"French Football" canceled the Golden Globe Awards this year, which in itself has offended a wave of people, and the selection of the so-called "best team in history" launched later has stirred up thousands of waves in public opinion. There has been a lot of controversy over the defensive line's shortlist, and after the selection of the midfielder a few days ago, it has once again aroused heated discussion.
The magazine divides midfielders into two categories, attacking and defensive, according to their functions, which seem to be relatively general and cannot accurately portray some of the most versatile superstars. What is even more strange is that the liverpool team soul has been shortlisted for Gerrard's list, and his old partner Lampard has fallen behind, a topic that I have discussed in previous articles, and I will not repeat it here.
In my opinion, there is another person who has not been selected, that is, the symbol of the last era of German football, Michael Ballack, if the two Germany can not be selected together, it is better to give the remaining places to the leader of the will chariot, the controversy may be smaller. On all levels, Barak also deserves the title of the best candidate in history.
One. The all-around warrior born of a power team
Germany are the best performing team in the history of European football, and their stability in international competitions is beyond the reach of even five-star Brazil. If you look at the division of genres, the Germans are the masters of power football, in the long-term confrontation with the Latin technical flow, with their tenacious willpower to create many miracles, even if the thick line style does not look beautiful enough, but the actual results are the most convincing.
2002 World Cup Ballack and Klose's passing is very tacit
According to this logic, Ballack is the natural face of German football, and as the most well-rounded midfielder of his time, his hard-bridge hard-blooded style is impressive. Lao Ba's specialty is good endurance, wide coverage, and good footwork, although b2b gives people the feeling of running full of hammers, but we can't ignore his delicate side, most of the goals of the k god in the 2002 World Cup, most of them come from Barack's precise assists.
It is generally believed that Ballack's era was a relatively low period of German football, the older generation of elites all faded out, the new generation of leaders have not yet entered the room, and he has carried the team alone through the darkest five or six years. In fact, only from the midfield position, Barak's situation is equally difficult, and he has to bear more responsibilities than the internationals in the same position in the past.
Since the debut of Beckenbauer, German football has not lacked skilled midfielders, so there is no so-called b2b carrying a big flag. Whether it is Netzer, Ofrat, Schuster, Hasler, or even Effenberg, Sauer and Tony Kroos, it is the intelligent fine flow that acts as the midfield brain, and the players with strong coverage only need to complete endless output. In the 1980s, when Schuster was away from the national team for personal reasons, the federal German midfield was facing a serious crisis with the support of Mateus and others, and many people were not very effective.
Barack and Flynns' combined creativity is limited
Barack started with hellish difficulty, and when he led the team, there was no such organizer around him, so the individual had to wear several hats. In addition, he himself is not up to the front of the full-time passing threat ball, and he is bent as a defensive sapper again, and if a coach wants to give full play to his ability, he must increase his workload.
His type of top star is rare in the history of German football, but it is more similar to the early Bay King, Beckenbauer debuted in the midfield, until around the 1972 European Championship to play full-time free man. With a technical and controlling partner like Overrat by his side, he can complete the output without worry, and the key goal against England in the 1970 World Cup was scored in this situation.
Judging from the overall evaluation, Barak's own ability is enough to compete with those who have entered the list. Everyone's style is different, the environment is different, "French Football" to a bowl of water level, should be appropriate to open the number of candidates, anyway, only 11 people can be selected in the end, there is no need to trigger a war of words in the preliminary stage.
Two. The 13 runner-up titles do not hinder his historical standing
When Barack had not yet retired, he became the most famous "loser" in football, and the runner-up title in 13 mainstream competitions was the most intuitive embodiment. Some commentators believe that his historical status as a defeated army is not very high, and it is reasonable to be looked down upon, but the author does not think so.
In the 2002 World Cup final, Barak could only watch from the sidelines
If a giant like Pele leads a bunch of runners up with various dream teams, it would be a stain on him, but Barack's situation is completely different; in a sense, many runner-up titles will even be his plus.
The most typical examples are the 2002 World Cup and the 2008 European Championship, the two competitions Germany team lineup is not very good, South Korea and Japan that time is even a "dog" in the giants. But it was such a civilian team that was dragged into the final by Barak, and finally the team lost to the peak 3r in his suspension, which is not shameful in itself, more like a scar engraved medal.
It was similar in 2008, and although Klinsmann's team wrote a fairy tale on home two years ago, the team's strength was like that, and it didn't improve much before the European Championship. To exaggerate, if it weren't for Ballack's winning goal against Austria, they would have been out of the Euro 200s group for three consecutive years, and Loew would probably have left the class. In the end, the team reached the final and lost to the peak of Spain, which is nothing to say, and Barak can completely leave the field with his head held high.
The Champions League runner-up in the pharmaceutical factory in the 2001-02 season also has something remarkable. Although the team was strong at that time, and had the opportunity to compete for the title in the Bundesliga, the Champions League, and the German Cup, it was still almost interesting to face the Galactic Battleship on the occasion of the centenary celebration. In fact, the whole game Barak led the team to play OK, if it were not for Zizu's celestial flying immortals and Saint Cassie's high-end resistance, it would be difficult to say who would die in the end.
2002 Champions League final Ballack and Zidane
A person runner-up takes more, you can say that he has a bad life, or a poor psychological quality, but Barak's situation is really not the same. Without him as the core, the above teams simply could not go to the end, and such a runner-up is completely gilded resume.
Three. The seniors on the list are too strong, which is an important reason for his failure
In the previous analysis of Lampard, the author mentioned that some of the official 20 candidates are debatable. Like the old Su ya does not belong to this type at all, Guardiola's player achievements are not enough to make the historical list, which is obviously one of the reasons for Barak's failure, but the biggest headache is not here.
A superstar exporter like Germany, there must be predecessors in similar positions who will make Barak "very uncomfortable", such as Schuster and Mateus in this list. The old horse has nothing to say, playing in the early years of midfield and then playing free men, all have historical play and achievements. Schuster is obviously better than Ballack in terms of endowment, as the back has no shortcomings, there is still a certain advantage in technology, not to mention that he was once born in the national team, and at the age of 20, he beat the Dutchman to doubt life and became the absolute hero of the 1980 European Championship.
Under these two mountains, Barack is difficult to squeeze into the list, after all, the jury also has to take into account the balance of countries, unless you are a "can't delete" genius like Brazil, you may fall victim to compromise. Of course, in the hearts of a generation of fans, his status is unquestionable, and maybe that's enough.