From the change of manager to the departure of the chairman, from the unavailability to the recovery of strong reinforcements, from the replacement of the defensive line to the renewal of tactics... Bayern Munich, which has completed the great cause of the "six champions", seems to be suddenly lost in 2021, only the team's traditional genes and ambitions have never faded, and the forward combination of the European Golden Boot partner assisting wang tends to be perfect, and it is leading the southern star that has undergone changes to continue the king's style.
[Change: The first "six champions" in history, the meritorious manager finally left the team]
Bayern's 2021 began with a "blow to the head". With a win rate of 87.5% in the previous year, Bayern, who had just entered January, were given their first defeat of the year by their old rival Borussia Möncheng, and a few days later they were knocked out by Bundesliga side Kiel in the German Cup. For a time, the outside world could not help but feel that Bayern seemed to have fallen off the altar. However, the then head coach Frick immediately showed a super ability to correct and adjust.
After five consecutive league wins, Bayern arrived at the Club World Cup in early February and successfully completed their first six-time titles after winning the Egyptian Al-Ahli and the Mexican Tigers. Back in Europe, Bayern, in addition to continuing to expand their advantage in the Bundesliga table, easily eliminated Lazio and reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a two-legged score of 6-2. However, the international match day at the end of March became a turning point in Bayern's entire season.
It was during the national team match against Andorra in Poland that Bayern centre-forward Lewandowski suffered a serious right knee injury and had to hang up the "free card". In fact, not only Levan, due to the lack of preparation period before the season and the tight schedule, Bayern's injury tide is coming as scheduled at this time. Then to the Champions League quarter-final against old rival Paris Saint-Germain, Levan, Gnabry, Goretzka, Jules, Tolisso, Rocca, Costa and many other players injured and stopped bayern almost ran out of food.
Despite this, Bayern still played 180 minutes against Paris, only to be unfortunately out of the game due to the disadvantage of the away goal. Compared with the Paris bench with Verratti, Keane, Rafinha and other 12 substitutes, Bayern's bench is only 7 players counting the second team youngsters, and only 18-year-old Mucciara and 33-year-old Martinez can play. Finally came to this picture, when Frick had to arrange for the back veteran Martinez to play the center on the bench, which shows how bleak and painful Bayern's exit is.
Not only that, Bayern sports director Salley's sudden "official announcement" before the game that he would not renew Boateng's contract made Frick completely abandon the last possibility of staying with Bayern - the long-term contradiction between the two has been known to the public. The simple summary is that Frick, who enjoys the right to participate in the transfer, is ignored, the players who want to stay are not retained, and even the terms of the number of appearances of new signing Nubel are not known. So, when he found that his ambitions were not strongly supported, the Bayern years came to an end.
Looking back more than a year ago, when Frick led the team to win the Champions League, the miraculous performance of the devastation made countless fans feel deeply fortunate: Bayern finally had a top manager who could start a dynasty. But I didn't want to, the coach of the sea coach, Gen Zheng Miaohong, came and went fast, and finally left after leading Bayern to win last season's Bundesliga title, and then took over the coaching whip of the German national team. As for the legendary story here, it still impresses Bayern fans and is full of emotions...
[Baton: Youngest Bundesliga manager, bayern's new navigator]
According to a recently released documentary, Frick informed Bayern executives such as Rummenigge and Kahn after deciding to leave the team, and then informed his disciples in the locker room after Bayern beat Wolfsburg and basically locked up the league championship. However, Bayern's media director advised him to make it public at this time, which made Frick tearfully announce his decision to leave the team in an interview with the media after the game. Only the media renderings that do not know the truth make Frick bear the "infamy" of announcing his departure without telling the top level.
As Kahn later said with regret: "It is clear that Frick's departure from Bayern was our dereliction of duty. When we had the opportunity to maneuver, we failed to handle the matter well. Although the grievances are now clear, Frick's "delaying tactics" with the Bayern top brass did show his self-sacrifice, thus temporarily alleviating the outside doubts and fans' anger for Bayern's statement that the board does not approve of Frick's unilateral communication, and thus creating an environment for the rapid and private finalization of the new manager.
