Frank Pagelsdorf is a man with a story.
Although he is only 49 years old, he used to be one of the most famous figures in German football.
His career was not brilliant. He made his debut in bielefield, reached the peak in Dortmund, then went to Hanover 96, and retired early at the age of 31.
But he didn''t leave professional football.
In 1992, at the age of 34, he became the head coach of the Berlin League and led the team for two years with good results.
After the fall of the Berlin wall and the merger of East and West Germany, the East German team almost lost in front of the West German team. Rostock, who won the last league championship of democratic Germany, was relegated to the bottom in the first season of the German first division after the merger.
In 1994, the East German team, who had been in the second division of the Bundesliga for two seasons, found Pagelsdorf. The latter team was not disappointed either. In its first season, he won the championship of the Bundesliga and led the team back to the Bundesliga. In his first season, the Bundesliga team won the sixth place in the league, which is the best dark horse of the season.
That year, for the first time, Pagelsdorf was in the eye of German fans.
Although the team''s performance declined in the third season when he was in charge of Rostock, Pagelsdorf still led the team to avoid relegation successfully, and in the summer of 1997, he switched to Hamburg, the top German team in the Bundesliga League at that time.
At that time, Hamburg had just gone through a downturn, and the results were not good for many years. The club invited legendary star UWE Schiller as its president, and the latter warmly invited Pagelsdorf to take charge of Hamburg.
Pagelsdorf couldn''t refuse the invitation from his childhood idol. He not only coached Hamburg, but also signed a wonderful clause with the club, that is, once UWE Schiller leaves the presidency, he will be free to leave the team.
This also caused great repercussions in Germany at that time.
Unexpectedly, not long after he led the team, Uwei Schiller was forced to resign because of financial problems. Although it was proved that Schiller had nothing to do with it, it was difficult for him to return to the team.
However, Pagelsdorf did not leave the team because of this. Instead, he led the team to improve year by year. After the accumulation of the ninth and seventh seasons, he reached the peak of his coaching career in the 1999-2000 season, ranking third in the league.
That''s also Hamburg''s best league result in the past few years.
It didn''t last long. A year later, Hamburg''s performance declined again, and Pagelsdorf was forced to leave the team. Later, he coached osnablu and Dubai''s Wasser, but the results were not particularly ideal.
Until the summer of 2005, Rostock was demoted from the Bundesliga again, but he suffered two consecutive losses at the beginning of the Bundesliga, one of which was a 4-1 defeat to Munich 1860. The management re invited Pagelsdorf.
This time, it took Pagelsdorf two seasons to bring Rostock back to the Bundesliga.
At the age of 49 and with more than ten years of coaching experience, Pagelsdorf deeply feels that he is at the crossroads of his career. If he can lead Rostock to return to the dark horse in that year, he will usher in the second spring of his coaching career. Conversely, if Rostock fails to relegate, his coaching career in the Bundesliga will end.
If you want to play the dark horse again, the first round match against Bayern Munich is very important.
He still clearly remembers that in August 1999, he was also at the home of Bayern Munich. At that time, the German giants were still at the Olympic Stadium, and the head coach was Heathfield. Pagelsdorf led his hamburger to nearly overturn the great ship of Bayern Munich at the home of his arch rival, South King.
It was the most memorable game of his coaching career and the one he was most proud of.
Although his team was away, it caused quite a lot of trouble for the home team, especially the counter attack, which made Bayern Munich very uncomfortable. It was not until the 33rd minute of the first half that Marcus Babel opened the record for Bayern Munich.
But just two minutes later, Kovac equalised for Hamburg.
After that, the two sides were very close to each other. Under Hamburg''s tenacious defense and sharp attack, Bayern Munich couldn''t find a chance to start. On the contrary, in the 82 minutes of the second half, they made a mistake again and were caught by Hamburg and scored a goal.
The score of 2-1 was maintained until the supplementary time, even everyone thought Hamburg would win Bayern Munich away, but in the end, elber''s key goal helped Nanwang escape.
In the end, the two teams shook hands 2-2.
But for Hamburg away, such a good start is undoubtedly a victory.
Also affected by this game, Hamburg''s morale was greatly boosted. In the next three games, they beat Stuttgart 3-0, won Schalke 04 3-1 away, won Hertha Berlin 5-1 at home, and made an amazing start with three consecutive wins and four unbeaten rounds.
As time goes by, Pagelsdorf still remembers his masterpiece.
Mature and steady Heathfield has become a more adventurous alpine, but Pagelsdorf is still full of desire and expectation for victory, because he expected exactly how Alpine would play, just as he judged how Heathfield would play in those years.
The day before the match, Gao Han said in an interview that Bayern Munich would play the banner of Germany in Europe and become the forerunner of German football reform. He didn''t pay any attention to it and didn''t care whether it could be realized.
