Chapter 519: Living Legend

While the phonegate incident was in a uproar, Inter Milan still played game after game according to the schedule. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

But it was clear to everyone that in front of the phone gate, these games had lost their meaning.

After beating Middlesbrough 2-0 away in the first leg, returning to the Meazza Stadium, Inter Milan defeated the opponent 1-0 after a hard-fought Italian derby, and finally eliminated Middlesbrough with an aggregate score of 3-0 and successfully reached the final of the UEFA Cup, and this time the opponent was Sevilla from La Liga.

After returning to Serie A, Inter Milan defeated Empoli, Siena and Cagliari in the remaining three league games to end the Serie A season with a complete victory.

Later, in the Coppa Italia final, the first leg was 1-0 away and 3-1 at home, defeating Roma 4-1 on aggregate and successfully winning the Coppa Italia championship this season.

And in the next match against Sevilla in the League Cup final, Inter Milan was locked in a tough battle.

Sevilla are not weak, especially the right wing-back Daniel Alves is very active, making Gao Han's eyes shine, which is very in line with Gao Han's preference for right wing-back, and also caused a lot of trouble for Inter Milan's left side in the game.

But in the end, Inter Milan still relied on the overall strength advantage to knock Sevilla 2-0.

Having won the treble, Inter Milan had a very successful season.

The Nerazzurri are full of praise for their first season in charge and hope they can continue to build on their efforts to successfully defend the Serie A title next season while making a difference on the European stage.

While Inter Milan was holding a grand parade in Milan that had not been seen for more than ten years, the phonegate incident was also in full swing, and all kinds of insider stories and fierce materials emerged one after another, and the scope of involvement was getting bigger and bigger.

While Prime Minister Romano Prodi and other important members of government agencies have expressed their stance and resolutely investigated thoroughly, Italian President Ciampi also stated in the newspaper, "A late controversy is hypocritical justice." ”

Since then, Italy has almost reached a basic agreement from top to bottom, that is, to thoroughly investigate the phonegate incident.

The whole thing has developed so far, and there is basically nothing to do in the cold.

After leading the team to all the games of the season, the pace of the World Cup in Germany is also approaching.

Gao Han originally planned to take advantage of the rare opportunity to take Lin Xia back to China and enjoy a good vacation by the way, but he didn't expect to receive an invitation letter from Germany.

Beckenbauer, the chairman of the German World Cup Organizing Committee and the famous German football emperor, invited him and Lin Xia to attend the opening ceremony of the German World Cup, and sat in the VIP seat of the chairman's stand, which made Gao Han quite flattered.

Everyone knows that the opening ceremony of each World Cup is the focus of world attention, and those who can sit in the VIP seats in the main stand are basically leaders and dignitaries of various countries, as well as FIFA and national football associations on all continents.

As a head coach, although Gao Han is in the limelight in professional football, he does not have much influence in FIFA.

Obviously, whether it is for career development or participation in the World Cup feast, Gao Han has no reason to refuse.

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On the evening of June 9, the Allianz Arena in Munich.

In the VIP lounge area of this fantasy stadium built for the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Germany, it can be said that there are many bigwigs.

From German President Horst Kohler and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, FIFA President Sepple Blatter and UEFA President Johansson, the presidents of the participating national football associations, as well as some other political and business celebrities and football celebrities, down to the football king Pele, and many world supermodels in Germany, all gathered together.

The only absentee was the Italian Football Federation.

President Carraro and vice-president Mazzini were both removed due to the phonegate incident, and this time the Italian Football Federation came to Germany on behalf of Commissioner Rossi, who took charge of the Football Association after the phonegate incident.

Although Gao Han has only been based in European football for several years, and in front of many football bigwigs, he has no qualifications at all, but he has become the focus of attention from the moment he walks here.

Not only is it because he has just turned the callgate scandal upside down in Italy, but more importantly, it is hard not to notice what he has achieved in European football.

"Haha, welcome to Munich. Beckenbauer greeted him with a smile.

"Thank you very much for having me, Franz. Gao Han said politely.

"Don't say that, I'm very glad you're here. ”

Lin Xia was also gentle and polite, and met with Beckenbauer generously, winning the praise of the football emperor.

In the rest area before the opening ceremony, it looked like a social party, everyone was chatting and making friends in twos and threes, and when they saw Gao Han come in, many people who had contact with each other on weekdays stepped forward to say hello.

For example, UEFA President Johansson, who has just awarded Gao Han the League Cup championship, Italian Football Federation commissioner Rossi, and the president of the English Football Association, etc., but the most familiar is the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Bilar, after all, Gao Han still has the title of technical adviser to the Spanish Football Association on his head.

As a result, after coming and going, Gao Han's side became an area where everyone in the audience was vying for attention.

As a head coach who has been in European football for many years and is comfortable with the media, Gao Han has long been familiar with this kind of scene, and he has been dealing with it decently.

But Beckenbauer, as the host, was really too busy, so he handed over the task of greeting Gao Han to Rummenigge and Hoeness, the second of Bayern Munich's troika.