Of course, the subsequent outbreak of the European Super League controversy helped Bayern successfully attract attention from the outside world. Indeed, unlike many big teams who have rebelled against the European Super League, Bayern, who "has no plans to participate in the European Super League", has become the leader who has always held high the banner of opposition. In the end, with the "immoral and illegal" European Premier League stillborn in the anger of fans, this made Bayern and even the entire Bundesliga suddenly win the favor and support of countless fans.
It was during this precious time that Bayern management began to do everything in its power to finalize the team's manager, and a week after Frick announced his departure, the new manager was officially announced as expected – 34-year-old German youngster Nagelsmann from RB Leipzig! It is reported that Bayern paid about 15 million to 20 million euros in "transfer fees" to Leipzig for Nagelsmann, whose contract has not yet expired.
Nagelsmann is the magical manager of German football, becoming the youngest manager in bundesliga history at the age of 28 and 6 months, and after taking over the "deputy squad leader" Hoffenheim in the middle of the way, he scored 20 points of early relegation in 10 rounds of competition, and even led the team to the Champions League for the first time. In the summer of 2019, Nagelsmann took over the Leipzig coaching whip and led the team to the final four in the Champions League in the first quarter. According to statistics, Nagelsmann won 130 points in the Bundesliga after taking over Leipzig, second only to Bayern with 153 points in the same period.
Above all, Nagelsmann, who was born on the banks of the Lech River in Bavaria, has been full of "children's dreams" since childhood, which has made him accept the challenge without hesitation at this historical moment: "I was asked a lot when I was in Leipzig, but I clearly told Chairman Minzluff that I would not leave, except Bayern. As a result, bayern's burden of stabilizing the pattern and continuing to move forward was handed over to Nagelsmann. Kahn said, "I believe we will successfully shape the future of Bayern together." ”
[Tactics: The replacement of new and old exposes hidden dangers, and the new team of commanders is waiting to be deliberated]
With young marshal Nagelsmann taking over the whip, Bayern's path to rejuvenation has become unstoppable. From the perspective of personnel, Alaba joined Real Madrid as desired to receive a high salary, two defensive veterans Boateng and Martinez left the team at the same time, Costa returned to Brazil before the end of the loan last season, and substitute goalkeeper Nubert went to Monaco. In addition, Zilkze, Finn, Chris Richards, Lucas Mai, Alp, Singh, Hoffmann and other young players have been trained on loan, which has made Bayern's first-team squad even thinner.
However, due to the failure to return income through selling people this summer, Bayern, in addition to finalizing French centre-back at Palmecano for 42.5 million euros early, only signed free left-back Omar Richards from the Championship side, and substitute goalkeeper Urreich who signed back and signed Hamburg off. It was not until the last moment before the transfer window closed that the Supervisory Board's "battle for money" allowed the dedicated Austrian midfielder Sabitzer to join at a discount of 15 million euros.
In this regard, Bayern's net investment in the transfer market this summer is still as high as nearly 80 million euros. In the pattern of severe impact of the epidemic, the healthy operation of the years has allowed Bayern to show sufficient economic strength this summer, but the performance of several new signings is difficult to say. Omar Richards and Urreich are only regular substitutes, Sabitzer, who missed pre-season preparations, has not yet been integrated into the team, and As for Pamecano, who has high hopes, he is constrained by his personal style and young age, sometimes world-class, sometimes community-level...
More importantly, the renewed Bayern defense has gradually exposed the fatal problem, that is, the lack of real leadership players. Looking at Bayern's new defence, all players are in the U25 category except for the overwhelmed Sal. Considering Pamecano's personality incompatibility, Jules' heart in Cao Camp, Lucas's change back to centre-back, not to mention the younger Kwasi, which makes the Bayern defense desperate for an experienced sea god needle at a critical moment.
