Chapter 720

With the final approaching, there is a sense of tension over Munich.

There is no doubt about the past excellent record of Gao Han, but the Champions League final is different from other games. What's more, the opponent this time is Red Devils Manchester United, who once brought suffering to Bayern Munich.

All Bayern Munich fans will never forget how the Red Devils United reversed at the last moment of the match at the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona in 1999. That is the pain that Bayern Munich fans will never forget.

Almost the whole game, they thought they would win, but the result

That kind of feeling is not good, unforgettable.

It's like echoing each other from afar. That season, Bayern Munich was also superior in strength. The Bundesliga League was overwhelming, far ahead, and reached the German Cup final. The opponent was Werder Bremen.

The only difference is that the Bundesliga giants lost the Champions League final and then the German Cup.

In the Champions League, Bayern Munich and Manchester United and Barcelona and other big teams to draw the same group, but relying on their own strength to qualify, defeat kaiserslauterne, break Dynamo Kiev, and finally entered the final.

Although Kaiserslautern and Dynamo Kiev in the current European football world are only the third rate teams in Europe, at that time, Kaiserslautern just performed the miracle of promotion to win the championship. Dynamo Kiev swept Europa with Shevchenko and other local stars, including Barcelona and other top teams were all cut off.

It can be said that Bayern Munich's strength in that season can be regarded as second to none in the European football world, gathering a group of super strength stars such as efenberg, Kahn, Mateus, Elbe, Lizarazu, Sauer, link, Fink, and the head coach is European coach Heathfield.

So, in the Champions League final, when we meet Ferguson's Manchester United, Bayern Munich are also worthy of the number one favorite.

But the result did not expect, in the last few minutes, Bayern Munich lost the St. Brad cup, and finally came back.

That defeat created the Red Devils United's three crown Dynasty, but it also became an indelible scar in the hearts of all Bayern Munich fans and a disgrace in the hearts of all people.

Time has changed. Ten years later, the two teams meet again in the Champions League final, which seems like the reincarnation of fate.

Ten years ago, Manchester United defeated Bayern Munich with a weak victory. What about ten years later?

Can Ferguson's Red Devils still recreate the great feat of the year?

No one has an answer to this, but everyone is uneasy in his heart.

It seems to make the air in Munich tense.

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Thomas toohel pushed the door open, walked out of the courtyard and went to the mailbox at the gate to pick up the fresh morning newspaper.

The old landlord living next door was watering his favorite plants in the courtyard. When he saw him, he immediately called out.

"Hey, Thomas."

"Hi, good morning, landlord."

Thomas toohel said hello with a smile, and then saw his silent eyes, nodded with understanding, "don't worry, two tickets for the Olympic Stadium, I won't forget."

"Oh, thank you so much, Thomas."

Thomas tuhl has been in Bayern Munich for two years and has been living in this small town in the southern suburbs.

Although the house price here is not expensive, and he can fully afford it with Thomas toohel's salary, he did not buy a house, but chose to rent it, because he always felt that he did not belong here.

For two years, he did well in Bayern Munich, everything was good, but he couldn't integrate into it emotionally.

To take the simplest example, almost all the players in and out of Bayern Munich are the top stars in Germany and even Europe. If you pick one of the club's famous players, they are all European stars. But what about him?

During his career as a professional player, tuher was unknown and had no resume at all.

European football is a place that pays attention to seniority, especially in the Bundesliga. Tueher knows that as a cold assistant, everything doesn't matter, but they never think about themselves when choosing the team's head coach.

Because in Bayern Munich, there are some famous players who take over the team.

For example, it has recently been reported that once the cold leaves the team, former German national team coach Klinsmann is likely to take over the team.

And if Gao does leave, tuhr has to make a choice for his future.

Stay in Bayern Munich? Or leave?

He is different from Buena Ventura, Sergio Garcia and others. They are the legitimate team of Gao Han. They have cooperated with each other for many years. Tuher is the assistant of Bayern Munich for Gao Han. Although Gao Han has always trusted him and given him a lot of help, he was not promoted to the position of chief assistant coach until cantarello left the team.

Sometimes, he also knows that his current situation is the most embarrassing.

Maybe he can return to Bayern Munich one day, but it must not be now.

And definitely no longer an assistant coach.

There was one more newspaper in the mailbox this morning.

Tueher is a bit strange. In addition to his usual pictorial, he also has a copy of the New York Times.

What's going on? Wrong email?

Tuhel looked up at the landlord in the courtyard next door, who was laughing at him.

