There is no one who does not value results
Even if your process is exciting enough
Fans honored him as the uncrowned hero
His football youth was vigorous, but it was also scarred
And we still have to remember
Once Barak, that's all German football is all about
Michael · Barak was born in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in Görlitz. At the age of 7 he joined a small ball club in East Germany as a football apprentice. When the Berlin Wall fell, Ballack's football dream became clear: to play in the Bundesliga. In 1995, Barack signed the first professional contract of his football career with Chemnitz F.C. He became a regular league starter in the 96-97 season, where he scored 10 goals and managed to attract the attention of many Bundesliga clubs...
Those familiar with German football in that era must have heard of the "Kaiserslautern myth" in the Bundesliga, and in the 96-97 season, Kaiserslautern was promoted to the Bundesliga as the champion of the German Football Division B. In the 97-98 season, the young Ballack moved to Kaiserslautern and was lucky enough to win his first Bundesliga title with the team. At the moment of lifting the trophy, Barack had his first taste of the championship, but at that time he was not the main force of the team, and the trophy in his hand did not have much real feeling for him. After experiencing first-hand the indelible Myth of Kaiserslautern in Bundesliga history, at the end of the 98-99 season, Ballack traveled to Bayer Leverkusen.........
Coming to Bayer Leverkusen, Barak secured the team's starting midfield and helped the team to bite the leader Bayern in the Bundesliga table. On 20 May 2000, in the final bundesliga round bay bay against Unterhachen, they needed only one draw to seal the Bundesliga title. Barack scored a oolong goal in the 20th minute, unterhaching scored another goal in the 67th minute, and Bayer Leverkusen lost 0-2 to the opponent and eventually finished second in the league due to the disadvantage of goal difference.
That oolong ball, maybe it was the eternal pain in his heart...
In 2002, Barack led Bayer Leverkusen all the way to the top three fronts, the league, the cup and the Champions League, and reached the final battle, they were so close to the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup, they achieved incredible feats. But the story ends in a lamentable way, they missed the title by 1 point in the league, and then broke in the cup final, and in Barak's most anticipated Champions League final, Zidane's extraterrestrial immortals also completely shattered their Champions League dreams. Leverkusen became the first "King of Sanya".
In terms of the national team, in the case of Germany almost missing the 2002 World Cup European qualifiers, Ballack single-handedly carried the aging German team into the World Cup. In the Semi-Final of the World Cup against South Korea, thanks to Ballack's goal, Germany reached the final again after 12 years, but in this match, Ballack missed the final because of the accumulation of yellow cards. If Barack had been able to play in the final, we don't know what that night would have turned out. German football was arguably the bleakest of those periods, while Ballack was the shining lone star of the night, carrying the team forward...
Ballack, who shined in the World Cup, then moved to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. In his first season with Bayern, the two-title title made up for Barack's regret a year ago, he held aloft the "salad pot" and did not want to leave his hand for a long time, this title made him wait too long...
In Euro 2004, germany was out of the group stage after the resignation of head coach Rudy Waller. After Klinsmann took over, the 28-year-old Barack wore the captain's armband for the first time.
The 2006 World Cup was the beginning of a renaissance in German football and the best chance for Ballack to win the title. Unfortunately, in the semi-finals, facing Italy, Italy's Grosso scored a decisive goal in the German penalty area after receiving a clever pass from Pirlo, and then Piero scored another goal to block the host Germany from the final. In the end, Germany defeated Portugal and won the third place. This World Cup Germany has emerged excellent young players such as Ram and Sweinster, and the future can be expected. But no one expected that this World Cup would be Barak's last...
In May 2006, when Bayern Munich was ready for Ballack's fifth season, he made another choice, going to England, where he put the number 13 on his Chelsea shirt. In his first season with the Blues, he only won the English League Cup and the FA Cup, and two titles with low gold content did not make up for his regrets in the 2006 World Cup.
In the 2007-08 Champions League, Barack helped the team through the barrier to meet Manchester United in the Champions League final. Ballack played a full 120 minutes in his starting appearance and scored the ball firmly in the first appearance of the penalty shootout, but fate still did not take Ballack's side, Terry and Nikolai Anelka both missed penalties, Chelsea lost 5-6 on aggregate, and Ballack once again lost to the Big Ears Cup.
In Euro 2008, Barack led germany all the way to the final. In the final, matador player Torres forced Ram to score the winning goal, 1-0 victory over Germany, and Barak once again fell in the final.
In the 08-09 season, Ballack and Chelsea made a comeback, and in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Barcelona was overwhelmed, thinking that it could reach the final again, but because of the referee's many missed judgments, Chelsea lost to Barca and missed the final, brewing the famous Stamford Bridge massacre. Barak ran tens of meters to chase the referee and roared, but Hernin ignored his protests...
A year later, the ambitious German captain Barak vowed to lead Germany to the top of the world, but fate seemed to play a merciless joke with him, Ballack was trampled on the right foot by Ghanaian international Boateng in the FA Cup and missed the World Cup in South Africa, and he could only wear a suit in the stands to watch his teammates fight for the championship.
'Ballack missed the 2010 World Cup and Germany was reborn as a footballing nation in South Africa, and the people who contributed to this transformation are long gone." During those years, Barak was the chariot soul of the German national team. He always inspires his teammates tremendously, and his appearances make other players perform better. Some deny him that he is one of the greatest German players in football history because of his lack of national team honors, but Germany without Barack may have been a second-rate team in Europe from 2002 to 2008.
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