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Despite the fact that he is only 49 years old, he was once the number one man in German football.

He had a modest career, debuting at Bielefeld and peaking at Borussia Dortmund, before moving to Hannover Nine-Six and retiring early at the age of thirty-one.

But he didn't leave professional football.

In '92, at the age of 34, he became the head coach of the Union Berlin and led the team for two years, with good results.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the merger of East and West Germany, East German teams were almost completely defeated against West German teams, and Rostock, who won the last league title of the GDR, were relegated from the bottom of the German Bundesliga in their first season after the merger.

In ninety-four years, the East German team, which had been sinking in the Bundesliga for two seasons, found Pagelsdorf, and the latter did not disappoint, leading the team to win the Bundesliga championship in the first season, leading the team back to the Bundesliga, and the Bundesliga's debut season was to win the sixth place in the league in one go, which can be called the best dark horse of the season.

That year, Pagelsdorf was in the limelight of German fans for the first time.

Although the team's results declined in his third season in charge of Rostock, Pagelsdorf still led the team to relegation, and in the summer of '97, he moved to the Bundesliga giants at the time, Peking King Hamburg.

At that time, Hamburg had just experienced a slump and had been sluggish for many years, and the club invited the legendary Uwe Schiller to become its chairman, who in turn invited Pagelsdorf to take charge of the club.

Unable to turn down an offer from his childhood idol, Pagelsdorf not only coached Hamburg, but even signed a bizarre clause with the club that Uwe Schiller would leave the club on a free basis once he stepped down as chairman.

This also caused a huge repercussion in Germany at that time.

Unexpectedly, not long after he led the team, Uwe Schiller was forced to resign due to financial problems, although it turned out that it had nothing to do with Schiller, but it was difficult for him to return to the team.

However, Pagelsdorf did not leave the team because of this, but led the team's results to improve year by year, after two seasons of accumulation in the ninth and seventh seasons, in the 99-00 season, he reached the peak of his coaching career, third in the league.

It was also Hamburg's best league result in the last few years.

A year later, Hamburg's results fell again, and Pagelsdorf was forced to leave, and then coached teams such as Osnabrü and Dubai's Wasl, but the results were not particularly good.

It was not until the summer of 2005 that Rostock was relegated from the Bundesliga, but suffered two consecutive defeats in the Bundesliga, including a 4-1 defeat away to Munich 1860, and the management re-invited Pagelsdorf.

This time, it took two seasons for Pagelsdorf to finally bring Rostock back to the Bundesliga.

At the age of forty-nine, with more than ten years of coaching experience, Pagelsdorf deeply feels that he is at a crossroads in his career, and if he can lead Rostock to recreate the dark horse journey of the year, then he will usher in the second spring of his coaching career, and conversely, if Rostock fails to be relegated, then his coaching career in the Bundesliga will be over.

If you want to play the dark horse again, then the first round of the league against Bayern Munich will be crucial.

He still clearly remembers that in August 1999, it was also at Bayern Munich's home stadium, when the Bundesliga giants were still at the Olympic Stadium, and the head coach was still Heathfield, and Pagelsdorf led his Hamburg in the home stadium of the sworn enemy Nanda King, and almost overturned the giant ship of Bayern Munich.

It was the most memorable game of his coaching career and the game he was most proud of.

Although his team was away from home, it caused considerable problems for the home team, especially the anti-away attack, which made Bayern Munich very uncomfortable, and it was not until the 33rd minute of the first half that Marcus Babel opened the scoring for Bayern Munich.

Just two minutes later, Kovac equalised for Hamburg.

After that, the two sides played very closely, under the tenacious defense and sharp attack of the Hamburg team, Bayern Munich could not find a chance to start, but in the 82nd minute of the second half, there was another mistake, and the Hamburg team caught and scored a goal.

The score of 2-1 remained until stoppage time, and everyone even thought that Hamburg would win away from Bayern Munich, but as a result, in the final moment, Elber's crucial goal helped the Southern Kings escape.

In the end, the two teams drew 2-2.

But for Hamburg, who are playing away, such a good start is undoubtedly a victory.

It was also affected by this game, the morale of the Hamburg team was greatly boosted, and the next three games were beaten Stuttgart 3-0, Schalke 04 3-1 away, and Hertha Berlin 5-1 at home, with three consecutive wins and four rounds of unbeaten, made a stunning start.

Time has passed, and Pugelsdorf is still nostalgic for his masterpiece back then.

The mature and steady Heathfield turned into a more adventurous Takashi, but Pugelsdorf was still full of desire and anticipation for victory, because he knew how Takahan would fight, just as he had judged how Heathfield would fight.

As for what Gao Han said in an interview with the media the day before the game, Bayern Munich wants to play the flag of Germany in Europe and become the pioneer of German football reform, he doesn't care at all, and he doesn't care whether this can be realized.