"Watch the front page." With that, the landlord turned back to the house, leaving him a handsome figure.

When tuhel saw the front page, his eyes lit up.

As the Champions League final is about to start, it has attracted the attention of the whole world. Therefore, as an important newspaper in the world, the New York Times specially invited five top football media in Europe to make a forward-looking and analysis of the match for three consecutive days.

Today, the front page headline is their opening, the battle of the manager.

In order to match this theme, the New York Times also carefully selected two very representative photos, Gao Han and Ferguson standing opposite each other, with sharp eyes staring at their opponents, full of murderous.

This made tuhel laugh involuntarily.

He is one of the few people who have seen Gao's friendship with Ferguson in private. He knows that such a scene is absolutely impossible. The friendship between the two is deeper than everyone outside imagined.

The five media people are also very representative, including bildman, editor in chief of the French team newspaper, Lena holtzsche, editor in chief of the German football player magazine, green Wald, gold columnist of the British guardian, and borin and clary, two chief sports journalists of the American International Herald.

These five media people are very senior fans and excellent football journalists. They discussed everything about the two coaches who entered the Champions League final, from their coaching characteristics to their way of life, and almost all of them are real materials.

For example, green Wald said that he has been following alpine cold for a long time. He thinks alpine cold can achieve success in the past few years. Football philosophy is part of it, but the most important thing is that he attaches great importance to four aspects.

"Self confidence, discipline, training and communication, the alpine coach always implements these four concepts, which makes it easy for him to win the trust of the players and integrate the team into a whole."

But green Wald also said that it is not easy to achieve these four aspects.

Holtzsche of kicker magazine also agrees with green Wald. He believes that the arrival of Gao Han to Bayern Munich has profoundly changed the coaching environment of German football and many coaches.

"Not long ago, I was invited to a coach's party organized by the German Football Association. Because Bayern Munich led the team to the Middle East at that time, Gao Han was absent. But at that time, from the beginning to the end of the whole party, almost all the topics were about Gao Han and his Bayern Munich, including the coach of the German national team, Loew."

"I still remember what Loew said in his speech. He said that many people accused Bayern Munich of not making any contribution to German football. However, he thought that the biggest contribution Bayern Munich has made to German football is to hire Gao Han to coach in Germany."

"Another time, I went to the Cologne Institute of physical education in Germany for an interview. As a result, I found that there was a special class in their course to study the alpine cold. According to them, this class has been open for three years, and it is the most popular class in their college. However, I think that this class has no teaching materials, only some competition videos and analysis and discussion."

"Sometimes I think Loew is right. The cold is changing, or has changed, German football

Team editor in chief bildman also believes that the emergence of the cold has changed the traditional positioning of the head coach.

"In the past, when we talked about professional football, we would only treat the stars as if they represented everything of professional football. But now, with the appearance of high cold, we have broken this boundary. He has made us know the head coach and professional football again."

"Since five years ago, I have been advocating to organize a Best Coach Award in Europe, but unfortunately, it has not been successful. But I think if there is such an award, it is also very embarrassing, because in the past few years, almost every year's best coach is very cold, so there is no need to choose."

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The discussion in the New York Times is very long, occupying two pages, but the content is rich and detailed.

At the end of the day, the five guests were all looking forward to the upcoming Champions League final, believing that it would be a wonderful confrontation, but they were not sure who would win.

Gao Han and Ferguson both reached the Champions League final for the third time. In the previous two times, Gao Han won two games and won the double, while Ferguson won one win and one lose. The one that won was the reversal of Bayern Munich in 1999.

"A lot of people say that Manchester United this season is very much like the Red Devils in 1999, but I don't know if Bayern Munich will repeat the same mistakes in 1999?"

The end of the New York Times is also the attention of fans all over the world, but only by the Champions League final can the mystery be solved.

As the right-hand assistant of alpine, tuhl knows that alpine also attaches great importance to the psychology of players. Steve Peters has been doing this work. Even after playing in the Bundesliga, he simply gave the team a day off to let everyone rest.

The coaching staff have done a lot of preparation in this respect. Gao has repeatedly studied Manchester United's past game videos, focusing on several matches since the Champions League knockout. Ferguson's every move is being studied by him and the coaching staff. The purpose is to prepare well and deal with the abnormal situation that may appear at any time in the game.

It can be said that in terms of game preparation, alpine and the coaching team have done their best to achieve the ultimate.

But this season's Manchester United is really too tough, especially in the Champions League knockout, one game is better than another, which is amazing.

In this case, who wins and who loses will be known only after playing.