I Want to Be the King of Football

As early as last season's winter break, the German Football Association announced the suspension of the 2008 German League Cup.

The reason is that because of the European Cup, the schedule of the League Cup has been affected.

But in fact, everyone knows that this is just a lame excuse.

The German League Cup adopts a knockout system, with a total of six teams, including the Bundesliga champions, cup champions and the top four teams in the Bundesliga, but such a showdown is actually not much attractive, especially there is no way to attract sponsorships business.

In the final analysis, professional football is still dominated by business, and events without commercial value are often unsustainable.

What's more, the participating teams have always regarded the League Cup as a warm-up event, and they don't care at all.

In this case, the suspension of the League Cup did not cause too much controversy.

On the contrary, at the beginning of this year, Bayern took the initiative to launch an initiative, hoping to resume the German Super Cup.

Like the Super Cup in other countries, the competition system is a single-game matchup between the league champion and the cup champion, which is undoubtedly more suspenseful and more commercial than the lengthy League Cup.

At least it can be seen from the fact that the Super Cups in other countries can continue to be held for so many years.

As a result, Bayern's initiative was supported by other teams in the Bundesliga, especially after Bayern won the Triple Crown and the Hornets Dortmund played the Super Cup with Bayern, which attracted the support of many sponsors.

Although Dortmund only ranked 13th in the league last season, as one of the most brilliant teams in the history of the Bundesliga, Dortmund still has a very good fan influence.

Bayern vs. Dortmund, such a Super Cup itself is very interesting, and sponsors are also flocking to it.

The German Football Association did not approve it, but acquiesced to Bayern and Dortmund to organize it on their own.

The time is set at the end of July, and the venue is chosen at Dortmund's home stadium, Signal Iduna Park.

Although this event has not been officially named by the Football Association, everyone knows that this is actually the German Super Cup.

It is worth mentioning that after a poor performance last season, Dortmund decided to change the coach and chose Mainz coach Klopp, who failed to lead the promotion in the Bundesliga.

And the 40-year-old German coach was once a candidate for Bayern's head coach.

favored by Hoeness.

But unfortunately, in order to be safe, Bayern chose the old coach Heynckes, which made the young coach switch to Dortmund.

This will also be Klopp's first official game in charge of Dortmund.

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Before the team headed north to Dortmund, Bayern held a locker room meeting at the training center on Sebena Street, where a crucial decision had to be made, which was the selection of the captain.

After Kahn retired, the captain's vacancy came out. Vice-captain Sagnol currently plays less time, so in some warm-up games, the captain's armband is worn on Lahm's arm.

In fact, there are also many stars in the Bayern team who used to be captains in their respective teams, such as Van Bommel, but at Bayern, Van Bommel's current positioning is still a rotation role, especially when Timoschuk joined, and Modric Van Bommel's situation would be even more embarrassing with the Euros in full swing.

The strength of the Dutchman is there, but Schweinsteiger and Modric both showed some vigor.

After the change of position, Xiaozhu is not only a midfielder of Bayern, but also performed very well in the German national team.

Not to mention Modric, one of the best players in this European Cup.

In this case, it is very difficult for Van Bommel to compete with them.

If it is customary, after the captain retires, the vice-captain is the most powerful contender, but Sagnol is not in a good situation now.

After being seriously injured, Sagnol lost his main position, and even made a fuss about leaving the team for a while. Now people are staying, but the position can't be grabbed. After all, the age is there.

Su Dong was originally very competitive. Many Bayern players and management, including Kahn, believed that if he was selected, there would basically be no suspense.

But before the election, Su Dong took the initiative to clarify in the locker room, saying that he would not come forward for the election. He had no interest in this aspect, and he preferred to concentrate all his energy on training and competition, and did not want to be distracted by other affairs.

Some people are keen to be the captain and hold a certain amount of power, but Su Dong does not need it.

First, he doesn't have this kind of character, and secondly, he doesn't need this power, because his current privilege itself is above the entire team. Whoever is the captain or even the head coach should not be treated like an uncle. is it?

It's better to be polite to each other. Who provokes Su Dong and makes him unhappy? How long does this captain and head coach have to do?

Therefore, Su Dong's withdrawal, on the contrary, seemed very atmospheric.

The final result was that Lahm was unanimously elected as the new captain of Bayern.

This is also very interesting. Lahm and Ribery are tied for the shortest player in the team. As a result, Lahm became the captain. He has to walk in the front in everything and stand out for his teammates. It is quite funny to think about it.

However, in terms of serving his teammates, Ram is still doing a very good job.

The vice-captain chose three, Sagnol, Lucio and Schweinsteiger.

