer posed for a photo session right beside a bust of the former Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I. The media called him "Fußball-Kaiser" (football-emperor) afterwards, soon after he was just called "Der Kaiser". However, according to a report in the German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag", this explanation is untrue, though very popular. According to the report, Beckenbauer fouled his opposite number, Reinhard Libuda from Schalke 04, in the cup final on 14 June 1969. Disregarding the fans' hooting, Beckenbauer took the ball into the opposite part of the field, where he balanced the ball in front of the upset fans for half a minute. Libuda was commonly called "König von Westfalen" (king of Westphalia), so the press looked for an even more exalted moniker and invented "Der Kaiser".