The final is approaching, and there is a sense of tension in the sky over Munich. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There is no doubt about Gao Han's excellent record in the past, but the Champions League final is different from other competitions, 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 reversed in the last moments of the game at the Camp Nou in Barcelona in 1999, which is a pain that will never be erased in the hearts of Bayern Munich fans.

For almost the whole game, they thought they were going to win, but the result was ......

It was a feeling that was not pleasant at all, and it was unforgettable.

It seems to be an echo from afar, Bayern Munich that season was also outstanding, the Bundesliga was like a bamboo, riding the dust, far ahead, and reached the final of the German Cup, the opponent turned out to be Werder Bremen.

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

In the Champions League, Bayern Munich was drawn in the same group as Manchester United and Barcelona and other giants, but they relied on their own strength to qualify, defeated Kaiserslautern, beat Dynamo Kiev, and finally reached the final.

Don't look at the current European football Kaiserslautern and Kyiv Dynamo are just European third-rate teams, but at that time, Kaiserslautern had just staged a promotion to win the miracle, Dynamo Kyiv swept the Europa with local stars such as Shevchenko, including Barcelona and other giants were cut off one after another.

It can be said that Bayern Munich's strength that season can be regarded as second to none in European football, gathering a group of outstanding stars such as Effenberg, Kahn, Mateus, Elber, Lizarazu, Sauer, Link, Fink, etc., and the head coach is the European coach Heathfield.

Therefore, when it came to the Champions League final, they met Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, and Bayern Munich was also the number one favorite.

But unexpectedly, in the last few minutes, Bayern Munich lost the St. Bride Cup, and finally returned with hatred.

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

Ten years later, the two teams met again in the Champions League final, and it was like a cycle of fate.

Ten years ago, Manchester United defeated Bayern Munich by a narrow victory, but what about ten years later?

Will Alex Ferguson's Red Devils be able to replicate their feat?

No one has an answer to this, but everyone is nervous.

It seemed to make the air in Munich tense.

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Thomas Tuchel pushed open the door and walked out of the courtyard to the mailbox at the gate to pick up the freshly baked morning newspaper.

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

"Hey, Thomas. ”

"Hi, good morning, Mr. Landlord. ”

Thomas Tuchel greeted him with a smile, and then saw his eyes that he couldn't speak, and nodded knowingly, "Don't worry, I won't forget the two tickets to the Olympic Stadium." ”

"Oh, thank you so much, Thomas. ”

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

Although the prices here are not expensive and can be fully afforded by Thomas Tuchel'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 a good job at Bayern Munich, everything was fine, but he couldn't fit in emotionally.

To take the simplest example, almost all the players who come in and out of Bayern Munich are the leading stars in Germany and even Europe.

Tuchel was unknown during his time as a professional footballer, and he had no resume at all.

European football is a place of seniority, especially in the Bundesliga, and Tuchel knows that as an assistant to the cold, everything doesn't matter, but when it comes to choosing a manager, they never think about themselves.

Because in a giant club like Bayern Munich, there are celebrities who take over the team.

For example, it was recently reported that former German national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann is likely to take over the team once Gao Han leaves.

And if Alpine does leave, Tuchel will have to make a choice for his future.

Stay at Bayern Munich or leave?

He is different from the likes of Buenaventura and Sergio Garcia, they are a direct team of Gao Han, who have worked together for many years, Tuchel is Bayern Munich's assistant to Gao Han, although Gao Han has always trusted him and given him a lot of help, but it was not until after Cantarero's departure 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 return to Bayern Munich one day, but it will not be now.

And certainly no longer an assistant coach.

This morning, there was one more newspaper in the mailbox.

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

What's going on? Sent the wrong email?

Tuchel looked up 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 dashing back.

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

The Champions League final is about to begin, which has attracted the attention of the world, so the New York Times, as one of the most important newspapers in the world, has also invited five of Europe's top football media personalities to preview and analyze this event for three consecutive days.

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

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

This made Tuchel laugh involuntarily.

He was one of the few people who had seen Gao Han and Ferguson have a private relationship, and he knew that such a scene would never happen, and the friendship between the two was deeper than everyone outside imagined.

The five media personalities are also very representative: Bilderman, editor-in-chief of the French team newspaper, Reiner Holzschu, editor-in-chief of the German kicker magazine, Greene Wald, a gold medal columnist for the British Guardian, and Boleyn and Clary, the two chief sports reporters of the American International Herald Leader.

The five media personalities are all very senior fans and very good football journalists, and they discussed everything about the two managers who reached the Champions League final in great depth, from their coaching characteristics to their lives, and almost all of them were genuine.

Greene Wald, for example, said that he has been following Alpine for a long time, and he believes that Alpine has been able to succeed over the years, and that the football philosophy is part of it, but most importantly he attaches great importance to four aspects.

"Confidence, discipline, training and communication, Gao Han's coaching has always implemented these four principles, which makes it easy for him to gain the trust of the players and integrate the team as a whole. ”

But Greenwald also said that it is not easy to do and do these four things.

Holtzschau of Kicker Magazine also agrees with Greene Wald, who believes that Gao Han's arrival at Bayern Munich has profoundly changed the coaching environment of German football and many managers.

"Not long ago, I was invited to a head coach's party organized by the German Football Association, because Bayern Munich led the team to the Middle East, so Gao Han was absent, but at that time, from the beginning to the end, almost all the topics revolved around Gao Han and his Bayern Munich, including the head coach of the German national team, Loew. ”

"I still remember what Loew said in his speech, he said that many people accuse Bayern Munich of not contributing to German football, but he feels that hiring Gao Han to coach in Germany is the biggest contribution Bayern Munich has made to German football. ”

"Another time, I went to the Cologne Institute of Physical Education in Germany to interview, and I found out that there is a special class in their course for the study of the cold, and according to them, this class has been running for three years, and it is 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 discussions. ”

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

Bilderman, the editor-in-chief of the team newspaper, also believes that the emergence of Gao Han has changed the traditional positioning of the head coach.

"In the past, when we mentioned professional football, we often only thought about the stars, as if it represented everything about professional football, but now, the emergence of Gao Han has broken this boundary, and he has made us re-acquaint ourselves with the head coach and professional football. ”

"I've been advocating for a European manager award since five years ago, but unfortunately it hasn't worked out, but I think it's embarrassing to have such an award, because in the past few years, almost every year the best manager has been a high chill, and there is no need to choose at all. ”

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The New York Times article was long, taking up two pages, but it was very informative.

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

Gao Han and Ferguson both reached the Champions League final for the third time, while the previous two times, Gao Han won both games and won the double, while Ferguson won one win and one loss, and the one of those wins was the reversal of Bayern Munich in 99.

"Many people say that Manchester United this season is very similar to the Red Devils in '99, but I don't know if Bayern Munich, who is in the cold, will repeat the mistake of '99?"

The end of the New York Times is also the attention of fans around the world right now, but it is only in the Champions League final that the mystery can be solved.

Tuchel is well aware of the fact that he is also very much attached to the psychology of his players, and Steve Peters has been working on this, even after playing in the Bundesliga, he simply gave the team a day off to rest everyone.

The coaching staff has also made enough preparations in this regard, and Gao Han has repeatedly studied Manchester United's past game videos, focusing on several games since the Champions League knockout round, and Ferguson's every move, he and the coaching staff are studying, the purpose is to be fully prepared to deal with abnormal situations that may occur at any time in the game.

It can be said that in terms of preparation for the game, Gao Han and the coaching staff have done their best to achieve the extreme.

But Manchester United this season is indeed too strong, especially in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, one game is better than the other, which is amazing.

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