Because he had only one goal, to get out of the Allianz Arena.

To this end, he even did not hesitate to line up a starting lineup of six defenders.

He wants to use this game to remind the whole German football world of his name.

Frank Pagelsdorf.

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"The atmosphere at the Allianz Arena is really good!"

Although he has walked into the Allianz Arena many times before, tonight is the first time Gao Han has appeared here as the head coach of Bayern Munich, and he was shocked by the treatment that was shouted by the fans as soon as he appeared.

The capacity of the stadium is not too much, more than 60,000 people, not as good as Barcelona's Camp Nou, Real Madrid's Bernabeu, Manchester United's Old Trafford and Inter Milan's Meachado, but the atmosphere is significantly better than these giants.

The fanatical home fans dyed the stands around the stadium in red and white to symbolize Bayern Munich, and the two semi-arc grandstand areas were arranged by the fans to form a huge Bayern Munich team emblem.

The only difference from usual is that in the South Stand fan area, which symbolizes Bayern Munich's diehard loyalty, a huge portrait of Gao Han was pulled up by the fans, covering almost the entire South Stand, with everyone on the scene shouting Gao Han in unison, and the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene directly made Gao Han deeply infected.

Especially standing on the sidelines, with the oblique stands next to the turf behind him, there were crowds of people on it, and the seats were full, forming an extremely shocking visual effect, and even Gao Han felt a pressure when he thought that he would have to direct the game with his back to this group of fans later.

Of course, if you think about it from another angle, these people are supporting him, then he feels motivated.

"It is said that when the Allianz Arena was first built, the designers deliberately designed the stands as an inclined plane, which, together with the roof, would help the grandstand to sweep the entire stadium with a surging sound, and on the other hand, it would also be able to form an extremely stunning visual effect. Tuchel explained with a smile.

It was also his first appearance as a coach at the Allianz Arena, and he was equally impressed.

It's a great feeling.

"This is just the beginning, Munich 1860 has already sold us 50% of their shares in the Allianz Arena and has given up the right to buy it back, and it has even been heard that they have a very low attendance here, they are not making ends meet, and they are interested in leaving the Allianz Arena, so in the near future, it will definitely be further expanded, and the atmosphere will be even stronger. ”

Gao Han nodded, stood on the sidelines and looked back, the entire slope of the stands full of fans was condescending, very imposing.

"When, when I'm going to build a new stadium, I'll have someone design it that way. Gao Han muttered enviously.

It's the most fantastic football stadium in Europe right now.

But Thomas Tuchel and the rest of the group didn't hear what he was saying and got busy preparing for the game.

Cantarero walked over from a distance and handed over a piece of paper.

'This is Rostock's starting line-up for this game, with six defenders. ”

Gao Han took a look at it, the names were unfamiliar, and the entire Rostock team didn't even have a first-line star, but the more dangerous such a team is, the more it cannot be underestimated, because they usually play more integrally.

To be able to enter the Bundesliga, there is often no insurmountable gap between the strength of professional players and the overall strength of professional teams, which is why some weak teams have the opportunity to upset and beat the giants.

'New signings such as Orestes, Barthes, Westel and Manga were all in the starting line-up. ”

This summer, Rostock spent 500,000 euros on signings, bringing in Orestes from the Portuguese Super League and striker Manga from Osnabrü, and the two players spent 250,000 euros each, but sold midfielder Muller for 1 million euros.

However, the biggest signing in the team was the introduction of goalkeeper Westel from Hamburg, a player on a free transfer, which was completely finalized by head coach Pagelsdorf on a personal relationship.

Whether it is in terms of the overall strength of the team or in terms of recruitment, Rostock is difficult to compete with Bayern Munich, but in this game Pagelsdorf deployed six defenders, two midfielders and two forwards.

"Is he trying to hold on?" Tuchel asked, frowning.

Six defenders, if you want to defend it tightly, it is really an iron bucket formation.

Gao Han glanced at the chubby figure in front of the away team's coach's bench in the distance, the forty-nine-year-old head coach has completely become generous after retiring, but the whole person doesn't look like the kind of master who defends the game without playing.

"Defending doesn't depend on a lot of people. ”

"What do you mean......"

"He's supposed to still play four-four-two, it's just that the players have changed. ”

The same set of formations, different types of players starting, can play different tactical plays.

Not only Gao Han knows it in his heart, but many head coaches also know that in the face of Gao Han, sticking to it is equivalent to chronic suicide.

Of course, some managers have the courage to come out, but some managers choose to defend passively and wait for the cold team to make mistakes.

It's hard to say which one is better, but Gao Han feels that with Pagelsdorf's coaching style and characteristics, he should choose the former.

"Unexpectedly, there are a lot of bloody tough guys in German football, and I met one in the first game. ”

Gao Han smiled and admired, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Tell the players that I'm going to get him down from the first minute!"