979 Champion 16 years later
Since Beckenbauer took charge of UEFA, he has always wanted to make the European Championship the most watched and lucrative competition in the world, surpassing the Olympics and the World Cup, and in 2008 he was proud to have achieved a total of 8 billion spectators and 1.351 billion euros in total revenue.
By Euro 2012, the final alone is expected to be more than 400 million spectators, with the majority of viewers coming from China, and the European region is expected to receive more than 80% of the viewership in all participating countries, with a total revenue of more than 1.5 billion euros.
Although this report card is still far lower than that of the World Cup, it should be noted that this is achieved in the context of the European debt crisis, and the European Cup is only a European event in the final analysis, and the scope of influence is still limited to a certain extent.
Many people say that the influence of German coach Yang Cheng, who has just led Real Madrid to the second treble in La Liga history and the Grand Slam of the season, has become the most attractive and scarce resource in this European Cup.
Everyone knows that he is the golden sign of the sports world, sponsors, advertising, and the media have sought him out, and invisibly, he is helping to increase his influence and appeal in the European Championship.
And the most surprising thing is that the German team led by him overcame obstacles along the way to the final, and now, it has reversed Spain 2:1, winning the first victory of the German team against Spain in the past three major tournaments, and also breaking Spain's ambition to win the European Championship for a second time.
This year's European Cup is destined to become a beautiful talk in the history of European football, not only because of Yang Cheng, but also because the German team led by him was able to lose to Spain in the group stage and almost failed to qualify.
Perhaps it was precisely because the upset in the final came too suddenly, so the Spanish players couldn't accept it, and they always stayed in the middle of the court coldly, either standing, sitting, or simply lying down.
The German players began to celebrate with the wives who had been brought onto the pitch by the staff, and the players, their girlfriends, wives and children celebrated their victory with their girlfriends, wives and children in every corner of the stadium, all of which were captured on live TV and presented to fans around the world.
The only regret is Yang Cheng, he sat alone in the coach's seat, covering his face, looking very jī affectionate and excited, after celebrating with the players, he chose to give the celebration venue to his players, and he himself sat silently on the coach's seat, enjoying the afterglow after winning the championship.
"It's time to claim the prize!" Bierhoff walked over and reminded Yang Cheng with a smile.
As soon as the latter saw Bierhoff's smile, he also nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand, and the two of them held hands together, Bierhoff simply pulled Yang Cheng up, and then there was a hug with feeling.
"Inform them that we have to show our demeanor to meet Spain!" Yang Cheng commanded.
Bierhoff was slightly stunned, but immediately nodded in agreement and copied.
Sometimes a winner should have the demeanor of a winner, if you win, show your demeanor, that can help you better get the opponent, get the fans, get the outside world's recognition, otherwise, everyone will think that you are like a nouveau riche, that is not what Yang Cheng likes to see and hear. …,
He has always believed that respecting opponents is also respecting himself, because they are all your opponents, and they are equal to each other, if you don't respect them, or even look down on them, doesn't that mean you look down on yourself?
Soon, Bierhoff gathered all the players and gathered them at the bottom of the main podium.
There is a podium on the main podium of the Ukrainian Olympic Stadium, and the players and coaches have to walk up from the narrow grandstand passage of the main podium, all the way to the area where UEFA President Olsen and others are located on the middle floor of the stands, and at this moment, the Delaunay Cup has also been invited by the staff from the exit of the players' tunnel to the main podium, which is placed next to UEFA President Xi Olsen.
When Yang Cheng came to the queue, Bierhoff was organizing the players to go to the stage to receive the award, and according to the convention, the captain of the German team should be at the end of the queue, but the captain of this game, Lahm, took the initiative to remove the captain's armband on his arm when Bierhoff arranged the queue.
"Wait a minute, it's up to Michael, our captain, to lead us to the trophy!" Lahm handed back the captaincy to Ballack, the team's nominal captain.
Everyone was slightly stunned, even Yang Cheng was a little surprised, because Ram's move was obviously not out of anyone's instructions and arrangements, it was completely out of his own ideas, and everyone was a little surprised when they heard it.
Ballack looked at Lahm deeply, and then at the other players, no one objected, so he was no longer polite, nodded directly, and deliberately fell to the back of the team, that is, the outermost one standing in the line to greet him.
The first to walk on the podium were the five judges, who hugged the German players one by one as they passed through the front of the German team's queue, congratulating them on winning the European Championship and acknowledging their performance.
