Chapter 319 Five Miracles

After the 33rd round of the league, the Munich media began to hype a topic called "The five last-round Bundesliga winning miracles."

There is a reason for their hype, because two of the five miracles of winning the last round were created by Bayern Munich. So in fact, to put it bluntly, it is paving the way for Bayern Munich to create a miracle for the third time.

In fact, the most classic comeback miracle in the Bundesliga was the last round of the Bundesliga in the 2000-2001 season, but that has nothing to do with the last round comeback.

Because Bayern Munich had always been the league leader at that time.

Before the final round, Bayern Munich had 62 points and Schalke 04 ranked second with 59 points. Schalke 04 actually only had the theoretical possibility of a comeback. It’s pretty much the same situation today.

In the final round, Schalke 04 faced Unterhaching at home, while Bayern Munich challenged Hamburg at home. Schalke 04 had no suspense in that game, beating Unterhachen 5:3, and Bayern Munich was almost over and it was still 0:0. However, Bayern Munich can accept this draw. Everyone will get points for the draw. The same, but Bayern Munich has an advantage in goal difference and can still win the championship.

As a result, in the 89th minute, Hamburg's Barbarets scored a goal, leading Bayern Munich 1:0.

At that time, Schalke 04 cheered loudly, and everyone was looking forward to a miracle.

As a result, at the last second of injury time, Bayern Munich defender Anderson's indirect free kick helped Bayern Munich equalize the score 1:1.

At that time, Bayern Munich was naturally ecstatic, while the Schalke 04 stadium was completely silent.

In the end, Bayern Munich won the league championship that season with 63 points thanks to Anderson's goal, while Schalke 04 could only finish second.

This is the origin of the famous Schalke 04 "Four Minutes of Bundesliga Championship".

That was also the closest Schalke 04 came to the Bundesliga title since entering the new century.

The Munich media did not help everyone recall this comeback because this comeback was unlucky for Bayern Munich today - it was the leader who finally won the championship without any danger, and although the second place in the league once saw a miracle The dawn of time, but still fell short, only making four minutes of the league title.

As for the current situation, Bayern Munich is not number one in the league, but Dortmund. Bayern Munich has become an unlucky second place in the league.

If I relive this game,

Doesn't that mean that Bayern Munich can only be the league champion for four minutes at most, but in the end it will still be snatched away by Dortmund, who is number one in the league?

So the Munich media automatically ignored this most classic championship drama.

However, the first last-round comeback miracle in Bundesliga history was also related to Bayern Munich, but they played the role of loser at the time.

In the 1970-1971 season, Bayern Munich was still the leader in the 33rd round of the league, but they only had one more goal difference than Monchengladbach, who had the same points. In the last round, Bayern Munich challenged Duisburg on the field and failed 0:2. At the same time, Monchengladbach defeated Frankfurt 4:1 and completed the overtake in the last round and became the league champion. Bayern Munich thus began the "history of humiliation" that was suppressed by Monchengladbach in the 1970s.

The second time was in the 1985-1986 season, still related to Bayern Munich, but this time Bayern Munich was no longer a tragic character. In the 33rd round of the league, Werder Bremen was still two points ahead of Bayern Munich. In the last round, the situation suddenly changed. Werder Bremen lost to Stuttgart 1:2, and Bayern Munich defeated Monchengladbach 6:0. Debach reached the top as expected. Werder Bremen missed out on their second league title.

The third time was in the 1991-1992 season. At that time, due to the addition of several East German teams, the Bundesliga expanded to 20 teams, and the league also increased to 38 rounds. In the 37th round, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Dortmund had the same points, with Frankfurt occupying the top spot with a goal difference. In the final round, Frankfurt lost to Rostock and gave up the top spot in the league. At the same time, Stuttgart and Dortmund defeated Bayer Leverkusen and Duisburg respectively, and both won. Stuttgart relied on the advantage of goal difference to beat Dortmund to win the league championship.

The fourth time occurred in 1995. This time Bayern Munich participated, but Bayern Munich was not a contender for the championship, but a troublemaker. In the 1994-1995 season, at the end of the 33rd round of the league, Werder Bremen led Dortmund by one point and ranked first. In the final round, Werder Bremen challenged Bayern Munich away, and Dortmund faced Hamburg at home. Bayern Munich has missed the league championship, but they defeated Werder Bremen 3:1 at home, and Dortmund defeated Hamburg 2:0 at home. With the help of Bayern Munich, Dortmund overtook Werder Bremen. , won the league championship.

