Chapter 354: The Emperor of Football
Bayern Munich only sent two people, to be precise, it should be one, because the other is the driver, Zhang Shujie does not know, but the rest of the one he knows, this person is none other than Matthias Summer, the general manager of Bayern Munich Club. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Speaking of Summer, he is famous in international football, he was one of the best midfielders in world football in the 90s, won the 1996 European Championship and won the European Ballon d'Or at the end of the year.
Sameer retired in 1998 due to a serious knee injury, and in 2000 he was the head coach of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, winning the Bundesliga title in 2002 and leading them to the final of the UEFA Cup in the same year, losing 3-2 to Eredivisie giants Feyenoord. In the 2004/2005 season, Sameer also coached Stuttgart for a year, after which he became technical director of the German national team.
On July 2, 2012, Bayern Munich officially announced that they would terminate Nelinger's contract, and at the same time, Summerer replaced Nelinger as the club's general manager.
Zhang Shujie was a little surprised, he didn't expect the general manager of the team to pick him up in person. It is estimated that Summerer took the initiative to take this matter in order to leave a good impression on the club not long after his first appointment. Although Summerer was famous all over the world when he was young, Zhang Shujie had worked with many superstars before meeting him, such as Piero, Buffon, Pirlo, etc., although these people have not won the Ballon d'Or, but if you want to say that their influence in football, I am afraid that they may not be lower than Summer.
So in Zhang Shujie's view, seeing Summerer is just seeing another legendary superstar, and there is not much shock in his heart, besides, he is now a star himself. But in any case, Summer, who is the general manager of Bayern, is his future boss, and he should also say hello.
Just as he was about to speak, Summerer spoke first: "Hello, Zhang." ”
Zhang Shujie smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Summer." ”
The two shook hands.
Summerer said: "I'm very happy to have you join Bayern Munich and I'm sure your arrival will make us stronger. ”
Zhang Shujie said with a smile: "I am also very grateful for the club's trust in me. ”
Summerer nodded, "Although we didn't win the trophy in the league last season and finished second in the Champions League, this season we will definitely regroup and try to win the championship!"
"Yes, I'm sure, otherwise the club wouldn't have invested so much this summer. ”
Summerer smiled: "I'll take you to the physical examination first, and as soon as the results come out, I'll take you to see Franz." ”
When Franz Zhang Shujie heard this name, he couldn't help but be stunned, and vaguely guessed who Summerer was talking about, but he still asked one more question: "May I ask Mr. Summer, is the Franz in your mouth ......?"
Zhang Shujie didn't finish asking, and Summerer also knew what he wanted to say, so he smiled and said: "There are many people called 'Franz', but the one in my mouth is the greatest one, and he is a unique existence in the world." ”
At this time, Zhang Shujie said with certainty: "This person must be Franz Beckenbauer." ”
"Yes, that's him. ”
Zhang Shujie gasped, and his mind couldn't help but think of those childhood memories of Beckenbauer. Due to his age, Zhang Shujie did not see the king play football with his own eyes, but this could not hinder Beckenbauer's influence on future generations, and as long as football existed, his influence would not be annihilated.
Franz Beckenbauer, the greatest superstar of German football, one of the most powerful conquerors in world football, is respected by the world as the "Emperor of Football"! He pioneered the tactical style of "free man", is a grand slam winner of collective and individual honors, won all major awards such as the World Cup, the European Cup, the Champions Cup, and won the Golden Ball Award twice in 1972 and 1976, he has entered the top five of the Golden Ball Award for ten consecutive years, which is the highest record in history, and is the highest scorer in the history of the Golden Ball selection.
What's even scarier is that he's not a frontcourt player, he's just a backcourt player. Due to the particularity of football, the odds of a backcourt player winning a prize are much lower than that of a frontcourt player, even so, "Bei Huang" still maintains the Ballon d'Or points record, which is an unprecedented record, and it will be difficult to see a comer in the future.
It is difficult to describe the greatness of Beckenbauer in a few words, and for many details, the young Zhang Shujie can no longer remember, or not very clearly. But that string of data, honors and those classic images, he can't forget no matter what.
Beckenbauer was first known for his time at the 1966 World Cup in England, when the 21-year-old Franz led West Germany to the final, where they met Bobby Charlton as hosts, and perhaps the most memorable game was England's goal-line goal. Even with today's high technology, it is impossible to determine whether the goal was scored or not, and it was this "controversial goal" that West Germany lost, and this goal was also rated as one of the top ten unsolved cases in world football.
Although he failed to win the title, the young Beckenbauer still won the title of the best player of the World Cup, and industry insiders concluded that a football superstar who could change the world has risen.
This sentence was quickly verified, in the 1970 World Cup, West Germany and England met again, in the case of 0:2 down, Beckenbauer sounded the horn of counterattack with a long-range shot, and then West Germany under his leadership, 3:2 defeat into victory, avenging the revenge four years ago. In the semi-finals against Italy, because Beckenbauer was too strong, the Italians could only stop him by foul means, and Beckenbauer also had to wear a bandage to continue the fight due to a dislocated shoulder, and at this moment, the German leader shocked the world!
Two years later, the increasingly mature Beckenbauer finally won the national team trophy for the first time, and he led the German team to victory at the European Championship that year, beating England, Belgium and the Soviet Union in succession. The West German team led by Beckenbauer is also considered the best German team in history and has also been officially recognized by UEFA as the strongest team in the history of the European Championship.
