Chapter 497： The Avengers

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

He started coaching from Monchengladbach. In a few years, he brought a UEFA Cup runner-up and a German Cup runner-up to this team, making him a famous coach in Germany and coaching Bayern Munich for four years and one hundred days. , Two league champions, two Super Cup champions, many people believe that during Heynckes coaching, Bayern has consolidated Bayern's dominance in German football.

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

But after winning the championship, get out of class ends.

After that, Heynckes briefly coached Benfica without success. After returning to La Liga, he coached Athletic Bilbao again. The result was quite satisfactory. However, he was invited back to the Bundesliga in 2003 and coached Schalke Zero Four. One season later, from 04 to 05 seasons, Schalke 04 played only three games, one win and three losses, Heynckes was fired and became the shortest-lived coach of the Bundesliga that season.

The reason given by the general manager of Schalke Zero Four, Asauer, was that many players in the locker room filed a complaint against him, believing that Heynckes has worked very hard, but the concept has fallen out of date and lost the player’s trust. Forced to fire him.

Two years later, in the summer of 2006, Heynckes returned to coach his hometown team Monchengladbach.

Heynckes was once a hero of the city. Even when Monchengladbach bid for the World Cup venue, Heynckes was the city’s ambassador and was responsible for running around in Germany. Qualified outside the Poker Hill Stadium and was highly praised by the fans of Monchengladbach.

The results of Monchengladbach this season are also very strange. In the first eight rounds of the league, four home games have been won, four away games have been lost, and the best results were once ranked fifth in the league, but from the eighth round, the door Hingladbach won no match.

This time, Heynckes was not fired, but he took the initiative to resign, on the grounds that he received three death threats, the most serious of which required police to protect him from going to the stadium.

In this situation, he obviously cannot continue coaching at Monchengladbach.

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

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Throughout Heynckes’ resume, after coaching Real Madrid, it can be described as lacklustre.

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

For example, coaching Monchengladbach this season, if you look at the roster of this team, it is not difficult to find that this team has suffered a wave of injuries, and there have been many wounded, which led to Heynckes’ platoon. The formations are stretched.

Everyone knows that the mid-lower team has an obvious feature, that is, their lineups are relatively thin, often they can only make up a strong main lineup, specializing in one front, two-line combat and one distraction, and the results are immediate. Decline.

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 turmoil of the outside world, and there are even death threats from extreme fans. It is said that even his wife is in danger, so Heynckes chose to resign.

Su Dong talked to Heynckes before, and Heynckes also told him that he admired Barcelona’s ball-handling style very much. Perhaps he has been coaching in La Liga for a long time. Heynckes has been dissatisfied with German football. , This 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 used Alkmaar's coaching to re-prove his ability.

Will Heynckes be, what can't you do, the first place?

Henes repeatedly emphasized that there is absolutely no problem with Heynckes' abilities and ideas.

The Bayern giant said to Su Dong that the thing he regrets most is to fire Heynckes. This is a very serious mistake. He believes that Heynckes is best at integrating the team and looking at the dishes.

"He is particularly good at stimulating the players' abilities to the maximum by formulating tactics."

Not only did Herness praise Heynckes, but Beckenbauer also admired him very much, which made Sudong feel some confidence.

But what really built Su Dong's confidence in him was after seeing him.

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Seeing Heynckes again, the old German coach did not carefully prepare any materials, nor did he peddle his ideas in lengthy terms. Instead, he just sat down and expounded his current problems with Bayern Munich in an unwritten manner.

Heynckes believes that Bayern’s current problem is not in defense, but in offense and midfield organization.

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

So far this season, Bayern has conceded 19 goals in 17 rounds, tied for third in the Bundesliga, more than Nuremberg’s 16 goals and Schalke’s 17 goals, and like Stuttgart and Bielefeld, it’s higher than the current ranking. The top Werder Bremen missed three goals, showing that the defensive problem is not very big.

The real problem is offense.

"Since Ballack and Ze Roberto left the team, the creativity of Bayern's midfielder has fallen sharply. Despite the introduction of Van Bommel from Barcelona, ​​the Dutch midfielder can't make up for the problems of Bayern's midfielder."

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

Beckenbauer nodded, "He is not suitable for the midfielder."

"Yes, he is very comprehensive, able to attack and defend. He is very good in long and short passes. He is also very diligent in defense. He is very involved in the game. But his skills are not delicate enough and it is difficult to hold the ball in densely defensive areas. So We saw that when he kicked the midfielder, he seemed very constrained and he didn't fully use his advantage."

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

Not only Hernes, many people think so, Schweinsteiger’s problem is very contradictory.

originally wanted him to replace Barak, but found that he couldn't do it. He lacked speed on the flank and the impact was not strong, which was embarrassing.

"Maybe you can try Barcelona's fourth position, or retreat like Pirlo." Su Dong spoke suddenly.

Everyone present was taken aback.

Beckenbauer and others are famous players who have played for many years. Among them, Beckenbauer himself is also a very great head coach. Heynckes' coaching experience is also quite rich. Su Dong said that they all immediately understood. come.

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

If Pirlo can, why not Schweinsteiger?

"Worth a try!" Beckenbauer smiled and nodded.

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Heynckes said that he admires Barcelona's tactical play very much, and even thinks that Rijkaard has not tapped all the potential of this set of play, but he believes that this set of play does not apply to Germany.

"This is my continuous reflection from coaching Schalke 04 to Monchengladbach over the past few years. We have our characteristics and advantages, execution and discipline. This is our advantage. I and Loew , Klinsmann have talked about it, they are also thinking about this issue, and I think there is another noteworthy young head coach in the Bundesliga."

Beckenbauer, Herness, Rummenigge and others looked at each other and all laughed.

"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 been paying 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 when he listened.

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

Of course, what’s even more surprising is that Monchengladbach, who Heynckes just finished his get out of class, ranks only two more than Mainz and is also in the relegation zone, but he still sat in front of the Bayern Big Three and pointed the country.

"I guess Klopp should thank you very much in my heart now, Joseph." Hoeness laughed.

"Why?"

"Didn't the previous kickers be surveying to see who will be the first head coach to leave the Bundesliga this season?"

Heynckes immediately laughed and waved his hands again and again.

In that questionnaire survey, Klopp of Mainz was the number one favorite. As a result, I didn’t expect that Heynckes was the first to leave get out of class, which actually relieved Klopp’s embarrassment.

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The atmosphere of the whole meeting was quite relaxed and cheerful, and the conversation was very candid.

There is neither the slightest tension of interviews nor the seriousness of many superiors in assessing subordinates. It looks more like a group of colleagues are chatting about topics that both care about each other, and they are discussing each other's knowledge and understanding of football.

Even though Su Dong had no chance to interrupt, he still benefited a lot.

Especially this kind of close-up experience of Beckenbauer and other legendary superstars’ understanding of football is a rare opportunity.

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 impressions of the past few years, and let the world know me again, even if I am sixty-one, but I do not feel myself old."

the Avengers?

Su Dong had feelings for the name, and immediately smiled and said that he was also an avenger.

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

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