i want to be king

Chapter 498 The Avengers

If you read Heynckes' coaching resume, it can be described as ups and downs.

Starting from Borussia Mönchengladbach to coach, in a few years, he brought the team a UEFA Cup runner-up and a German Cup runner-up, making him a famous coach in Germany and being able to coach Bayern Munich. In four years and one hundred days, he won two league titles and two Super Cup titles. Many people believe that during Heynckes' coaching period, Bayern consolidated Bayern's dominance in German football.

After getting out of class from Bayern, Heynckes successively coached Athletic Bilbao, Frankfurt, Tenerife and Real Madrid. In that season at Real Madrid, he reached the pinnacle of his coaching career and won a Champions League.

But get out of class after winning the championship.

After that, Heynckes coached Benfica for a short period of time, but also failed. After returning to La Liga, he coached Athletic Bilbao again.

Schalke [-]'s general manager Asauer gave the reason that many players in the locker room complained to him, thinking that Heynckes worked very hard, but his philosophy was outdated and he lost the trust of the players, so he was forced to fire him.

Two years later, in the summer of [-], Heynckes came out again to coach the hometown team Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Heynckes used to be the hero of the city. Even when Borussia Mönchengladbach applied for the World Cup venue, Heynckes was the ambassador of the city and was responsible for running around in Germany. This made his huge headshot outside the Bokel Hill Stadium, which was enthusiastically welcomed by Borussia Mönchengladbach fans.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's results this season are also very strange. In the first eight rounds of the league, they won all four home games and lost all four away games. At their best, they were ranked fifth in the league, but since the eighth round, Borussia Mönchengladbach have not won a game.

But this time, Heynckes was not fired, but he voluntarily resigned on the grounds that he received three death threats, the worst of which even required the use of the police to protect him going to the stadium.

In this case, it is obvious that he cannot continue to coach at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

So, after the winter break, he announced his resignation.

……

Looking at Heynckes' resume, after coaching Real Madrid, it can be described as lackluster.

But if you carefully study the teams he took over, it is not difficult to find a problem, that is, the timing of his takeover is generally not very good, and most of them are mid-range or even downstream teams.

For example, coaching Borussia Mönchengladbach this season, if you look at the roster of this team, it is not difficult to find that this team has encountered a wave of injuries, and there have been many wounded, which has caused Heynckes' formations to be stretched.

And everyone knows that the middle and lower teams have an obvious characteristic, that is, their lineups are relatively thin, and they can often only assemble a strong main lineup, specializing in one front, and if they are distracted in two-line combat, their performance will immediately decline.

This is true of Celta Vigo in La Liga, Everton in the Premier League, etc.

On the one hand, there was the team's injury wave, on the other hand, the huge pressure brought by the turbulent public opinion, and even death threats from extreme fans. It is said that even his wife was in danger, so Heynckes chose to resign.

Su Dong had talked with Heynckes before, and Heynckes also told him that he admired Barcelona's ball-handling style very much. Maybe it was because he had been coaching in La Liga for a long time.

In contrast, Van Gaal seems to be more reliable.

Although Van Gaal also had Barcelona's Waterloo, he soon used Alkmaar's coaching to prove his ability again.

So will Heynckes be, why can't he do it, No. 1?
Hoeness has repeatedly emphasized that there is absolutely no problem with Heynckes' ability and philosophy.

The Bayern giant told Su Dong that the thing he regretted most was dismissing Heynckes, which was a very serious mistake, and he believed that what Heynckes is best at is integrating the team and watching people order dishes.

"He is especially good at formulating tactics to maximize the ability of players."

Not only Hoeness was full of praise for Heynckes, but even Beckenbauer highly praised him, which made Sudong feel some confidence.

But what really made Su Dong build confidence in him was after meeting him.

……

Seeing Heynckes again, the German coach did not carefully prepare any materials, nor did he peddle his ideas in a long speech, but sat down directly and explained his current problems with Bayern Munich in an unscripted way.

Heynckes believes that Bayern's problem now is not defense, but offense and midfield organization.

This is consistent with the judgment of Bayern's Big Three.

So far this season, Bayern has conceded [-] goals in [-] rounds, tied for third in the Bundesliga, more than Nuremberg's [-] goals and Schalke [-]'s [-] goals, the same as Stuttgart and Bielefeld, and [-] goals less than Werder Bremen, which currently ranks first, shows that the problem of defense is not very big.

The real problem is the offense.

