Philipp Lahm and Mario Götze work recently as a bouncer. At the entrance of the newly opened Fanshops at the headquarters of FC Bayern München. Hard-hitting film, from early morning until evening. The World Champion welcome there any visitor. “Welcome, dear Bayern fan,” said Lahm, grinning. Gotze wants “lot of fun”.
The warm words of Stars are recorded and run on a screen next to the door. On 250 square meters of the German football champions sold almost everything. The Veuve Clicquot in the Bavaria-Edition costs 49.95 euros, a scarf with Lahm’s likeness 15 Euro. Only fan paraphernalia with Pep Guardiola’s likeness are not available.
at the end of the season the Star coach finally leaves Munich and moves to Manchester City. The championship has won the 45-year-old with the Bavarians been twice, the DFB Cup once. The Champions League terrible. is all the more important for the retiring Spaniards Tuesday pending knockout round first leg in Europe’s elite club Juventus. For Guardiola, it is probably one of the most important games of his career.
All his work, all his successes, his three years would at Bayern in the event of withdrawal fade and reduced to this failure. The drop height is significantly higher than in recent years in the semi-final duels with Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
From the second round against Juventus? Do not!
A Achtelfinalaus to Turin to be engaged with a Mia-san-mia-self in any line. The volatile nature won the duel with the Italian Serie master because Juve currently plays in great form – except for the 0: 0 on Friday at the rather average FC Bologna
Guardiola knows only too well the importance of this game. The Catalans led in the days and weeks after announcing his move to the Premier League club many individual conversations on and off the training pitch. Often he also won the assessments of the internal spokesmen of professionals a like Captain Lahm.
At press conferences he also looks extremely determined, although he recently yet less surrendered than ever – while his eyes seemed to focus more intensively the journalists. Guardiola gives in this way a I-see-it-you-still-all-broadcasting.
“I will give up to the last day everything for the club,” he says repeatedly. In training he stands with his arms crossed in his red Bayern rain jacket on the grass and interrupts an exercise if it is not him fast enough or the passes are too vague.
The fact that he can make players individually better, Guardiola has also in Munich impressively demonstrated during his time. The currently injured defender Jerome Boateng is a prime example of his work, he formed the Spaniard for what is probably the best defender in the world.
Even with his previous station in Barcelona coached Guardiola the already exceptional Stars Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta or Xavi to international class. He carried the ensemble technically and tactically in a league of its own, that he had to emotionally no longer grab and push to win twice the Champions League with them.
To see Oliver Kahn Pep Guardiola’s work
the Bayern is however different. Oliver Kahn, the former goalkeeper and longtime captain, therefore expressed a few months ago his concerns that the Star coach had the right approach to drive the club to ultimate success.
Kahn said the” kicker “:” With Guardiola much is always talked about tactics and philosophy; we are looking at Bayern, especially to the atmosphere and therefore to perform 20 to 25 toptalentierte young men so. that a successful climate conducive arises. “
Guardiola’s predecessor Jupp Heynckes has led the way in 2013, as the final stage of a season’s best to clock and moderating. Guardiola has this evidence is not provided in time in Munich.
For him, it therefore goes against Turin not only to his honor. It is all about its international standing, his charismatic appeal. On the home stretch of its cooperation, it must prove in Munich at least once that he control a top team like Bayern in the most important stage of the season precisely for Best Performance, the team can do tactically exactly. And above all, that he is able to emotionally adjust properly
Judging by the results remains to note:. In recent years, he succeeded this is not. Ironically, in the crucial months of the season away to form the team – also because of injury -. From the highest level of performance
Ottmar Hitzfeld knows the explosive situation firsthand. The 67-year-old former coach who won the Champions League with Bayern in 2001, said the “world” to Guardiola’s situation: “In Bavaria you must never let up.”
must be the head coach now hold therefore inflammatory speeches in the cabin? As Al Pacino as a football coach in the movie “Any Given Sunday,” as he says in his legendary address to the team: “Either we exist as a team or we go under as a loner.”? Hitzfeld does not consider it necessary. On the contrary. He says: “. As a coach, you can now be more peaceful The external motivation is much larger in everyday business you have to invest more time in order not to be negligent..”
Thomas Müller has an observation made
Bayern star Thomas Müller is certainly noticed that Guardiola acts still painstaking than usual in recent days. Müller compares it with a father who coaches his own son in a youth team. “Then he also takes him ran rather harder to nothing let it be said to,” said the world champion.
In a shelf of new Bayern Fan Shops There is a coffee mug for 9.95 euros. In him all the titles of the club are printed. Under the heading “Champions League” is still a lot of space. Guardiola can fill it with the Munich world class team.
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