long live football

10 minutes before the start of the game, there was an incident at the Allianz Arena.

When the Munich 1860 players were warming up together, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Kahn suddenly came from the other side of the field, found Koch and said: "In the remaining eleven league games, let's compare."

Koch was taken aback for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Compared to what?"

"Compared to Bayern Munich and Munich 1860, who can finally set the record for the fewest goals conceded in the league? If I win, the new record will be broken by you later. If you win, I hope you create a record that no one can break later. It also allowed me to witness the birth of history in the last year of my career."

云达不莱梅曾在1987-88赛季创下了22个失球的德甲联赛最少失球纪录,20年来都未能有球队打破这个纪录，而本赛季以来，无论是拜仁慕尼黑还是慕尼黑1860的丢球率都非常少，目前联赛已经走过23轮，拜仁的失球数是11个而狮队更少只有9个。

Whether it is Bayern Munich or Munich 1860, they are very hopeful to break the record set by Bremen, but because both teams are possible, they have formed a fierce competition. Now many German media are guessing. Which team can become the creator of the new record, even several large gaming companies have also opened a gamble for this.

Hearing Kahn's words, Koch didn't think about the bet first, but asked in surprise, "Are you really going to retire?"

Kahn once announced in 2003 that he would hang up his boots after the World Cup in Germany. As a result, he renewed his contract with Bayern for several years after 06, so Kahn told the media again last year that he would bid farewell to the football team in the summer of 2008. After the World Cup, some media have been unwilling to believe it. They always think that Kahn will find a small team to continue playing after leaving Bayern. During the winter transfer period that just passed, some German media even found Kahn Well, the news of the next family is spread with nose and eyes.

Although the 39-year-old "Lion King" can no longer serve as the main force of the giants' team, there are still a lot of small and medium teams willing to accept him. Maybe it is because they don't want to see the banner of the German goalkeeper leave, maybe I feel that the German football world without Kahn will feel more lonely. Koch has always believed that the opponent will continue to play until he is 40 years old.Now that Kahn heard the opponent's decision to retire, Koch couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hmm." Kahn looked around the noisy Allianz Arena with complicated and unspeakable eyes: "Although I am a bit reluctant, it is really time for me to leave."

Ever since Klinsmann stripped Kahn of the captain's armband in the national team, the relationship between the two has been very bad. Now the former has become the head coach of Bayern, although both of them try their best to tell themselves that the team's performance is the most important thing. Personal grievances must be put aside first, but the rift has already been planted, and the general cannot be single-minded. In the past three months, whenever Kahn's state has declined, Klinsmann will send Lensing to replace him in the starting lineup, so Kahn While diligently maintaining excellent saving results, he also strengthened his determination to retire after the end of the season time and time again.

Koch looked at the man in front of him with serious eyes, this middle-aged man known as the "Lion King" and "German Goalkeeper".

Almost all the new generation of German goalkeepers regard Kahn as an idol. Koch changed to a goalkeeper because he was halfway through playing football. Creating history has always been his goal of catching up.

Now that the former German goalkeeper is about to retire, Koch feels a little embarrassed, but also very interested in the other party's proposal.

Play against Kahn, who is about to say goodbye to football, and use the rest of the season to make new history?

Sounds like fun.

Also well worth the challenge.

Koch stretched out his hand: "I will compete with you, but I will definitely win in the end."

The confidence and arrogance he showed surprised Kahn.

But in the next second, Kahn laughed: "Although he is a little crazy, young people must have such arrogance! You are a good goalkeeper, and your team has the nickname of the Lions. After I retire, the Lion King The title is yours."

"I don't want it. The Lion King is the title given to you by the fans, and it can only belong to you." Koch looked directly into Kahn's eyes and said, "You and I, Lambert Koch, will have a dedicated one sooner or later. My own nickname, unique.”

Kahn's smile deepened and he nodded.

But he actually had some regrets in his heart.

I regret that I didn't have a good communication with this junior because of the hostile relationship between my reserve and the team.

Now it seems that Lambert Koch, a young man, has the iron and blood that is about to disappear in the current German players.

Just like he was 20 years ago.

Kahn thought a little narcissistically.