The German players also gave the referee face when they were polite to the head coach, and sent the five referees to the podium to accept the commemorative medal he received from Olsen.
Spain, led by captain Casillas, stood in a row and walked towards the passage one after another.
"Congratulations, Michael!" As soon as Casillas saw Ballack's outstretched hand, he took the initiative to come up, and after holding his hand, he politely congratulated him, at least in this game, Spain lost and had nothing to say.
Although Spain has the advantage of strength, who says that if it has the advantage of strength, it will win?
It can be said that Spain lost and lost without saying anything, and although the upset of the German team was a little surprising, it was also reasonable, because purely from the perspective of the final, the performance of the German team was indeed quite high, whether it was the tactical execution of the players or the arrangement of the head coach, they all played a very high level.
"Congratulations, Chief!" When Casillas passed in front of Yang Cheng, he took the initiative to hug the opponent who had just left the position of Real Madrid coach, and his most respected opponent, at least in Casillas's view, the biggest contributor to the German team's ability to beat Spain was Yang Cheng.
If it weren't for Yang Cheng's behind-the-scenes advice and on-the-spot command, this German team would definitely not be able to defeat Spain!
Yang Cheng smiled and patted Casillas on the shoulder, and without saying anything, he sent him away.
"Congratulations, Chief!" Ramos followed closely behind, and he also gave Yang Cheng a hug before leaving.
After that, Arbeloa, Miguel? Torres, Xavi? Alonso, David? Silva, De La Red, Iniesta, Mata and other players passed in front of Yang Cheng one after another, and they hugged Yang Cheng one by one, expressing their congratulations to Yang Cheng, and Yang Cheng comforted them one by one. …,
"This time you've won!" Bosque walked up, looking unconvinced, "But next time we will definitely meet again, you better be careful!" ”
Yang Cheng looked at Bosque with a smile and nodded incessantly, "Well, I listen, I must be the one who wins when the time comes!" ”
"Dreaming!" Before leaving, Bosque left behind such a cruel sentence.
Yang Cheng knows in his heart that there are many talents in Spain today, and it is 2012, even if it is the 2014 World Cup in Brazil two years later, even if Xavi and others are no longer in this national team, but with Spain's talent allocation, they are still awesome.
David? Silva, Iniesta, Mata, Ramos and others are in the golden age of their playing years, and Parejo, Canales, Sarabia, Muniain and other rookies will also have the ability to take charge of themselves.
Not to mention 2014, even in the future, as long as Spain's youth training system can keep pace with the times, as long as the Spanish Football Federation does not have that kind of mediocre and incompetent self-harm policy, this Spain's strength will remain strong for a long time.
Of course, it does not mean that the German team has no strength to fight at all, at least in Yang Cheng's view, he has found the most suitable tactics for the German team in this European Cup, and then he only needs to use this set of tactics skillfully, and develop and improve it, then he can form a set of tactical systems that belong to German football.
He always believes that the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is the best time for the German team to perform, and the luck component is important to win this European Cup, and Bosque's team is still influenced by too much Real Madrid, which makes Yang Cheng know this team very well, but after two years, this understanding will become rusty, and then it will be the time for the real death.
Thinking of this, Yang Cheng sighed softly in his heart, because he had already decided.
After the end of this European Cup, Ballack, Kyle and Deisler will completely retire from the national team, because from this European Cup, it can be clearly seen that this group of veterans has a role, but young people also need the opportunity to exercise and grow.
If this group of veterans continues to be retained, not to mention the growth of young players, will they be able to continue to form combat effectiveness in the Confederations Cup in one year and the World Cup in Brazil two years later? Will you be able to continue playing?
Rather than this, it is better to simply be thorough and make a break!
Don't recruit someone, especially a respected veteran like Barak, Deisler and Kyle, it will always be a job to offend people, so Yang Cheng decided to come by himself, Barak has retired, the problem is easier to solve, Deisler and Kyle, Yang Cheng decided to say it in person, and he believes that these two veterans are also mentally prepared.
There is a way that since ancient times, he has been like a famous general, and he is not allowed to see white heads in the world!
It's not just professional football that's cruel, it's just as cruel as the national team now!
What Yang Cheng can do is to let them make their own decisions, choose a way that they can accept, and bid farewell to their national team career, which is already the limit of his ability!