Although Sagnol has lost his main position, he is a club's merit, and it is understandable to retain his vice-captain position.

Lucio's vice-captain is a carrot that Heynckes hangs in front of him, so that the Brazilian central defender can continue to improve himself, and it is best to make himself more calm.

On the contrary, it is the piglet Schweinsteiger, who is the object of Bayern's support.

The captain was selected, and the locker room also began to formulate some rules, which basically continued as before, no problem.

But according to the convention, the new captain invites everyone in the team to have a big meal, which is regarded as a welcome gift.

Subsequently, the club informed the outside world about the choice of the locker room, which was approved by Heynckes.

The media and fans were basically satisfied with the result, with more than 30% of fans agreeing with Lahm as captain.

But what is interesting is that more fans chose Su Dong as the captain than Ram, so that after the results came out, many fans still felt aggrieved for Su Dong, thinking why he was not the captain?

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Although he was the captain, due to his participation in the European Cup final, Lahm returned to the team later, and the progress was not consistent with the team. Therefore, in the Super Cup against Dortmund, Sagnol still started.

It's called the Super Bowl, but it's actually a more formal warm-up match.

I don't know if it was because of missing the captain, Sagnol was quite active in the opening game of the game.

In just eight minutes, he instigated an offensive on the right. Robben picked a pass from the middle, Su Dong headed the goal from close range, broke Dortmund's goal, and opened the scoring for Bayern, 1-0!

Losing the ball did not dampen the passion and desire of the Hornets players to win.

At home, Dortmund played very pressing. The team adopted the tactics of pressing and pressing the whole court, like a crazy boxer, constantly waving his fists.

The Bumblebee's chaotic punch made Bayern have to temporarily avoid its edge.

Until the twenty-seventh minute, it was Sagnol's attack from the right again. After Robben cut in with the ball, he sent a straight pass with his left foot. After Su Dong successfully turned offside, he dribbled the ball past the attacking attacker. Goalkeeper Weidenfeller easily pushed an empty goal, 2-0!

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Ending the first half with a 2-0 score, Heynckes made a big substitution at halftime.

After all, this is not an official game, and there are no strict substitution restrictions, so Heynckes replaced seven main players in one breath at halftime. Obviously, he still hopes to use Dortmund to inspect the players.

With the departure of the main players such as Su Dong, Dortmund's tactical play gradually showed its power. At the beginning of the second half, he even scored two goals and successfully tied the score.

Su Dong was also stunned when he watched from the sidelines.

After Hummels came off the bench, he was obviously unable to adapt to the whirlwind rhythm of Dortmund.

Fortunately, in the 73rd minute, Otell counterattacked after stealing the ball and assisted Olic to score a goal.

In the end, Bayern defeated Dortmund three to two.

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After playing the Super Cup from Dortmund, Bayern returned to Munich for a short rest, and Bayern played another warm-up match with Cologne.

In the 18th minute of the opening, Su Dong used a long shot to pierce the goal of the Cologne team and open the scoring for Bayern.

After that, Bayern firmly controlled the game, leaving no opportunity for Cologne.

Before the end of the first half, it was Sagnol's back on the right again, and Robben had a two-to-one match and sent the ball to the goal. Hit, two to zero!

After changing sides in the second half, Heynckes replaced all the starters again and replaced 11 players in the second half.

Bayern got off to a chaotic start to the second half, but it picked up quickly.

Unexpectedly, a sudden rainstorm disrupted the process of the game and prevented the performance of Bayern's players in the second half.

Especially in the last ten minutes, it ended hastily.

In the end, Bayern defeated Cologne with a 2-0 win in the first half.

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The warm-up game and the Super Cup have won consecutive battles, and Bayern Munich's tyrannical strength has made them unanimously recognized by the media and fans.

By all accounts, Bayern are the favourites for the Bundesliga title this season.

Heynckes also expressed confidence that he hopes to lead Bayern to win three consecutive championships.

In the history of the Bundesliga, only two teams have won three consecutive championships, namely Bayern and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Bayern has won three consecutive championships three times, in the 1970s of Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller, as well as the mid-1980s, and the handover of the century when Heathfield was coached, all of which are the peak dynasties in Bayern's history.

After Beckenbauer led Bayern to the first three-peat in Bundesliga history, Monchengladbach also quickly won a three-peat. At that time, the soul leader of Monchengladbach was the top scorer. Heynckes.

Yes, it is the current Bayern coach Hai old man.

So, this old man is still quite emotional about it.

But Bayern's challenge is not small. The first battle of the new season is the North-South Derby against Hamburg.

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