Recently, in an interview, former Bayern midfielder Hargreaves talked about the competitive atmosphere in the Bayern team at the beginning, saying that the competition within Bayern is very fierce, and even some quarrels will occur every day.
Hargreaves said: "Bayern is called The Green Hollywood because after school, about 10,000 fans will show up at the training ground just to watch our training. But believe me, it's not a soap opera, Bayern's training is very competitive. ”
"We've been in this environment from the beginning, it's very competitive, and there's even a bit of a bickering every day. Bayern operates by competing for positions and I remember when I first got into the first team, young players were playing very hard against those older players. ”
"Heathfield pulled me aside and told me like, 'Owen [Hargreaves], the only effective way is to make them hate you, and if they hate you, that means you're doing a great job'. I remember Mateus and Lizarazu clashing with each other, and it all started here, and for about six months, Effenberg would kick me every day. ”
"He'd kick me down and pull me up again, and I wouldn't say a word. Six months later, Effenberg told me: 'Owen, you know this, you're doing a great job, you've earned yourself a place and you've become one of us.' ”
"At Bayern, it's not enough to win a league title or even a double, you have to go very far in the Champions League. After winning a 2-0 win, we'll see people like Beckenbauer and Rummenigge in the dressing room and we'll celebrate, but they'll tell us: 'That's rubbish, you guys have to do better'. ”
"You think, 'Oh my God, this is really hard', but that's the level of this team, that's why German fans love and hate Bayern.
(Ma Dongyu)