King Bayern

Chapter 277 An Embarrassing Record

Bremen's second opponent in the league is Bayer Leverkusen.

After entering the century, in fact, it was not Werder Bremen who first challenged Bayern's dominance, but Leverkusen.

The reason why everyone remembers Bremen in the end is because Bremen succeeded in the challenge and won the league championship from Bayern, but Leverkusen failed to challenge Bayern.

The most glorious and shameful thing about Leverkusen is that this year, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga, Champions League, and German Cup runner-up at the same time, becoming the unprecedented king of Sanya.

What everyone remembers that year was Zidane Tianwai Feixian in the Champions League final, which was also the best goal of the year in the Champions League, so although Leverkusen is very strong, they are always unreliable at critical moments, which has also become this team. The temperament of the team.

But in any case, Leverkusen is still very strong in the league, and Bremen absolutely dare not underestimate their opponents.

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Schaff is in his office, facing the tactical board, studying Leverkusen. This team is like Porto in the Bundesliga, cultivating young players and then selling them. The main buyer is actually Bayern Munich.

Ballack, Ze Roberto, and later Lucio all went to Bayern in the end, and Leverkusen's scouting level is very high. In fact, it was Leverkusen who first wanted to introduce Kaka Sen, but in the end the price was not negotiated, so Kaka went to Milan.

But now a new generation of Leverkusen has grown up again, and the most dazzling one is the German striker Kisling.

To put it simply, many people think that he is a new generation of Klinsmann, also has a golden head, is good at heading the ball, and has strong control in the penalty area.

But Schaff shook his head, not too worried. After all, Bremen is the least afraid of air bullies, because Bremen's central defender Mertesacker is an air bully himself.

What Schaff is most worried about is Leverkusen's number and number.

The number is Barbarets, the one in Hamburg, who has already transferred to Leverkusen at this time, and the number is Fryer, who organizes the midfield.

These two are characterized by playing football with their brains, and in Germany, such players are scarce and the most powerful.

There is also Voronin on the bench. The Ukrainian striker is also very good. In the past World Cup in Germany, the combination of him and Shevchenko was still good, but it is said that he has a slight injury and cannot play.

In short, the current Leverkusen is far worse than last year, but it is still a strong team, at least in the Bundesliga.

What's more important is that Schaff has to grab enough points in the month, because in the coming month, Bremen will play the Champions League, and the situation will become more difficult at that time.

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Mike Skipper.

Leverkusen's new head coach, the head coach trained by Leverkusen's second team, he is not well-known, but he is very familiar with his team. He has spent his entire career in Leverkusen.

He was in a good mood when he came to Bremen. In the last round, Leverkusen beat the newly promoted Aachen at home. After one round, Leverkusen ranked second with the advantage of goal difference, while Bremen It's the third team.

Mike Skipper joked: "We're still runners up, damn it."

The reporters were all happy, but just kidding, Mike Skiber is still under a lot of pressure. In this game, public opinion expects Leverkusen to at least get a draw in Bremen.

The reason is simple - money!

Although Leverkusen has a big boss-Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the owners of German clubs generally do not buy at a loss. For example, the owner of Stuttgart is the Mercedes-Benz Group, but the team is responsible for its own profits and losses.

This is different from Italy, such as Milan. If there is a shortage of money, then Berlusconi will pay, but it is impossible in Germany.

Since the boss does not pay, the Bundesliga clubs can only make money by themselves. Football clubs make money in three ways-box office, commercial income (including selling people) and game sharing.

box office?

Leverkusen's stadium is very small, because of this, Leverkusen is not qualified to host the World Cup, so a small stadium with a capacity of 2 people can bring limited box office.

In terms of commercial income, Leverkusen has not cultivated first-class stars in recent years, so there is no such thing.

The last and most important thing is actually the share. To put it bluntly, participating in the Champions League is a huge amount of income, not only cash income, but more importantly, the increase in brand value.

And Leverkusen has missed the Champions League in the past two seasons, so the pressure on Mike Skiber can be imagined.

"Is the goal this season the Champions League?"

"Of course, as a team like Bayer Leverkusen, the Champions League has always been our goal."

"It shouldn't be easy. There are now five or six teams in the Bundesliga competing for the Champions League."

Mike Skipper nodded.

"Do you think there is a gap in strength between Leverkusen and Werder Bremen?"

"Yes, but very small. I think we are the second team in the Bundesliga, apart from Bayern."

It is generally recognized that Bayern is the overlord of the Bundesliga, and then teams such as Schalke, Dortmund, Hamburg, Bremen, and Leverkusen are the second group, and sometimes Stuttgart is also the second group.

After interviewing Mike Skiber, everyone is most concerned about Thomas Schaff. The reason is of course very simple. He is the representative of the Second Legion who jumped out to challenge Bayern.

This is a landscape in the Bundesliga, that is, every few years, the Second Army will jump out of the team to challenge Bayern.

Dortmund at the end of the decade, Leverkusen in the new millennium and Werder Bremen in recent years.The Bundesliga has never formed a two-person game like La Liga, or a melee like England, which is also a characteristic of the Bundesliga.

"Challenge Bayern?" Schaf smiled and thought to himself: "It's not the first time, we took the throne at the Munich Olympic Stadium in [-]."

So Schaaf has great capital, "Why not? I think if we challenge Bayern, the whole of Germany will support us."

"Hahaha." The reporter also laughed.

This season, it is recognized that Bayern can challenge Bayern. The media thinks that only Schalke and Werder Bremen are the only ones, so it was only in the second round that reporters started to hype this topic.

"However, the league needs to win every game. It is very difficult to challenge Bayern. I am very clear about this."

Thomas Schaff knows that he wants to become a legend like Hitzfeld and Magath, and the most important thing is to challenge Bayern. Only in this way can Schaff become a famous German coach. In fact, Schaff has a big long-term goal— It is to eventually become the coach of the German national team, but it will take time.