In response to Bayern's offensive strength and defensive weakness as early as last season, Nagelsmann began to try tactical innovations and adjustments - the three-centre-back system that he insisted on when coaching Homura and Leipzig became a response. So he designed a "3.5 back (fake three centre-back) system" for Bayern between three centre-backs and four-backs. The main variables are the full-back in the position attack, Davis on the left side as a wingback, Pavard and Lucas who gave up assists on the right side, and Yu Pamecano (Jules) in parallel positions, thus forming the layout of the 4231 fall position in defense and the 3241 system when attacking.
Opinions vary as to the design of this set of tactics. Among them, the backcourt always adds a defensive force, and the protection of the defensive line is indeed improved, but the attack has problems such as left and right. Therefore, since the new season, Bayern has won both classic battles such as Pharmaceutical Factory and Barca, as well as a historic defeat to Borussia Moncheng in the DFB-0. Until the 1-2 defeat to Obau in the league, Bayern's Plan A gradually returned to the original system from the "false three center-backs", and the league points advantage continued to increase, which made many fans sigh: "4231 is Bayern YYDS".
[Bastards: Bayern scored a record-breaking goal, Müller defended the assist king]
As Bayern ended the first half with seven consecutive wins, Nagelsmann's side not only gained an absolute advantage of nine points at the league level, but also easily qualified in the Champions League with a record of all wins, breaking the Bundesliga record with 116 goals of the year. It cannot be denied that the poor performance of peers (such as Barca and Dortmund) has not allowed Bayern to encounter too strong challenges, but the strong foundation left by Frick and the improvement of Nagelsman's inheritance are more worthy of recognition.
At the same time, in terms of personnel use, Many effective attempts by Nagarsman have also been fruitful. Especially after the initial downturn in the franchise, Sane, who has returned to the left, has finally regained his strongest strength, which is regarded as the biggest surprise of Bayern's new season. At the same time, the young general Musharra continued to improve and has shown the development potential of the core of the future; the young generals Kwasi and Stanisic entered the rotation and took responsibility, and even Rocca, who was previously regarded as a "parallel cargo", also made a convincing performance before the end of the halfway.
It can be said that Bayern still can't escape the spell of injury in the first half of the season (especially the impact of the new crown epidemic), but many core players who have returned to their best form and growing young talents have indeed helped the team through the difficulties at key moments. Here, there is also an important factor that cannot be ignored, that is, the "twenty thousand" combination of the continuous health and perfection of the front line has become a strong foundation for Bayern to maintain the king's style.
Looking at the top five league assists list in 2021, which player is at the top of the list? That's right, it's Thomas Mueller, who is getting older and more confused. Not only that, Müller successfully defended the top five league assist kings with 18 assists last season; then in the new season, Müller opened an assist account in the fifth round with a bad start, and at the end of the half, he not only continued to rank first in the five major leagues with 13 assists (averaging 1 per game), but also broke the Bundesliga half-way assist record.
In the outside world's impression, Mueller seems to be the World Cup top scorer who is good at scoring. However, since Frick, who knows how to use the good use of Frick, the mature Mueller has turned to a fascinating masterpiece - as he grows older and matures, Mueller is no longer a shooter waiting for his teammates to "feed the cake" in front of the door, but plays a more important and comprehensive role on the offensive end with the help of super game reading, observation of teammates and ability to run without the ball.
As a result, Mueller, who created a unique position "spatial reader", has already unconsciously completed the transformation. Today, he is no longer an opportunist who mainly scores goals, but a threat maker who runs through the frontcourt, and then extends the vision of God and the offensive tandem with his unique ability to read spatially, and completely sublimates from a terminator to an assist king. In this regard, the Bundesliga official website even wrote an article explaining: why is Müller "Mr. Bayern"? However, such a player failed to enter the top 30 in the Golden Globe Awards...