But it's not too late to start dating, after all, I don't want to leave football forever after retiring, I just changed my job to become a TV commentator.

Koch took the initiative to reach out and shook hands with Kahn. After shaking, Kahn turned and walked back to Bayern's warm-up area.

Koch looked at Kahn who was leaving, and thought to himself: "I will achieve higher achievements than you in the future."

After making an oath in his heart, Koch also went back to the warm-up area to continue exercising.

As soon as he turned around, Kahn over there turned his head back.

The Bayern goalkeeper looked at the figure of the young junior on the opposite field, and a thought slowly came to his mind.

The banner of the German goalkeeper class is gone, and a new one has come, and this new one may be better than itself.

God indeed favored Germany.

……

Klinsmann took his first Munich derby in charge of Bayern seriously.

This can be seen in the number of assistants he brings to the Allianz Arena.

A total of 11 coaches were lined up in the area, and the scene was truly spectacular.

It's no wonder that the commentator Gaynor would say: "Bayern's coaching bench is counted by head, and there are not as many substitute players as the coach. What is Klinsmann doing? Waiting for these assistants to give him help in the game." Any ideas?"

Although Gaynor wasn't the roundworm in Klinsmann's stomach, he guessed the latter's intentions pretty well.

Klinsmann brought all his coaching staff to the stadium, partly because they wanted them to watch the annual battle live to gain experience, and partly because of embolden himself, and just in case.

When Klinsmann brought such a large coaching staff to Bayern Munich by air a few months ago, he almost stunned the whole of Germany.

Especially in the first Bayern public training session after he took over the team, there were only 9 or [-] players on the court, but there were [-] coaches standing on the field to urge them to train. When the "Bild" truthfully published the training photos , Many fans who watched did not know whether to be surprised by Klinsmann's prudence, or to laugh at his fuss.

However, it is necessary for Klinsmann to invite so many assistants.

Because before becoming the head coach of Bayern Munich, he did not have any club coaching experience, but only worked as the German national team coach for two years.

And being the coach of a wealthy family is actually more burdensome than being the coach of a national team.

The club will have at least four games a month, and there may be double matches or even three matches a week to catch up with the devil's schedule. Klinsmann, who has never been the club's head coach, accepted a team as powerful as Bayern for the first time. Be cautious, and dare not be careless.

That's why he recruited such a large-scale coaching staff.

Some people say that Klinsmann is mobilizing a large number of teachers and adding unnecessary expenses to the Bayern club's finances (the former Hitzfeld only had three assistants).But there are also people who say that there is strength in numbers. Klinsmann was specially invited by the Big Three of Bayern to deal with Oston. Such a luxurious coaching staff and the former national team coach will definitely be able to firmly restrain the man next door.

The opinions of "Kicker" and "Bild" are in favor of the former, and "Munich Daily" is a loyal supporter of Bayern, and firmly believes that the latter possibility will become a reality.

Compared with Bayern Munich's crowded coaching bench, which is not enough seats, Munich 1860 is much more pitiful. There are only two or three kittens on the coaching bench.

The assistant coach Hasler leaned over and put his legs across the seat, occupying two and a half seats at once.

Another assistant coach, Garrard, came over amusedly: "What kind of strange sitting position are you sitting in?"

"Compared with the neighbors, we have too few people, and we don't have enough momentum." Hassler pouted towards Bayern: "So I thought that even if I put my whole body upside down, it would be better than empty seats." The popularity must come stronger.”

"It's up to me!" Garrard also sat down, and then crossed his legs on the seat next to him: "You are not even 1.7 meters tall, and you can take up two and a half seats at most, look Me, three and a half!"

The coaching bench can seat ten people in a row. The Bayern side was crowded with people and even added two seats. The Lions side originally had a row of vacant seats, but now there are two more assistant coaches who are almost lying on the seats. Looking at it from a distance, it is indeed a firework atmosphere, but when you get closer, these two guys who are slumped on the seat like soft bones make people suspect that they are hiding from laziness.

The game was about to start, Carl looked around the field, and raised his eyebrows when he saw the scene behind him.

He turned around and walked back to the coach's bench, and asked softly with a smile, "You two, are you going to sleep here?"

Hasler and Garrard shuddered, and immediately jumped up from their seats as if they had been electrocuted. First, they knocked their heads against the ceiling and let out a tragic "Ow!" Shut your mouth tightly after looking at him, carefully jump out of the seat, and then honestly occupy a seat with your buttocks, sitting upright.

Then they scrambled to explain to Karl why they put their legs up to occupy the seat.

After listening to what the two said, Carl nodded and smiled slightly: "The game cannot be won with more coaches, just wait and see."

After leaving this fluffy sentence, Carl turned around and walked to the sidelines.

Hasler and Garrard suddenly felt their confidence doubled. The two of them sat down neatly and began to watch the game intently.

After walking to the side of the court, Karl glanced at the Bayern coach's bench.

There are indeed many people.

With so many people coming, is it to build momentum, or to tell the world that "we are actually very empty and we need to rely on the number of people to have a little confidence"?

There is a German proverb called "Too many cooks will make porridge bad", which means that too many people will lead to bad things.

Even if these coaches are all very useful, they will give Klinsmann advice one after another during the game. When the time comes, there will be so many differences of opinion, who should Klinsmann listen to?

What's more, Karl has been inquired a long time ago. An assistant named Vasquez of Klinsmann can't even speak German.

……

After becoming Bayern coach for a few months, Klinsmann has gradually marked the team with his own fast attacking style.

As soon as the game started, Bayern Munich was ready to strike first.

They took advantage of the kick-off to firmly control the ball at their feet, and passed it from the midfield back to the backcourt and then to the frontcourt. The continuous fast pass fully mobilized the offensive awareness of every Bayern player, and broke through to 1860 after halftime. Berry made a sudden effort and sent the ball into the Lions penalty area with a long pass after passing the two!

"Luca Tony!"

Accompanied by the loud shouts of the commentator, the Italian striker Toni, who is currently the second-ranked scorer in the Bundesliga, used a realistic fake to shake Ogo over the defensive tower, and after taking another big step forward, he lightly tapped his right foot Control the ball under his feet with a wave, and then suddenly lift his foot to shoot!

Hummels and Mertesacker jumped up and tried to block the ball, but the ball flew over their heads and towards the goal.

The hearts of all Bayern players and fans raised their hearts, silently chanting: "Go in! Go in! Go in!"

A pair of big hands that appeared out of nowhere appeared in front of the football one second before it crossed the goal line, hugging the little black and white thing firmly.

"Lambert Koch!" The commentator praised vigorously: "As long as he is there, the general shooting Munich 1860 never needs to worry! They only conceded 9 goals in the league this season. Counting all the games, not just conceding a dozen goals, although such statistics cannot be said to be terrific, they are enough to make goalkeepers in other leagues dumbfounded and other teams to salivate over him!"

Even after saving the team once, Koch's expression was still calm. He held the ball and looked at the entire court, thinking about which angle to pass the ball to.

Except for a few defenders, the other Lions players consciously retreated to the midfield, and they were ready to counterattack as soon as Koch passed the ball.

The Bayern players also realized that the opponent is likely to launch a counterattack directly, and most of them have already run back to defend.

Koch looked around and made sure that no one would surprise him. He put the ball on the ground, took two slow steps and pushed the ball out of the small penalty area, then swung his right leg and shot!

The football flew into the air immediately, and after flying over the penalty area, the Lions' half and the middle circle, there was no sign of falling, and there was still room to fly over Bayern's half!

"Koch's kick was strong enough, at least six to seventy meters..." The commentator stammered in the next second: "It's still flying! The ball is still flying, and it's heading towards Bayern's goal Direction!" When he said the last sentence, he almost screamed.

Not only the commentator, but all the players on the field were also shocked by the scene in front of them, speechless.

The pass from the goalkeeper of Munich 1860 from his own penalty area actually flew straight from one end of the field to the goal at the other end of the field?

What a miraculous foot power this is!

If you can get into the net of Bayern's goal at once, it will be even more legendary!

He raised his head and stared blankly at the football passing over his head, and after flying further back, the Bayern generals broke out in a cold sweat instantly.

This ball flew towards their own goal!

The Bayern players quickly turned around and ran back, receding towards the goal like a tide.

The penalty area is a bit empty at the moment. Even a few seconds ago, no one could have predicted that Munich 1860's counterattack would come so fast.It's still done by the goalkeeper.

While running, the Bayern players thought frightfully: "Jesus Christ, this goal must not be scored!"

Kahn takes the initiative from the front of the goal!

Although the football flew lower and lower, the speed did not decrease at all.

Defender Lahm rushed to him, spreading his limbs and trying to get the ball in his crotch.

The football was planted heavily behind Lahm, and then lifted up with the help of the rebound force of the ground, and it still passed towards the goal!

Kahn played the savior of the team again at this moment.

He didn't rush to save the football when it flew close to the penalty area, because he was not sure at that time.

One of the secrets of Kahn’s ability to become the world’s top goalkeeper is that he can calculate the save time extremely accurately. If it is advanced or delayed, it will cause irreparable consequences. Only by flying at the most appropriate time can the goal be saved. among.

Just when the football hit the ground and bounced back towards the goal, Kahn took off!

He only jumped thirty or forty centimeters high, but he stretched his arms out!

Sure enough, a second or two after he jumped up, the football hit him and hit his right arm!

But it also deflected the direction, no longer persistently drilled into the goal, but fell crookedly towards the turf on the left side of the penalty area.

Ram hurried over, poked the ball with his foot, and cleared the ball out of the sideline.

The Lions players looked at the opponent's goal in disappointment, but the Bayern players let out a long sigh.

After landing, Kahn waved his arms towards the opposite side.

The Bayern players all over the half of the stadium thought that Kahn was reassuring them, so they all smiled and waved, signaling Kahn to say that they knew.

But the arm was actually for Koch to see.

Koch certainly saw it and understood it.

Kahn was saying, "So far we're tied."

He tilted his head, did not respond, and continued to stand in the middle of the goal to guard.

Only the commentator smacked his lips and regretted, "A goal destined to be recorded in history... just gone."

……

From the time the referee blew his whistle to signal the game, there was a lot of boos in the Allianz Arena.

The boos from the Bayern fans were mainly for Karl.

Who made Bayern Munich have been at a disadvantage against Munich 1860 since he came?

Especially seeing the opponent standing on the edge of the field calmly, as if they were winning, the Bayern fans felt that the hatred and sourness in their hearts were like the waves, sweeping their hearts layer by layer.

So they booed harder, as if only through this way can they vent their inner emotions.

Naturally, fans of 1860 Munich would not allow their opponents to be so arrogant in front of their eyes.

They also raised their voices and pointed their middle fingers to fight back.

The 1860 fans responded, and the Bayern fans responded with a louder volume, always fighting for the first place.

But the Lions fans showed no weakness: want to beat me?Compare it first!

The booing in the Allianz Arena was wave after wave, and the mountains were shaking.

Unknowingly, 10 minutes passed, and the fans of the two teams could do nothing except boo their opponents and make faces and put their middle fingers up.

Not only did the game not look good, even Koch and Kahn staged wonderful saves successively, and they failed to cheer.

Because almost all of their strength has been used to get closer to each other.

Now my throat is sore and my throat is hoarse.

Feel it carefully, it seems that there is still a little tinnitus.

After the naive competition, with the cooperation of the leaders of the fan organizations of the two clubs, the fans of Bayern Munich and 1860 finally reached a tacit understanding of a temporary truce, and were ready to watch the game in peace.

As soon as they turned their attention to the court, many fans immediately put their whole body and mind into it.

The game scene is really beautiful!

Although no goals have been scored so far, this is by no means because the forwards of the two teams have insufficient firepower, but because the goalkeepers have played so well.

Especially Koch, although his experience is much worse than Kahn's, his performance is by no means inferior to the opponent.

Two top goalkeepers appeared in a game, and both contributed world-class saves. No wonder the commentator muttered: "Half of the limelight in this game was stolen by the goalkeeper."

Carl felt very relieved when he saw the fans applauding for Koch's every wonderful save, flashing lights in the media area, and cameras focusing on Koch for close-up shots.

Well, he'd be more satisfied if the camera on the right would turn his head and stare at the field, too.