Super Marshal

The final is approaching, and there is a tense atmosphere in the sky above Munich.

There is no doubt about Gao Han's outstanding record in the past, but the Champions League final is different from other games, not to mention that this time the opponent is the Red Devils Manchester United who have brought suffering to Bayern Munich.

All Bayern Munich fans will never forget how the Red Devils and Manchester United came back at the last moment of the game at Barcelona's Camp Nou in 1999. That is a pain that will never be erased in the hearts of Bayern Munich fans. .

For almost the whole game, they thought they would win, but the result...

That feeling is not pleasant at all and is unforgettable.

It was like a distant echo. Bayern Munich that season was also superior in strength. They dominated the Bundesliga and were far ahead. They also reached the German Cup final, and their opponent was also Werder Bremen.

The only difference is that after losing the Champions League final, the Bundesliga giants lost the German Cup.

In the Champions League, Bayern Munich was drawn into the same group with wealthy teams such as Manchester United and Barcelona, ​​but relied on its own strong strength to qualify, defeated Kaiserslautern, defeated Dynamo Kiev, and finally entered the final.

Although Kaiserslautern and Dynamo Kiev are just third-rate teams in European football at the moment, at that time, Kaiserslautern had just performed a miracle of winning the championship as a newly promoted team. Local stars such as Vchenko swept across Europa, and giant teams such as Barcelona were eliminated one after another.

It can be said that the strength displayed by Bayern Munich that season can be regarded as second to none in European football. It gathered Effenberg, Kahn, Matthaus, Elber, Lizarazu, Sauer, There are a group of outstanding stars such as Link and Finke, and the head coach is the famous European coach Hitzfeld.

Therefore, in the Champions League final, when they met Ferguson's Manchester United, Bayern Munich was also the well-deserved number one favorite.

Unexpectedly, in the last few minutes, Bayern Munich lost the St. Petersburg Cup and returned home in despair.

That defeat created the Red Devils and Manchester United's Triple Crown dynasty, but it also became an indelible scar in the hearts of all Bayern Munich fans and a shame in everyone's heart.

Times have changed, and ten years later, the two teams met again in the Champions League final, which seemed like a reincarnation of fate.

Ten years ago, Manchester United defeated the strong and defeated Bayern Munich. What about ten years later?

Can Ferguson's Red Devils repeat their great feats of the past?

No one has the answer to this, but everyone is uneasy in their hearts.

This seemed to make the air in Munich tense.

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Thomas Tuchel opened the door of his home, walked out of the courtyard, and went to the mailbox at the door to get the morning's fresh newspaper.

The old landlord who lived next door was watering his beloved flowers and plants in the courtyard. When he saw him, he immediately shouted.

"Hey Thomas."

"Hi, good morning, Mr. Landlady."

Thomas Tuchel greeted him with a smile, and when he saw his hesitant look, he nodded understandingly, "Don't worry, I won't forget the two tickets for the Olympic Stadium."

"Oh, thank you so much, Thomas."

It has been two years since Thomas Tuchel came to Bayern Munich and has always lived in this small town in the southern suburbs.

Although the housing prices here are not expensive and Thomas Tuchel can afford it with his salary, he did not buy a house but chose to rent because he always felt that he did not belong here.

He has been doing well at Bayern Munich for two years and everything is fine, but he just can't get into it emotionally.

To give the simplest example, almost all the players who come in and out of Bayern Munich are the leading stars in Germany and even Europe. If you pick one of the club's celebrities at random, they are all European-level stars, but what about him?

As a professional player, Tuchel was unknown and had no resume at all.

European football is a place that pays attention to seniority, especially the Bundesliga football. Tuchel knows that as Gao Han's assistant, everything does not matter, but when selecting the team's head coach, they never Think about it for yourself.

Because in a giant club like Bayern Munich, there are many famous players taking over the team.

For example, there is recent news that once Gao Han leaves the team, former German national team coach Klinsmann is likely to take over the team.

And if Gao Han really leaves the team, Tuchel will also have to make a choice for his future.

Stay at Bayern Munich? Or leave?

He is different from Buenaventura and Sergio Garcia. They are Gao Han's direct team and have worked together for many years. Tuchel is Bayern Munich's assistant to Gao Han, although Gao Han has always treated him He trusted him very much and gave him a lot of help, but it was not until Cantarero left the team that he was promoted to the position of chief assistant coach.

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

Perhaps, he will be able to return to Bayern Munich one day in the future, but that will definitely not be now.

And certainly no longer an assistant coach.

This morning, there was an extra newspaper in the mailbox.

Tuchel is a little strange. In addition to his usual Bild, he also has an extra copy of the New York Times.

what happened? Sent to the wrong email?