The fifth time was in the 1999-2000 season. Leverkusen was in its heyday and their goal was the league championship. After thirty-three rounds of the league, Leverkusen is three points ahead of Bayern Munich and tops the list. Moreover, their opponent in the last round is the weak team Unterhaching. Bayern Munich can only theoretically reverse the championship. of hope.

The result was such a sure thing... In a game that was not sure of anything, Leverkusen's core midfielder Ballack actually scored an own goal, which ultimately led to the team losing 0:2. At the same time, at Munich's Olympiastadion less than a few kilometers away from Unterhaching's home court, Bayern Munich defeated Werder Bremen 3:1, tying Leverkusen's points and with a seven-point difference. The advantage of the ball overwhelms the opponent to win the championship.

In five major comebacks, Bayern Munich participated in direct competition three times and had the last laugh twice.

Munich media hopes to use historical results to encourage Bayern Munich.

At the same time, the Munich media is also encouraging Hertha Berlin, hoping that they can adhere to the idea of ​​​​fair play and go all out to treat this game.

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Zhou Yi showed strong confidence at the regular midweek press conference with Klopp: "I noticed the reports from the Munich media. Of course they can do this to cheer up their team. But we It is not Schalke 04 in history, nor Werder Bremen. We will not give up the championship we have won. Bayern Munich did win two of these five comebacks, but this time the league championship will not be It’s the name of Bayern Munich.”

He said it very confidently, even a little "crazy".

But no one resented him for it. Because they have strength.

When people with strength speak arrogantly, that is called self-confidence; when people without strength speak arrogantly, it is really "arrogance".

Klopp also expressed his confidence: "Although it is an away game, we will not take it lightly, and we will go all out to respect our opponents."

A reporter stood up and asked Klopp if he regretted giving up the German Cup. If the German Cup also reaches the final, Dortmund will hope to win the first triple crown in Bundesliga history.

Klopp is very open-minded about this: "But if we don't give up a certain event, then maybe we will achieve nothing by now. I don't really care about the 'Triple Crown'..."

Zhou Yi also feels that given Dortmund's situation this season, it would be great to have a chance to win a double crown, but a triple crown is really unnecessary.

"...We have a saying in China, 'You can do great things with your capabilities.' This is good now."

On the other side, at Bayern Munich's regular press conference, Guardiola and captain Lahm both expressed Bayern Munich's confidence.

"...Now is not the time to give up." Guardiola said in front of a group of media cameras and microphones. "Before the last second of the last round of the league, anything can happen. And all we have to do is be ourselves and then look at others."

"The situation is very difficult, but the more difficult it is, the more the value of our efforts will be reflected. All our players will fight side by side until the last moment." said the team's captain Ram.

A reporter asked the two teams if they were disappointed after leading for 80% of the season only to be reversed by Dortmund.

There was a brief, awkward silence.

Lahm and Guardiola looked at each other, and in the end Guardiola touched his bald head and said: "Of course, I am a little disappointed. But that is something that will be summarized at the end of the season. At least there is still one league round in the season. I’m not going to comment on something that’s not over yet.”

After saying that, he signaled that the routine press conference could end.

No matter how many questions reporters had, he didn't answer them.

The press in Munich also annoyed him.

When his grades were good before, he was praised to the sky. What about now? Some people have already begun to criticize him for not being accustomed to the new environment in Munich.

Of course he knows that as a head coach, he has to bear a lot of pressure and will be the focus of everyone's attention. But when he was in Barcelona, ​​the overall atmosphere was quite harmonious. After all, he is a Catalan and one of his own. The Catalan media still have to show some mercy to their own people.

But after I came to Bayern Munich, I became an "outsider". In addition, in the entire Bundesliga, there is no club that can compare with Bayern Munich in size, so naturally it attracts the attention of all Germany and the pressure it has to bear. And the attention is much greater than when he was at Barcelona. You know, in La Liga, there is still Real Madrid to help Barcelona share some of the attention.

Here, he truly understood why Bayern Munich is called the "Hollywood of the Bundesliga". Sometimes this place doesn't look like a football club, but more like a vanity fair...

You can quickly become famous here and be sought after by thousands of people; you can also fall quickly here and be criticized by thousands of people.

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