They have all been in contact before, Gao Han is no stranger to them, and they are all professional football people, so they are relatively easy to speak.

By the time the time came, the Allianz Arena was already full, and the 66,000 fans were already eager to shout for the game.

Gao Han and the others went directly to the VIP seats and watched the wonderful opening ceremony performance under the court.

After that, the football king Pele and a German supermodel entered through the players' tunnel, pushing the atmosphere to the high court.

When the chairman of the World Cup organizing committee, Beckenbauer and FIFA President Blatter, surrounded by German President Horst Kohler, the atmosphere reached its highest level, and everyone in the stadium cheered the nickname of the emperor of football, Caesar.

"He's a living legend!" Gao Han praised with admiration.

From this overwhelming cheer, he could feel the love of the German fans for Beckenbauer.

He is the only legend to have won the World Cup as both a player and a manager.

Rummenigge and Hoeness also nodded busily.

But when the live broadcast read out the starting lineups of the two teams in this game, the faces of these two Bayern Munich bigwigs were very ugly.

The reason is very simple, in the starting list of the eleven German national teams, they have always been big internationals, but Bayern Munich, known as the green Hollywood, only occupies two places.

They are the young Lahm who played as the left wing-back in this game, and Schweinsteiger on the left wing.

Veteran goalkeeper Kahn has also been included in the squad but has been used as a substitute for Lehmann, while midfield stalwart Ballack is out injured, and the Germany international has announced his move to Premier League side Chelsea as a free agent.

"In the past few years, we have vigorously promoted the reform of youth training, and began to try to integrate more technology on the basis of the original power style of play, which led to the withering of domestic talent, coupled with the debt crisis at the beginning of the century, which hit us very hard, and has not fully recovered until now. Hoeness sighed helplessly.

The nickname of the German national team is the German tank, and you can tell the way this team plays by looking at the name.

In the past few years, the technical style of play led by Gao Han has become more and more recognized by the mainstream of European football, and German football has also resolutely promoted technology as the direction of youth training, but it will take some time to transform, and the withering of talent is only temporary.

However, at the beginning of the century, the Kilsch Group went bankrupt, and many teams such as Dortmund were in a deep debt crisis, but the blow to the Bundesliga was quite painful, which made it difficult for the Bundesliga to reproduce the peak of the late nineties and early years of the last century.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of financial resources alone, Bayern Munich couldn't keep Sagnol before, and now they can't keep Ballack.

Sagnol's departure has had a painful impact on Bayern Munich, if there is Lahm on the left side of the road after the old age, but it is difficult to find a suitable candidate on the right side.

Although Magath still led the team to win the championship in the end, it was very dangerous to win.

Now, the departure of midfield greats Ballack and Ze Roberto, the aging of defensive pillars Kahn, and the retirement of Jeremes and Lizarazu will all bring incalculable losses to Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich is now in a very awkward metabolic phase, but the worst thing is that the team is beginning to doubt whether coach Magath can lead the team out of the crisis.

Gao Han had long been suspicious of Beckenbauer's invitation, Rummenigge and Hoeness's personal reception, and at this time he had already guessed the intentions of Rummenigge and Hoeness.

Sure enough, the Bayern Munich boss quickly confessed his thoughts.

"To be honest, Mr. Gao Han, all of us feel that whether it is at Atletico Madrid, Chelsea or now Inter Milan, you have done a perfect job, both in terms of results and process, it is impeccable. ”

"Thank you. Gao Han nodded slightly.

"I told you back then that I hope to see you coach Bayern Munich one day, and now, not only me, but the whole Bayern Munich, from the management to the players to the fans, is looking forward to it. ”

After speaking, Hoeness and Rummenigge both waited for Gao Han's answer with a worried face.

Many people say that after the Serie A phonegate incident broke out, Gao Han is likely to leave Inter Milan.

That's why Hoeness and Rummenigge will extend another invitation.

They all know very well that compared to Magath, Gao Han is undoubtedly the most suitable head coach for Bayern Munich, and he is good at promoting and developing young players, and his coaching style that emphasizes passing and control skills is also very much in line with the future development trend of the Bundesliga.

Even, they all believe that the arrival of Gao Han will completely change the style of Bayern Munich and even the entire Bundesliga.

However, after they finished speaking, Gao Han regretfully declined.

"Thank you very much for the great offer, to be honest, I am very honored to have the opportunity to coach a big club like Bayern Munich, but I'm sorry I can't leave Inter. ”

"Why?" asked Rummenigge urgently.

"I promised Mr. Moratti that I need to deliver on my promise. ”

Rummenigge and Herneston are at a loss for words.

At the beginning, Moratti insisted on inviting Gao Han for many years, and invited him many times, even waiting for him for a year, which can be described as a grand and prosperous feeling, and Gao Han is now reciprocating, which is also normal.

Even, as professional players, the two can't help but admire it even more in their hearts.

It's just that...... It's a pity to miss the cold again.