Golden Greenery

Frankfurt is just the abbreviation of this city, just like the Chinese sometimes call Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou just Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The full name of Frankfurt is very wordy - Frankfurt am Main.

Around the Three Kingdoms period in China, the Roman Empire built a thousand-mile Great Wall near Frankfurt, connecting the Rhine and Danube rivers to form a natural moat to guard against barbarians from the north. Times have changed, and now, except for book lovers of "Golden Green", even most Europeans don't know that there once was a low-imitation version of the Great Wall here.

Frankfurt is now not only the largest transportation hub in Germany, but also one of the most important air transit cities in Europe and the world. It is also the seat of the German Football Association, and Schnaissstrasse, not far from the Football Association office building, is a quiet and tree-lined place. The management and technical center of the German national team is located here.

On this international match day, the German team did not have an official game. It only played a friendly match with the visiting Ecuador national team in Nuremberg as scheduled. After the game, the players were dismissed on the spot, and the head coach Joachim Loew And the national team leader Oliver Bierhoff also returned to Frankfurt. The technical center has a complete range of intelligence collection, data analysis, and other required departments.

Since taking over from Klinsmann as the national team coach after the World Cup, Loew has performed quite well in his new position in the past few months. In the 2008 European Championship preliminaries, he not only beat San Marino 13:0, but also was defeated by Cyprus. An embarrassing moment of a 1:1 draw.

Loew's appointment is somewhat controversial in German football because he is really not well-known.

Looking at the nine coaches before him - yes, in the more than 80 years of history, the German national team has only had nine coaches, very stable - Pei Huang, Vogts, until Voller, Klinsmann , all of them are famous when playing football and are highly anticipated as coaches. But Loew's resume as a professional player is really shabby. He has only been in the Bundesliga in his whole life. He tried to test the waters in the Bundesliga twice and was beaten into disgrace.

After retiring, he became a coach. An FA Cup and a Cup Winners' Cup runner-up were not worth mentioning in the eyes of many outstanding coaches in Germany. However, he was twice criticized for his performance in Karlsruhe and a poor club in Turkey. Being dismissed early due to poor performance was the ridicule of his coaching career.

But Klinsmann is Loew's noble man. The two studied in the same football coaching school. Klinsmann knows that Loew has high attainments in football techniques, tactics and football theory. Therefore, after serving as the national team coach, Klinsmann , was able to invite the unknown Loew to become his chief assistant coach.

Klinsmann is highly praised by the industry for bringing German football, which was at a low ebb, to the semi-finals of the World Cup, and for the rejuvenation and technical transformation of the national team that have achieved initial results. It was precisely because of his strong recommendation that Loew was able to become the new head coach in a very narrow way, because Klinsmann knew very well that among his series of successes, Loew played the most important role in strategizing. From a technical level, Loew has a high enough level to serve as the head coach of the national team. But it is inevitable that Loew cannot convince the public for the time being. There are many eager eyes staring at him to find faults.

Loew is now walking a tightrope, with no room for deviation. Now in the German Football Association, the biggest supporter behind him is the national team leader, Bierhoff.

If you think of the national team as an office, the head coach is the designer and the team leader is the office director.

Internally, Bierhoff, with his brilliant player resume and strong aura, intimidates all players who attempt to challenge and defy Loew's authority. Externally, because of his strong Serie A background, Bierhoff is relatively aloof in German football. He is very comfortable in all aspects and is above the various factional struggles in German football. Moreover, Bierhoff also has a good relationship with UEFA and can speak to many big shots.

There is no problem with Loew's organizational skills and commanding skills, but he has to rely on Bierhoff's support as a newbie with little qualifications.

Only in this way can we stand firm on the cusp of this storm. Bierhoff is also very professional in this regard. He has held up a protective umbrella for Loew, blocking all gossip and ulterior motives. Loew is grateful for this, and he also respects Bierhoff very much.

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"Oliver, what do you think of Jurgen's prospects at Bayern Munich?" Loew asked Bierhoff in the office of the Technical Center. In this leisurely afternoon, the two of them were holding coffee and chatting. The winter sun was shining warmly on their bodies through the glass, which was very comfortable.

The former head coach of the German team, Jurgen Klinsmann, recently took office at Bayern, replacing interim coach Sammer. In the 1996 European Championship, it was the main center Klinsmann who spared no effort to support Bierhoff, which made him rise rapidly in the German national team and left a mark on the world football world in the final of that European Championship. The magical legend of the first golden goal, the German team also won the championship with Bierhoff's golden goal to end the game.

Bierhoff is a bureaucrat, but he is also a man of the world, and his temperament will not lack the passion for grudges and grudges. He misses Klinsmann very much, and it was exactly what Klinsmann entrusted him with when he left office. Now he does not hesitate to support Loew.

"To be honest, this matter is a bit difficult to say. I think Jurgen should go to Italy or the Premier League first. Bayern has been a bit impetuous in the past two years and is too oriented towards competitive performance indicators." Bierhoff said. As a former football superstar and now a high-ranking official, Bierhoff has insightful views on football issues.

"Hmm... that's how I see it too. It's all because of Madiburg. They have completely disrupted the situation in the Bundesliga in the past two years, forcing Bayern to scramble and mess up their long-term planning." Husband said.

Bierhoff picked up the pot and filled Loew's cup with coffee. "Haha, it's not because of Madiburg. Hasn't Madiburg been in trouble this year? It's because of Zhuo Yang. Zhuo Yang disrupted the entire Bundesliga, which made Bayern Munich panic. Now this kid went to Milan with a slap on the butt, leaving Ma behind. Diebold was left in disarray and the Bundesliga was left in a state of disarray."

The situation in the Bundesliga this year is very chaotic. Teams such as Stuttgart, Werder Bremen and Schalke are struggling to stay at the top of the standings. On the contrary, Bayern and Madiburg, the duo of the previous two years, are in decline. Minus, ranking around ten is like a shit stirrer.

"Yes, it's all because of this kid Zhuo Yang. The Bundesliga has lost Zhuo Yang, which is a huge loss. It will take a while to find a new order." Loew sighed, but his eyes were shining. "However, Zhuoyang doesn't seem to be very adaptable in Milan, and his goals are not as exaggerated as in previous years."

"It takes some time to adapt. He is too young after all. But I am very optimistic about him. Serie A will definitely not be difficult for Zhuoyang." Bierhoff admires Zhuoyang very much.

"Oliver, you are an expert in Serie A. If you say there is no problem, then there must be no problem. But..." Loew suddenly changed the subject: "Then..., Oliver, do you think we can bring up the matter of recruiting Zhuo Yang?" What’s the schedule? Can the national team be more proactive?”

Loew finally revealed the real purpose of his carefully planned chat today.