"Since Ballack and Ze Roberto left the team, Bayern's midfield creativity has declined sharply. Although Van Bommel was introduced from Barcelona, ​​​​the Dutch midfielder cannot make up for Bayern's midfield problems."

"Maggath tried to use Schweinsteiger as the attacking midfielder and let him be the core of the team. Schweinsteiger also said that his idol is Zidane, but in fact, we have all seen Schweinsteiger's performance."

Beckenbauer nodded, "He is not suitable as a front midfielder."

"Yes, he is very comprehensive, can attack and defend, has a good level of long and short passes, is also very diligent in defense, and has a high investment in the game, but his foot skills are not delicate enough, and it is difficult to hold the ball in dense defensive areas. So we saw that he was very awkward when he played the midfielder, and he did not give full play to his advantages."

"But on the wing, he also lacks speed." Hoeness is not satisfied with Schweinsteiger's current performance.

Not only Hoeness, many people think so, Schweinsteiger's question is very contradictory.

I originally wanted him to replace Ballack, but found that he couldn't do it, and he lacked speed on the wing and his impact was not strong, which was very embarrassing.

"Maybe you can try Barcelona's No. [-] position, or retreat like Pirlo." Su Dong suddenly spoke.

Everyone present was taken aback.

Beckenbauer and others are famous players who have played football for many years. Among them, Beckenbauer himself is a very great head coach, and Heynckes has a lot of coaching experience. When Su Dong said this, they immediately understood.

Ancelotti withdrew Pirlo from the front midfielder to the back midfielder, which can be said to have opened a new door for European football.

Since Pirlo can, why can't Schweinsteiger?
"It's worth a try!" Beckenbauer nodded with a smile.

……

Heynckes said that he highly admires Barcelona's tactical style of play, and even believes that Rijkaard has not yet tapped the full potential of this set of play, but he believes that this set of play is not suitable for Germany.

"This is my continuous reflection over the past few years from coaching Schalke [-] to Borussia Mönchengladbach. We have our characteristics and advantages, execution and discipline. These are our advantages. I have talked with Loew and Klinsmann. They are also thinking about this issue. I think that the Bundesliga still has a young head coach worth noting."

After Beckenbauer, Hoeness and Rummenigge looked at each other, they all laughed.

"Joseph, are you talking about Klopp from Mainz?" Hoeness asked with a smile.

"How do you know?" Heynckes was surprised.

"He is indeed a very thoughtful head coach. We have always paid attention to him. Due to the overall strength of Mainz, many of his ideas cannot be realized. This is indeed a pity, a very interesting young man." Beckenbauer also praised.

Su Dong was surprised to hear it from the sidelines.

Mainz is currently the bottom-ranked team in the Bundesliga, but the Big Three of Bayern have praised a coach who is at the bottom and is likely to lead the team to relegation. This has to be said to be a very surprising thing.

Of course, what is even more surprising is that Borussia Mönchengladbach, which Heynckes just got out of get out of class, ranks only two places higher than Mainz, and is also in the relegation zone, but he still sits in front of the big three of Bayern and gives advice.

"I guess, Klopp should be very grateful to you now, Joseph." Hoeness laughed.

"why?"

"Didn't the kicker conduct a questionnaire survey to see who will be the first Bundesliga head coach to dismiss this season?"

Heynckes immediately laughed and waved his hands again and again.

In that questionnaire, Klopp of Mainz was the number one favorite, but it turned out that Heynckes was the first to dismiss get out of class, which relieved Klopp of a big embarrassment.

……

The atmosphere of the entire meeting was quite relaxed and pleasant, and the conversation was very frank.

There is neither the slightest nervousness of interviews nor the seriousness of many superiors assessing subordinates. It seems more like a group of colleagues are chatting about topics of mutual concern and discussing each other's knowledge and understanding of football.

Although Su Dong had no chance to intervene, he still benefited a lot.

Especially this kind of close experience of legendary superstars such as Beckenbauer's understanding of football is quite rare.

Heynckes said that he has no way to promise what kind of results he will achieve after coaching Bayern, but he will do his best.

"I will position myself as an avenger. I want to re-prove my ability to everyone, get rid of the bad impression of the past few years, and let the world know me again. Even though I am 61, I don't think I am old."

the Avengers?
Su Dong had a feeling for the name, and immediately said with a smile that he was also an avenger.

"Then let us two Avengers form an Avengers Alliance!"

Heynckes smiled and held Su Dong's hand, very hard.

(End of this chapter)