The final is approaching, and a nervous atmosphere is filled with the sky above Munich.

Gao Han’s outstanding record in the past is beyond doubt, but the Champions League final is different from other games. What’s more, this time his opponent is the Red Devils Manchester United, who once brought suffering to Bayern Munich.

All Bayern Munich fans will never forget how the Red Devils and Manchester United reversed at the last moment of the game in 1999 at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona. That is a pain that will never be erased in the hearts of Bayern Munich fans.

Almost the whole game, they thought they would win, but the result was...

That feeling is not good at all and will never be forgotten.

It was like a long echo. Bayern Munich was also very powerful that season. The Bundesliga was unstoppable, far ahead, and reached the German Cup final. The opponent was Werder Bremen.

The only difference is that the Bundesliga giants lost the Champions League final and then the German Cup.

In the Champions League, Bayern Munich drew in the same group as Manchester United and Barcelona, ​​but relied on his own strength to advance, defeated Kaiserslautern, defeated Dynamo Kiev, and finally entered the finals.

Although Kaiserslautern and Dynamo Kiev in the current European football world are just third-rate teams in Europe, at that time, Kaiserslautern had just staged a miracle of winning the championship. Dynamo Kiev swept Europa with local stars such as Shevchenko, and giant teams such as Barcelona were all knocked down one after another.

It can be said that the strength shown by Bayern Munich that season can be considered the best in European football. It gathered a group of superb stars such as Effenberg, Kahn, Mattus, Elber, Lizarazu, Sauer, Link, and Fink. The head coach is even more famous European coach Heathfield.

Therefore, in the Champions League final, Manchester United met with Ferguson, and Bayern Munich was also the most deserving favorite.

But unexpectedly, in the last few minutes, Bayern Munich lost the St. Berede Cup and finally returned with a grudge.

That defeat created the tri-championship of the Red Devils and Manchester United, but it also became an indelible scar in the hearts of all Bayern Munich fans and a shame in everyone's hearts.

Time has changed, and ten years later, the two teams met again in the Champions League final, which seemed like the cycle of fate.

Ten years ago, Manchester United defeated Bayern Munich with a weak defeat and defeated Bayern Munich. What about ten years later?

Can Ferguson's Red Devils still reproduce the great feat of that year?

No one can answer this, but everyone is nervous.

This seemed to make the air in Munich tense.

...

Thomas Tuchel pushed open the door, walked out of the courtyard, and went to the mailbox at the gate to pick up the freshly baked newspaper in the morning.

The old landlord, who lives next to him, was watering his beloved flowers and plants in the courtyard. When he saw him, he immediately shouted.

"Hey, Thomas."

"Hi, good morning, Mr. Landlord."

Thomas Tuchel greeted him with a smile, and when he saw his eyes that were reluctant to speak, he nodded in understanding, "Don't worry, I will never forget the two Olympic stadium tickets."

"Oh, thank you so much, Thomas."

Thomas Tuchel has been in Bayern Munich for two years and has been living in this small town in the southern suburbs.

Although the house price here is not expensive, and with the salary of Thomas Tuchel, he did not buy a house, but chose to rent it because he always felt that he did not belong here.

He has been doing well in Bayern Munich for two years, and everything is fine, but he has never been emotionally integrated.

To give the simplest example, almost all the players who come and go to Bayern Munich are the leading stars in Germany and even Europe. Anyone with the club's celebrities are just European-level stars, but what about him?

Tuchel was a professional player and had no reputation at all.

European football is a place where people focus on ranking and seniority, especially in Bundesliga football. Tuchel knew in his heart that as Gao Han’s assistant, everything didn’t matter, but when choosing a team head coach, they never considered themselves.

Because in a wealthy family like Bayern Munich, some celebrities take over the team.

For example, there has been recent news that once Gao Han leaves the team, former German national team head coach Klinsmann is likely to take over the team.

And if Gao Han really leaves the team, Tuchel must also make a choice for his future.

Stay in Bayern Munich? Or leave?

Unlike Buenaventura, Sergio Garcia and others, they are Gao Han's direct team. They have worked together for many years. Tuchel is the assistant provided by Bayern Munich to Gao Han. Although Gao Han has always trusted him very much and helped him a lot, it was not until Cantalero left the team that he was helped as the chief assistant coach.

Sometimes, he also knows that his current situation is the most embarrassing.

Perhaps, he will return to Bayern Munich one day in the future, but that must not be the present.

And he is definitely no longer an assistant coach.

This morning, there was an extra newspaper in the mailbox.

Tuchel was a little strange. In addition to his usual photo newspaper, there was also an additional New York Times.

What's going on? The wrong email address was sent?

Tuchel looked up and looked at the landlord in the next courtyard, who was laughing at him.