[Best: The footsteps of continuous goals, belonging to Levan's year]
When it comes to the Ballon d'Or, Bayern fans may be more upset with center Lewandowski, who contributed miracle data in 2021 and broke the historical record. Unfortunately, Levan, who reached the peak of his personal performance, eventually lost to Messi in this year's Ballon d'Or awards, so that the Ballon d'Or organizers had to add a prize for Levan called "Best Striker" to show recognition.
Unlike Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's young fame, the 17-year-old Levan was driven out of the Polish giants Legia Warsaw's academy because he was too thin. However, Levan, who has experienced setbacks, has never given up on his dream. Starting from the amateur team Preskov in the Polish third division, he worked as the top scorer in The Polish Second Division for four years, until he joined Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in 2010 and became one of the top centre-forwards with the Champions League's "Big Four Joys" against Real Madrid.
Since wearing bayern 9 shirt in the summer of 2014, Levan has not only shown the miracle moment of the "95 Supreme", but also never stopped moving forward. Last season, Levan, who realized his Champions League dream, continued to work towards the goal he had never achieved, even if he missed five league games due to injury this season – the highest statistic since Levan joined Bayern, but in distress, he always led the team through the thorns with continuous goals.
It was not until the last minute of the last round of the Bundesliga last season that Levan scored his 41st goal in the league, thus breaking the Bundesliga single-season scoring record held by legendary star Gad Müller for 49 years, and returning to the European Golden Boot for the Bundesliga for another 49 years; this season, Levan's goals still can't stop. Scoring in seven consecutive seasons of openers, 13 consecutive Bundesliga home goals, until the winter break to break the Wolfsburg city gates, Levan scored 43 league goals in 2021, also surpassing Gad Müller to hold a record of 49 years.
Throughout 2021, the 33-year-old Levan has scored as many as 69 goals on all fronts! This is the highest statistic of Levan's career, which won the "Maradona Award" (which awards the top scorer of the year) specially awarded by the Ring Football Award, and was also voted the world's best player by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), and the best player of the year by the Turin Sport newspaper (with retired legendary players as judges)... As for the Ballon d'Or, I believe Bayern fans will have a common answer in their hearts!
Looking back at Levan's goal of equalizing the record in May, he lifted his shirt and unveiled the "4EVER GERD" underwear in tribute: "I want to dedicate the goal to a true legend, Gad Muller. His accomplishments motivate me to keep working hard every day. "However, it is a great pity that the legendary star who won the World Cup, the European Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, the Champions League, the Cup Winners' Cup, the Bundesliga, the German Cup and other "Grand Slams" and won all of these competitions as the top scorer left us three months later.
【Conclusion: Ren Lai Ren Xiang, MIA SAN MIA! 】
In the green world, you may not have seen Gad Muller perform, but you must have heard his legend: "Gad Muller is Klose and Ronaldo of the national team, plus Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo of the club." More importantly, the low profile and spiritual will displayed by this legend will always be a role model force worth learning from future generations." As Mueller's emotion goes: "Dear Gad, it is my pleasure to know you. I've learned so much from you, thank you for all that you do. And finally, one important point: you're really a really nice person! ”
Youth is a precious word that everyone will eventually face, and the end of the song is always a cruel reality that competitive sports cannot avoid. In this dying 2021, we not only bid farewell to the legendary goalscorer Gaid Müller, But also Bayern's chairman of the board of directors Rummenigge completed the baton in applause, and the former Bayern youth director and assistant coach Gellan transferred to the German youth team to continue to play the residual heat. In such a benevolent exchange, what remains unchanged is always Bayern's "MIA SAN MIA" spirit, as well as the unremitting pursuit of championships and glory.
Just like at the end of 2021, a Young Chinese general officially put on the Bayern shirt, which immediately attracted the attention and blessings of countless Chinese fans. So, can the 18-year-old goalkeeper bring hope to Chinese football in the cold winter? Come on, Liu Shaoziyang!