Because he has only one goal, to retire from Allianz stadium.
For this reason, he even spared no effort to line up the starting lineup of six defenders.
He wants to use this game to remind the whole German football world of his name.
Frank Pagelsdorf.
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"The atmosphere at Allianz is really good!"
Although he has walked into the Allianz stadium many times before, it is the first time for Gao Han to appear here as the head coach of Bayern Munich tonight. He was shocked by the treatment of being yelled by all the fans as soon as he appeared.
The capacity of the stadium is not too much, more than 60000 people, not more than Barcelona''s Camp Nou, Real Madrid''s Bernabeu, Manchester United''s Old Trafford and Inter Milan''s meachardo, but the atmosphere is obviously better than these big teams.
Fanatical home fans have dyed the stands around the stadium into two colors, red and white, which symbolize Bayern Munich, and the two semicircle stands are decorated with a huge Bayern Munich team emblem by fans.
The only difference with the usual is that in the South watching billiards fan area, which symbolizes Bayern Munich''s loyalty, a huge cold portrait was pulled up by the fans, covering almost the whole south stand. With all the people at the scene shouting for the cold, the enthusiasm of the fans directly infected the cold.
In particular, standing on the edge of the court, behind him is the grandstand close to the turf, which is full of people, forming a very shocking visual effect. Even when Gao Han thought that he had to command the game with his back to the fans, he felt a pressure.
Of course, from another perspective, if these people support themselves, then they feel motivated.
"It is said that when the Allianz stadium was first built, the designers intended to design the grandstand as an inclined plane, and then cooperate with the ceiling. On the one hand, it is beneficial to let the momentum on the grandstand surge down and sweep the whole stadium, on the other hand, it can also form a very shocking visual effect." Tuhel explained with a smile.
He is also the first coach to appear in the Allianz stadium, also full of shock.
It was a great feeling.
"It''s just the beginning now. Munich 1860 has sold us 50% of their shares in Allianz stadium, and has given up the right to buy back. It''s even heard that their attendance here is very low, they can''t make ends meet, and they intend to leave Allianz stadium. Therefore, in the near future, it will definitely be further expanded and the atmosphere will be more intense."
Alpine nodded, standing on the sidelines looking back, sitting in the stands full of fans, the whole slope is high, very powerful.
"When I''m ready to build a new stadium, I''ll ask someone to do the same." Gao Han muttered to himself enviously.
This is the most fantastic football field in Europe.
But Thomas tuhl and others did not hear what he was saying clearly, and began to be busy preparing for the match.
Cantarello came from a distance and handed over a piece of paper.
"This is the starting line-up of Rostock''s game, with six defenders
Gao''s name is very strange. The whole Rostock team doesn''t even have a first-line star. But the more dangerous such a team is, the more we can''t underestimate it, because they usually play more integrally.
To enter the Bundesliga, there is often no insurmountable gap between the strength of professional players and the overall strength of professional teams, which is why some weak teams have the opportunity to beat the giants.
"New players such as Orestes, Barthes, Vester and manga have all entered the starting line-up."
This summer, Rostock spent 500000 euros to bring in Orestes from the Portuguese Super League and manga from osnablu. The two players each spent 250000 euros, but sold Muller, the midfield player, to earn one million euros.
However, the biggest addition in the team is the introduction of goalkeeper weistel from Hamburg. The player is a free transfer and is completely decided by coach Pagelsdorf on his personal relationship.
No matter from the overall strength of the team, or from the recruitment and other aspects, Rostock is difficult to compete with Bayern Munich, but in this game, Pagelsdorf dispatched six defenders, two midfielders and two strikers.
"Does he want to stick to it?" Asked tuhel, frowning.
Six defenders, if you want to guard against death, then it''s really an iron barrel formation.
Gao Han took a look at the chubby figure in front of the coach of the visiting team in the distance. After retiring, the 49 year old coach has become very big, but he doesn''t look like the kind of coach who sticks to the game without playing.
"Defense doesn''t depend on a lot of people."
"You mean..."
"He should still play 442, but the players have changed."
The same formation, different types of players start, can play different tactics.
Not only the cold heart head clear, many coaches are clear, in the face of cold, stick to the same as chronic suicide.
Of course, some coaches have the courage to kill, but some coaches choose passive defense, waiting for the cold team to make mistakes.
It''s hard to say which one is better, but Gao feels that with Pagelsdorf''s coaching style and characteristics, he should choose the former.
"I didn''t expect that there were a lot of bloody tough men in German football. I met one in the first match."
Gao Han is smiling and appreciating, but his eyes are full of fierce murders.
"Tell the players, give me the start and I''ll knock him down from the first minute!"