Tuchel raised his head and looked at the landlord in the courtyard next door, who was smiling at him.

"Look at the front page." After saying that, the old landlord turned around and went back to the house, leaving him with a handsome back.

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

The Champions League final is about to begin, attracting attention from all over the world. Therefore, as an important newspaper in the world, the New York Times also specially used this theme as a theme and invited five top European football media people to discuss it in a large space for three consecutive days. Preview and analysis of this event.

Today, the headline on the front page is their opening chapter, the battle for the coach.

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

This made Tuchel laugh involuntarily.

He is one of the few people who has witnessed the private friendship between Gao Han and Ferguson. He knows that such a scene is absolutely impossible. The friendship between the two is deeper than anyone outside imagines.

The five media people are also very representative. Bildman, editor-in-chief of French L'Equipe, Rainer Holtzschue, editor-in-chief of German Kicker magazine, Greene Wald, gold medal columnist of the British Guardian, and the American International Herald Herald Two chief sportswriters, Bolling and Clary.

These five media people are all very senior fans and excellent football reporters. They discussed everything about the two head coaches who entered the Champions League finals in great depth, from their coaching characteristics to their conduct as a person. We talked about everything, and almost most of them were genuine.

For example, Greenwald said that he has been following Gao Han for a long time. He believes that Gao Han has been able to 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 levels.

"Confidence, discipline, training and communication, Gao Han's coaching implements these four concepts all the time, which makes it easy for him to gain the trust of the players and integrate the team into a whole."

But Greenwald also said that it is not easy to achieve and achieve these four aspects.

Holtzschue of Kicker Magazine also strongly agrees with Greenwald's statement. He believes that after Gao Han came to Bayern Munich, he profoundly changed the coaching environment of German football and also changed many head coaches.

"Not long ago, I was invited to attend a gathering of head coaches 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, the entire gathering from beginning to end, almost all the topics revolved around Gao Han. and his Bayern Munich, including German national team coach Loew.”

"I still remember what Loew said when he gave a speech. He said that many people criticized Bayern Munich for not having contributed to German football, but he felt that hiring Gao Han to coach in Germany meant that Bayern Munich had contributed to Germany. Football’s greatest contribution.”

“Another time, I went to the Cologne Institute of Sport in Germany for an interview, and I found out that there was a special class in their curriculum dedicated to the study of alpine cold, and according to them, this class had been running for three years. The most popular class in their academy, but the interesting thing is that this class has no teaching materials, only some game videos and analysis and discussions."

"Sometimes I think Loew is right, Gao Han is, or has changed, German football."

L'Equipe editor-in-chief Bildman also believes that the emergence of Gao Han has changed the traditional positioning of head coaches.

"In the past, when we mentioned professional football, we often only talked about the stars, as if they represented everything about professional football. But now, the emergence of Gao Han has broken this boundary. He has made us get to know the head coach and get to know him again. professional football."

"Since five years ago, I have been advocating to organize a best coach award in Europe, but unfortunately, it has never been successful, but I think if there is such an award, it would actually be very embarrassing. Because in the past few years, the best head coach almost every year has been Gao Han, so there is no need to choose."

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This discussion in the New York Times is very long, taking up two pages, but the content is very rich and detailed.

In the end, the five guests were all looking forward to the upcoming Champions League final, thinking it would be a wonderful confrontation, but they were not sure who would win.

Both Gao Han and Ferguson reached the Champions League final for the third time. In the previous two times, Gao Han won both games and won the double crown, while Ferguson had one win and one loss. The one victory was a reversal in 1999. Bayern Munich.

"Many people say that Manchester United this season is very similar to the Red Devils in 1999, but I wonder if Bayern Munich, which is so cold, will repeat the same mistakes as in 1999?"

The ending of the New York Times is also the focus of fans around the world, but only in the Champions League final can the mystery be solved.

As Gao Han's right-hand man, Tuchel knows very well that Gao Han also attaches great importance to the psychology of players. Steve Peters has been doing this work, and even after playing in the Bundesliga, he simply gave the team A day off was given to give everyone a rest.

The coaching staff has also made sufficient preparations in this regard. Gao Han has repeatedly studied Manchester United's past game videos. The focus is on the few games since the Champions League knockout rounds. He and the coaching staff are studying every move of Ferguson. The purpose is to Be fully prepared to deal with abnormal situations that may occur at any time during the game.

It can be said that in terms of game preparation, Gao Han and the coaching staff have done their best and achieved the ultimate.

But Manchester United this season is indeed too tough, especially in the Champions League knockout rounds. Each match is better than the last, which is amazing.

In this case, who wins and who loses can only be known after fighting.