After following Spain, the German team also walked up to the podium one by one, and on the narrow stand passage, countless arms stretched out from the seating area, hoping to shake hands with the players, and the players also shook hands with the fans one by one, but the pace did not stop at all, and they all walked quickly onto the podium. …,
Yang Cheng was before Ballack, but when he walked on the stadium stands, he was immediately tightly pulled by the enthusiastic fans around him, and the staff around him were scared to come over to dissuade him, Yang Cheng also kept nodding to the fans, he hoped that the fans could be more civilized, and he also thanked the fans for their love.
"Your 2012 is complete, my Caesar!" When Olsen saw Yang Cheng, he smiled and opened his arms and hugged him tightly, he really admired Yang Cheng at this moment, at least Yang Cheng proved his strength with one game after another, and proved that his success was definitely not like what those people said before, it was achieved with the help of Real Madrid's powerful platform.
This heavy European Cup champion uses facts to tell everyone that Real Madrid has become strong because of Yang Cheng, but without a strong Real Madrid, Yang Cheng is still Yang Cheng, he is still the guarantee of the championship and synonymous with victory!
"Yes, even if the end of the world really comes, I have no regrets!" Yang Cheng joked with a smile.
Olsen laughed after hearing this, stepped forward, and brought the championship medal for Yang Cheng.
Yang Cheng was followed by Ballack, who also received praise from Olsen for scoring the crucial goal that made Ballack one of the heroes of the victory.
"I'll take the Delaunay Cup later, and you'll stand on the podium on the steps, and I'll present it to you, and you and your teammates will be photographed and photographed by reporters there!" Olsen leaned into Barak's ear and said.
Ballack nodded, and then saw Olsen take the Delaunay Cup and walk down the stairs under everyone's attention, while Ballack jumped straight down and stood on a high platform on this staircase.
When Olsen handed the Delaunay Cup to Ballack from a low place, who held the two ears of the Delaunay Cup tightly, raised it high, and lifted it above his head, at this moment, the German players around Ballack tightly surrounded him in the middle, and all the German fans in the stadium stood up and cheered deafeningly.
The colour-striped confetti was flying all over the sky, enveloping the German players around the podium, turning the European Championship final into a big stage for the winners to celebrate, and all Germans felt a sense of excitement from the bottom of their hearts.
"On the radio of the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, the theme song of this European Championship [Endless Summer] began to be heard, and we can see that the players of the German team are celebrating on the podium, but their hands are holding the Delaunay Cup tightly, because this is the only major championship trophy they have won in the past ten years!"
"Let's congratulate the German team, they finally won a championship, and congratulations to Ballack, he finally broke the national team's runner-up fate, and let us congratulate Caesar, Yang Cheng, he once again used such a championship trophy to let all of us experience his magic, he is a veritable super coach, a legend in the field of football, a big phenomenon!"
After Ballack lifted the Delaunay Cup, the German players stood in a row along the fence of the stands one by one, under the shouts of photographers and staff, allowing the cameraman and reporters to take pictures, and then Ballack handed the trophy to Lahm.
The appearance of the small captain holding the trophy high was a bit funny, and he was blocked by the tall teammates in front of him, and later Hummels and others directly spoofed Ram, he and Bad Stubert hugged Ram's two thick legs on the left and right respectively, and carried Ram higher, so that he and the Delaunay Cup in his hand could be photographed by all reporters. …,
This scene made the surrounding teammates almost die of laughter, and the fans in the stands were also elated one by one, they all looked like they were in high spirits.
After Lahm, Schweinsteiger also lifted the trophy, followed by others, and the German players lifted the trophy one by one, and some even left a deep kiss on this trophy.
This trophy, the German team has pursued for two or three generations, they want to win again and again, but again and again they usher in disappointment and pain, but this time, they finally won the European Cup again after 16 years of absence, which makes them feel very proud and proud.
"I'm sure the German internationals are not satisfied at this moment because they have only won one European Championship and they have bigger goals to go on to represent Europe in the Confederations Cup and will be fighting for a place in Brazil 2014 from September."
"This is a young German team, but it is also a German team full of hope, and we have reason to believe that in the next two years, this German team will continue to bring us more exciting and exciting football games!"
"Of course, when it comes to the German team, we must not miss our Caesar, because we can already clearly hear all the fans in the stadium chanting his name, and they all hope that Yang Cheng can stand up and accept the cheers of the whole stadium, because this is the honor he deserves."
But, as always, Yang Cheng didn't come out alone, he chose to leave the stage of celebration to all the players, which the players deserved! (To be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation and monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )