novelonline Chapter 533 The Bundesliga Begins
Chapter 533 The Bundesliga Begins
Chapter 533 The Bundesliga Begins
The first round of the Bundesliga will start on August 8. Because of the European Cup, this season's Bundesliga is about 25 days later than usual.
And Bayern Munich's first opponent is also very interesting. It is a newly promoted team, that is, a team that was just upgraded from the Bundesliga last season.
Why is it interesting?
If it is an ordinary newly promoted team, it should be said that it is not interesting. It is very common. There are 2 to 3 new teams in the Bundesliga every year (depending on the situation, because the bottom three in the Bundesliga and the third in the Bundesliga will play play-offs, so it is uncertain how many newly promoted teams there are every year).
But this newly promoted team is different, that is, Kaiserslautern, who once created the famous "Kaiserslautern Myth" in football history.
In the 1997-1998 season, the "Kaiserslautern" led by Rehhagel won the Bundesliga championship in the first year of returning to the Bundesliga as a newly promoted horse, creating an unprecedented record.
Since then, Rehhagel has also been called "Otto the Great" and is known as a god-like existence in football.
But the good times didn't last long. After all, the small club had no background. Kaiserslautern soon became a middle-lower Bundesliga team working hard to avoid relegation, and became a lift between the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga. The last time Kaiserslautern was relegated was in 2012.
After a lapse of 4 years, Kaiserslautern was once again promoted to the Bundesliga. Will they create a little surprise this time?
Looking at their lineup, it is estimated that it is impossible. The goal of their head coach "Kurz" this season is to relegation, and looking at their lineup, it is not easy to achieve this goal.
For them, the only good news is that the first round of the Bundesliga will be held at their home stadium, that is, at the famous "Fritz-****** Stadium". Although "Kaiserslautern" is in decline, their stadium is still very modern.
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For "Kaiserslautern", Sammer did not do too much research. On the one hand, there is no need for it, and on the other hand, there is no information. Kaiserslautern's players are the kind of players with high cost performance, that is, players who can do everything by themselves, from forwards to defenders. In other words, they have no characteristics.
For Sammer, what he cares more about is the new year's UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony to be held in Monaco next week, when he will bring the team to attend in person.
In the first round of the league, Summer still made some mobilization at the base at No. 51 Sebena Street.
"Kaiserslautern, you all know that"?
Everyone nodded, but they were obviously not confident, because the name was so familiar and was quoted almost every year. For example, when "Leicester City" won the Premier League last season, some people said it was England's "Kaiserslautern Myth".
But this name is so unfamiliar again, because even in Germany, it is difficult to watch the games of this team, because there are few reports on the German second division, and the German second division games are still paid, except for the die-hard fans of "Kaiserslautern", most people will not watch them.
Summer smiled and pointed to Li Qiao, "When Kaiserslautern won the championship, you were less than 4 years old."
So everyone laughed. In everyone's opinion, it should be regarded as a historical story.
"Well, no matter what, we must win this game, and at the smallest cost. This season is different from the past. Because of the European Cup, the Bundesliga has been postponed, but the Champions League is not postponed. There is not much time left for us to prepare for the Champions League."
Everyone thought: "Samer, you think so far, the Bundesliga has not started yet, you have already thought about the Champions League."
But no one knows how strong Sammer's desire for the Champions League is. Of course, it is impossible for Sammer to tell these children that it will only increase their pressure.
"I have only one request for this game",
Everyone raised their heads, their expressions seemed to say——Teach me, coach!
"Goal difference is not allowed to exceed 3",
"Damn", many people cursed in their hearts, "What kind of weird request is this?"
All the coaches in the world want to win as many games as possible. This Sammer is really different, he actually asked not to win too much!
"I don't want to explain, but just do it."
That's what Sammer thought in his heart. Bayern's strength is already very strong, and they have been trained by the devil recently. Now they should press down and don't show their state too early.
This belongs to the aspect of sports science. For example, Liu Xiang said in the past that when you run three shots in the Olympic Games, the first shot should be closed and run, the second shot should be released a little, and the last shot should be completely released.
On the other hand, don't expose your strength prematurely, for fear of scaring everyone and reminding your competitors.
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Bayern was the runner-up of the Bundesliga last season, so the first game is scheduled for Saturday and in the afternoon.
But as last season's Bundesliga champions - Borussia Dortmund, their game is scheduled to be played at 8 pm local time in Germany. It is the opening game. At that time, the big names in German football and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be present.
At the opening ceremony, the smug Klopp walked to the center of the stadium, as if a king was being worshiped by all people. Tens of thousands of people at Signal Iduna Park stood up and gave Klopp thunderous applause.
Immediately afterwards, shouts of "Jurgen" came like a tsunami. Klopp squinted his eyes and smiled. It is self-evident how happy Uncle Zha is at this time.
After the cheers, the president of the Bundesliga walked into the field. After shaking hands with Klopp, he took the trophy from the hostesses. This is the trophy for the best coach in the Bundesliga last season. There is no doubt that it belongs to Klopp.
Klopp raised the trophy high above his head, the cheers sounded again, and Klopp gave the most charming smile.
After the opening ceremony, it was the opening game. Dortmund played against Werder Bremen. What was thought to be a game without any suspense actually surprised the fans after the game.
Facing Werder Bremen in the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga last season, Dortmund only relied on Gomez's score at the last moment to beat their opponent 2-1 at home.
After the game, Klopp went crazy in the locker room. This is rare, because this game is not because the opponent is very strong, but because Dortmund's offense has no bright spots.
Of course, the madness is the madness. At the post-match press conference, Klopp still smiled, saying that the players were not in good condition in the first game, and hinted that this was related to the European Cup, the so-called FIFA virus.
But the reporters looked at each other in blank dismay, UEFA will not take this blame. The reporters could see that Dortmund's creativity in the frontcourt had dropped significantly, especially when it was in front of the opponent's penalty area, it seemed that there was nothing to do.
Some people think it has something to do with Li Qiao's departure, while others think that Dortmund has become proud.
But no matter how skeptical everyone is, Klopp insisted that the state is not good and the summer rest is not enough, but he also said that the situation should get better soon, "Before the start of the Champions League, I will definitely make the team's state better."
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The Bayern players watched the opening game on the bus. During this period, Muller volunteered as a friendly commentary. He stood at the front of the bus compartment with a microphone in his hand.
"This ball should be passed through. Why did Shalawi break through by himself? What a great opportunity, Gomez has already made a diagonal thrust",
As soon as the camera turned, Klopp was photographed, and Muller said again: "Look at the coach, everyone has become ugly."
"Ha ha ha ha",
When Werder Bremen scored a goal, Muller turned into a passionate commentary-"Goooooooooooooooooooooal"!
"Well done, Bremen",
"Audience friends, I think Dortmund's relegation situation this season is not optimistic",
"Hahahaha", everyone laughed again.
When Dortmund struggled to equalize at the end, Muller pointed at Gomez, "Look, Dortmund still depends on Bayern players to equalize."
Sammer was also amused. If this picture is posted on the Internet, how many people in Dortmund will be blown up?
At the end of the game, Dortmund won 2-1. Muller finally concluded, "The difficult 3 points have laid a solid foundation for Dortmund's road to relegation this season."
"Okay, stop talking," Summer said.
It was late after watching the game, shaking and shaking on the bus, everyone felt a little sleepy, Muller was bored, returned to his seat, and pushed Li Qiao beside him, "How did I explain just now? If I retire in the future, what do you think about being a commentator?"
"Yes, as long as you are not afraid of being beaten to death",
Muller grinned, "This is my style. If I don't complain, I can't help it, and I will get sick."
Li Qiao smiled, "Aren't you tired?"
"Not tired",
Li Qiao was convinced, "Then let me ask you, how long have you been talking continuously in a day at most?"
Muller thought for a while and said, "I don't know, it seems like a long time, maybe 10 hours or so, when I was on vacation."
"Then why didn't your parents send you to the broadcasting academy when you were a child, and you will be a host in the future."
"They sent me to play football just to listen to me less",
Li Qiao chuckled, "Because the words scared my parents"!
"Quite weird," Li Qiao thought.
"I'm really tired and want to sleep",
But Muller seemed to have just finished charging. He took out his mobile phone and started playing games again. The games were also very simple, such as Snake, Tetris and so on.
Li Qiao looked at Mu Le and thought: "It's good not to grow up."
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On the second day, Bayern defeated Kaiserslautern 3-0 in a bloodless away game, starting the journey of the new season. After the game, "Bild" and "Kicker" gave Bayern high scores at the same time. Professionals can see Bayern's faintly glowing king.
But Sammer was very low-key after the game, "He said that we could have scored more goals, but unfortunately we missed several good opportunities."
(End of this chapter)