"Please look at the front page." After saying that, the old landlord turned around and returned to the house, leaving him with a chic back.

When Tuchel saw the front page, her eyes lit up.

The Champions League final is about to begin and has attracted worldwide attention. Therefore, as a pivotal newspaper in the world, the New York Times also used this as a theme and invited five top European football media people to conduct preview and analysis of this event for three consecutive days.

Today, the front page headlines are their opening chapter, the battle for the head coach.

In order to match this theme, the New York Times also carefully selected two very representative photos. Gao Han and Ferguson stood opposite each other, staring at their opponents very sharply, full of murderous aura.

This made Tuchel laugh involuntarily.

He was one of the few people who had seen Gao Han and Ferguson have a private relationship with each other. He knew that such a scene would never happen. The relationship between the two was deeper than everyone outside imagined.

The five media people are also very representative, including Bildman, editor-in-chief of French team, Reiner Holtzsch, editor-in-chief of German Kickers magazine, Green Wald, gold medal columnist of the Guardian, and two chief sports journalists of the American International Herald Leader, Bolin and Clarry.

These five media people are very senior fans and very outstanding football reporters. They discussed everything about the two head coaches entering the Champions League final in depth. From their coaching characteristics to their behavior, they talked about them all, and almost most of them were real materials.

For example, Green Wald said that he has been following Gao Han for a long time. He believes that Gao Han has been able to succeed in the past few years, and football philosophy is part of it, but the most important thing is that he attaches great importance to four levels.

"Confidence, discipline, training and communication, Gao Han's coaching is always implementing these four major concepts, and this makes it easy for him to gain the trust of the players and integrate the team into a whole."

But Green Wald also said that it is not easy to do and do these four aspects.

Holtzsch of the Kickers Magazine also agrees with Green Wald's statement that he believes that after Gao Han came to Bayern Munich, he profoundly changed the coaching environment of German football and many head coaches.

"Not long ago, I was invited to attend a head coach's party organized by the German Football Association. Because Bayern Munich led the team to the Middle East at that time, Gao Han was absent. However, from the beginning to the end of the party, almost all the topics revolved around Gao Han and his Bayern Munich, including the head coach of the German national team, Loew."

"I still remember that Lou said something in his speech. He said that many people accused Bayern Munich of not making contributions to German football, but he felt that hiring Gao Han to coach in Germany was the greatest contribution Bayern Munich made to German football."

"One time, I went to the Cologne Sports Academy in Germany for an interview, and I found that there was a special class in their course for studying high and cold. According to them, this class has been held for three years and is the most popular class in their college. But what's interesting is that this class has no textbooks, only some competition videos and analysis and discussions."

"Sometimes I think that Löw is right, Gao Han is, or has changed German football."

Bildman, editor-in-chief of the team newspaper, also believes that Gao Han's appearance has changed the traditional positioning of the head coach.

"In the past, when we mentioned professional football, we often only knew the stars as if it represented everything about professional football. But now, the emergence of Gao Han has broken this boundary, and he has made us re-recognize the head coach and professional football."

"Since five years ago, I have been proposing to prepare a European Best Head Coach Award, but unfortunately, I have never succeeded. But I think if there is such an award, it is actually very embarrassing, because in the past few years, the best head coach of almost every year has been Gao Han, so there is no need to choose."

...

This New York Times discussion is very long and occupy two pages, but the content is rich and detailed.

In the end, the five guests were full of expectations for the upcoming Champions League final, believing that it would be a wonderful confrontation, but they were not sure who could win.

Gao Han and Ferguson reached the Champions League final for the third time. In the previous two times, Gao Han won both games and won the double championship, while Ferguson won one win and one loss. The one that won was to reverse Bayern Munich in 1999.

"Many people say that Manchester United this season is very similar to the Red Devils in 1999, but I wonder if Bayern Munich, who is tall and cold, will repeat the same mistake in 1999?"

The ending of the New York Times is also the focus of fans all over the world, but the mystery can only be solved in the Champions League final.

As Gao Han's right-hand man, Tuchel knew very well that Gao Han also attached great importance to the psychology of players. Steve Peters has been doing this. Even after playing in the Bundesliga, he simply gave the team a day off and let everyone rest.

The coaching staff has also made sufficient preparations in this regard. Gao Han has repeatedly studied Manchester United's past game videos, with the focus on several games since the Champions League knockout stage. Ferguson's every move, he and the coaching staff are studying, with the purpose of making sufficient preparations and dealing with abnormal situations that may occur at any time in the game.

It can be said that in terms of game preparation, Gao Han and the coaching staff have done their best to achieve the ultimate goal.

But Manchester United is indeed too tough this season, especially in the Champions League knockout stage, which is amazing.
Chapter completed!