I Want to Be the King of Football

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

He started coaching at Borussia Monchengladbach. In a few years, he brought this 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, four years and a hundred days. , Two league titles, two Super Cup titles, many people believe that during Heynckes' coaching, Bayern's dominance in German football has been consolidated.

After leaving Bayern, Heynckes coached Athletic Bilbao, Frankfurt, Tenerife and Real Madrid successively, and in the season at Real Madrid, he reached the peak of his coaching career and won a Champions League.

But after winning the championship, he was dismissed.

After that, Heynckes coached Benfica for a short time without success. After returning to La Liga, he coached Athletic Bilbao again. After one season, from 2004 to 2005, Schalke played only three games in 2004, with one win and three losses. Heynckes was fired and became the shortest-lived coach in the Bundesliga that season.

The reason given by Schalke 04's general manager Asauer was that many players in the locker room complained to him, thinking that Heynckes worked very hard, but the concept was outdated and he lost the trust of the players, so he was arrested. Force him to fire.

After a lapse of two years, in the summer of 2006, Heynckes once again came out to coach the hometown team Mönchengladbach.

Heynckes was once a hero of the city, and even when Mönchengladbach bid for the World Cup venue, Heynckes was the city's ambassador, responsible for running around in Germany, which made his huge head portrait The qualifying was outside the Poker Hill Stadium, and was welcomed by the fans of Mönchengladbach.

Monchengladbach's results this season are also very strange. In the first eight rounds of the league, four home games were won and four away games were lost. The best results were once ranked fifth in the league, but from the eighth round, the door Hing Gladbach is winless.

But this time, instead of being fired, Heynckes voluntarily resigned, on the grounds that he received three death threats, the most serious of which even required the use of police to protect him from going to the stadium.

Under these circumstances, it is clear that he cannot continue coaching at Borussia Monchengladbach.

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

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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 taking over is generally not good, and most of them are mid-level or even lower-level teams.

For example, coaching Borussia Monchengladbach this season, if you look at the team's roster, it is not difficult to find that this team has encountered a wave of injuries, and there have been many injuries, which led to Heynckes' platoon. The formation is stretched thin.

And everyone knows that the middle and lower reaches of the team have an obvious feature, that is, their lineup is relatively thin, and often they can only make up a strong main lineup, specializing in one front, fighting on two fronts, and getting results immediately. slip.

Celta Vigo in La Liga, Everton in the Premier League, etc., are all like this.

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

Su Dong talked to Heynckes before, and Heynckes also told him that he appreciates Barcelona's ball-handling style, maybe he has been coaching in La Liga for a long time.

Heynckes has become unaccustomed to German football, which makes Su Dong a little worried about his coaching.

In contrast, Van Gaal seems to be more reliable.

Although Van Gaal also had Barcelona's Waterloo, he soon re-proved his ability with Alkmaar's coaching.

Could Heynckes be, what can't he do, the first place in the mouth gun?

Hoeness has repeatedly emphasized that Heynckes' abilities and ideas are absolutely fine.

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

He's especially good at maximizing the ability of his players by developing tactics.

Not only Hoeness was full of praise for Heynckes, but even Beckenbauer admired him very much, which made Su Dong feel some confidence.

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

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Seeing Heynckes again, the German coach did not prepare any materials carefully, nor did he peddled his ideas at length. Instead, he 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 attack and midfield organization.

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

So far this season, Bayern have conceded 19 goals in 17 rounds, tied for third in the Bundesliga, more than Nuremberg's 16 goals and Schalke's 04's 17 goals, and the same as Stuttgart and Bielefeld. Werder Bremen, who topped the list, is still three goals short, so it can be seen that the problem of defense is not very big.

The real problem is the offense.

The creativity of Bayern's midfield has dropped significantly since Ballack and Ze Roberto left the team. Despite the introduction of Van Bommel from Barcelona, ​​the Dutch midfielder can't make up for the problems of Bayern's midfield.

Magath tried to use Schweinsteiger as the attacking midfielder and let him be the playmaker of the team. Schweinsteiger also said that his idol is Zidane, but in fact, Schweinsteiger We've all seen Steiger's performance.

Beckenbauer nodded, He's not suitable for the front waist.

Yes, he is very comprehensive, he can attack and defend, his long and short passes are of high standard, he is also very diligent in defense, and has a high investment in the game, but his skills are not delicate enough, and it is difficult to hold the ball in densely defended areas, so We saw that when he played as an attacking midfielder, he looked awkward and didn't fully play to his strengths.

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

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

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

Maybe you can try Barcelona's No. 4 position, or retreat like Pirlo. Su Dong said suddenly.

Everyone present was stunned.

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. Su Dong said this, they all immediately understood. come over.

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

If Pirlo can, why can't Schweinsteiger?

It's worth a try! Beckenbauer nodded with a smile.

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Heynckes said that he highly respects Barcelona's tactical style of play, and even believes that Rijkaard has not tapped all the potential of this style of play, but he believes that this style of play does not apply to Germany.

This is my constant reflection over the past few years from coaching Schalke 04 to Mönchengladbach. We have our characteristics and strengths, execution and discipline, which are our strengths. , Klinsmann have talked about it, they are also thinking about this issue, and I think there is a young head coach who is worth noting in the Bundesliga.

Beckenbauer, Hoeness, Rummenigge and others all laughed after looking at each other.

Joseph, are you talking about Klopp in 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 close 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 very surprised to hear it.

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

Of course, what is even more surprising is that Monchengladbach, who has just been dismissed from get out of class, is only two places higher than Mainz and is also in the relegation zone, but he still sits in front of the Bayern Big Three and points out the country.

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

why?

Isn't the kicker doing a questionnaire survey to see who will be the first Bundesliga coach to be dismissed this season?

Heynckes immediately laughed and waved his hands again and again.

In that questionnaire, Mainz's Klopp was the number one favorite, but it turned out that Heynckes was the first to be dismissed, which relieved Klopp's embarrassment.

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

There is neither the slightest nervousness of the interview, nor the seriousness of many superiors evaluating their subordinates. It looks more like a group of colleagues chatting about topics that are of mutual concern to each other and discussing each other's knowledge and understanding of football.

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

In particular, it is a rare opportunity to experience the understanding of football such as Beckenbauer and other legends at close range.

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

I will position myself as an avenger, I will 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 if I am sixty-one, but I don't feel like myself old.

the Avengers?

Su Dong was quite impressed with 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 the hand that Su Dong took the initiative to extend, very hard.