Two years later, the 29-year-old Beckenbauer led West Germany to win the world championship at the World Cup held on home soil! Beckenbauer was the first person to lift the Hercules Cup after the football king Pele ended the era of the Remet Cup, and opened another era. As he himself said: "It is not the strong who wins, but the winner who is strong, and I am the real strong man in this era." ”
Beckenbauer's glory is not all, he led Bayern to European domination for three consecutive years from 1974 to 1976, before which Bayern was only a second division team, but with the "Beckenbauer" everything is different.
After retiring as a player, Beckenbauer also took up the reins of the national team and led the team to another world championship in 1990, an accolade that made him a player and coach who is one of the few in world football.
On May 20, 2004, Beckenbauer and Pele shared the "FIFA Player of the Century and Football Celebrity Award", and the two became the king of the century together!
In 2006, Time magazine selected a total of 100 people in five major fields. Beckenbauer was the only footballer to be selected. Dr. Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State and Nobel laureate in the ******, said: "It was Beckenbauer who shaped Germany's supremacy in world football, and he was a true king as he was nicknamed 'The Emperor of Football' when he was a player!"
This is Zhang Shujie's memory of Beckenbauer, Beihuang created the glory of an era, and was able to suppress Maradona in the official FIFA selection, and he was on par with Pele, which is not something ordinary people can do.
When Zhang Shujie came to the club, he behaved painlessly in the face of reporters' flashlights, in fact, he was used to this kind of life for several years, he just wanted to complete the physical examination as soon as possible and see Beckenbauer as soon as possible.
The results of the physical examination can be known in three days at most, and there is nothing to worry about his physical condition, so he feels that he will not have any problems. Sure enough, the physical examination report two days later showed that Zhang Shujie's physical function was very good, and the rest was to officially sign a contract with Bayern Munich. And at the signing ceremony, he finally met Beckenbauer under the leadership of Summer.
The sixty-seven-year-old Bei Huang has gray hair and wears a pair of glasses, and now he no longer has the momentum he had on the court, but more of a kind of closeness. I don't know if it's because of what I've experienced so much, nothing in football can make waves on him right now.
"Welcome to Bayern, Zhang!"
Beckenbauer approached Zhang Shujie with a smile and stretched out his hand, Zhang Shujie immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you, I am honored to come to Bayern." ”
He was a little excited, not because he joined Bayern Munich, of course, but because he saw the king of football. This is completely different from the feeling of meeting Summer, after all, Summer's influence in world football is far less than that of Beckenbauer.
There was also one person at the scene: Uli Hoeness. He was a contemporary of Beckenbauer, who won all the trophies with the team and is now the club's president. As for the other chairman of the group and chairman of the executive committee, Rummenigge was not present, this kind of thing Rummenigge has rarely appeared, he mainly deals with the team's external relations, domestic and foreign ghostwriting, and he is not directly responsible for general transfer signings.
The signing went very smoothly, Zhang Shujie is still very satisfied with the terms of the contract, which is the same as Bayern's original promise, but the annual salary has been increased to 5.5 million euros, and the bonus is calculated separately, mainly based on results.
Subsequently, at the press conference, Zhang Shujie expressed some of his feelings about the majority of reporters. He saw a lot of Chinese journalists, Chen Hui and Shen Hao were also in the crowd, and he didn't know when they arrived in Germany.
"I am very honoured to be favoured by Bayern, this is a great club that has produced a lot of great superstars, and I hope to follow in the footsteps of my predecessors and create more glory for Bayern and win trophies. ”
A reporter asked him on the spot: "Zhang, I want to ask, you transferred to Bayern at a sky-high price of 53 million euros, and this price is very likely to be the highest transfer fee this summer, will you be under pressure for this?"
Zhang Shujie shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "No." It's actually a number, I don't think about it all day about 53 million, I'm a professional footballer, I'm playing football with all my heart and soul and proving myself at the Allianz Arena is what I should do. ”
Chen Hui looked at him, and a similar scene occurred when he moved from Parma to Juventus, and he was as calm then as he is now. He already has the experience of a wealthy family, and it is no longer a problem to deal with such occasions.
What happened next was almost exactly the same as at Juventus, Zhang Shujie held up his new No. 9 jersey and took a photo with Summer, Beckenbauer and Hoeness, and the flash lights at the press conference were constantly lit.
Then Beckenbauer and the three accompanied him to the Allianz Arena and took a group photo on the court again. Zhang Shujie also casually demonstrated his skills in front of hundreds of fans, and also deliberately cooperated with reporters to take a lot of photos, which will appear in major sports magazines and newspapers tomorrow.
Chen Hui glanced at Zhang Shujie, then at Shen Hao, and said, "From now on, we will be in two places." ”
Shen Hao smiled: "Inevitably." In the past, we were able to report together in the same league, and that was because Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were both on the same team. Now it's different, Zhang Shujie came to Germany, and it is also necessary for the headquarters to let you come with you. ”
Chen Hui didn't speak, and Shen Hao asked again: "By the way, your German ......?"
"Don't worry, I've said it before. In addition to German, English is not a problem either. ”
"You seem to know Italian, don't you?"
"After two years of studying in Italy, it will be a lot, but compared to you, it is still a little worse. But if you scold me in Italian again, it won't work. ”
"Hey, I haven't scolded you in Italian for over a year, don't you bother?"
"Haha, just kidding, just kidding. ”