This Bavarian dialect "go home for the final" has completely become a buzzword in Germany.
As the countdown to the Champions League final enters, the fans' tension continues to rise, and the whole city becomes more and more excited.
Taking advantage of the home court advantage, Munich used red and white as the main colors of decoration, and Manchester City's sky blue was not mentioned at all.
In the words of Bayern Munich marketing director Jung, "We want the whole Saturday to become a red and white festival."
Starting from Wednesday, more than 2,000 huge posters have been placed on every subway platform and every square, allowing fans to see Bayern stars everywhere on the streets of Munich.
Jung also revealed that more than 200 million people around the world will watch Saturday's Champions League final, which will be the biggest event in the world and even more influential than the Super Bowl in the United States.
The Munich Tourism Bureau also released estimated data. Before and after the final, up to 140,000 tourists are expected to arrive in Munich, and more than 40,000 people will stay here. This will bring huge economic benefits to Munich's hotels, hotels and bars.
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Since the tickets for the Champions League final were sold out early, the Munich city government specially provided large screens around the stadium and other places. Tickets for many gathering places and locations for fans to watch the game were also sold out early. It is expected that more than 100,000 people will attend
Famous fans gathered outside to watch the game.
Faced with such a massive Champions League final, the Munich police also dispatched 2,000 police officers to closely monitor fans with a history of violence. The sale of alcoholic beverages in glass bottles will also be banned.
The reason is very simple, the glass bottle is a weapon of destruction.
Britain and Germany are old rivals.
From the national team to the club, now Manchester City and Bayern are meeting in the Champions League final, which has further aggravated this tense atmosphere.
According to the distribution of tickets for the Champions League final, it is expected that 25,000 to 30,000 British fans will enter the country. Germany is investigating this group of British fans entering the country. It is also working closely with the British police to reject more than 80 people with relevant qualifications.
Football hooligan with a history of violence heads to Germany.
On the day of the final in Munich, the city railway will have an additional 20 vehicles and 160 staff.
The whole city is doing everything it can to meet the requirements of the Champions League final.
But the sudden influx of such a large number of fans will be a huge test for the entire city.
Of course, Germany has even begun to consider the celebration of winning the championship after the final.
After all, if Bayern wins the championship at home, the celebrations will be overwhelming.
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It was in this atmosphere that Manchester City arrived in Munich at noon on Friday.
As you enter the city center from the airport, you can see blue and white flags and patterns hanging on the buildings on both sides of the street, which are the colors of Bayern.
Huge posters of Bayern players can be seen at almost every intersection.
The advertisements that were originally playing on the LCD screens on the street were turned into promotional advertisements for Bayern and the Champions League final.
Many sponsors even asked Bayern players to cooperate in the filming of advertisements for the Champions League final to enhance the atmosphere.
Bayern fans can be seen everywhere.
To say that Bayern really knows how to make money, their response is quick enough.
After they reached the Champions League final, they launched a series of products specifically for the Champions League final, such as final cheer T-shirts priced at eight euros, as well as flags, handkerchiefs, scarves and the like.
These products don't look expensive, but sales are extremely hot, which has led to a craze in fan stores.
But behind this lies Bayern's control over all aspects of souvenir production, sales and even logistics, which cannot be achieved with a simple sentence.
After all, it has only been about twenty days since the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
Not only that, Bayern also fully mobilized 22 sponsors and began to carry out all-round publicity from all angles, not only in Germany, but even throughout Europe and even the world.
Gao Shen was sitting in the Manchester City bus, looking at the scenes outside the window. Thinking of what he had seen, he had to sigh with emotion at the strength of a veteran and wealthy team like Bayern Munich.
If we insist on talking about the background, then this is the background.
The whole world knows that Bundesliga ticket prices are the lowest, but Bayern Munich has been able to rely on its strong business operation capabilities to become one of the teams with the highest revenue in the world, not even losing to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United.
Waiting for the team.
There is no advantage in ticket sales and broadcast rights income. Bayern relies on commercial income.
In this aspect, Bayern can even be said to be the best in the world.
Many people think that this depends on Germany's overall economic strength. This is certainly true, but with such a backing, it must also have such strength to tap into.
If nothing else, in this Champions League final, Manchester City is far, far behind Bayern.
The gap caused by this difference is also all-round.
For example, finals earnings.
From the fans' perspective, of course they care about who wins the championship.
But from a business perspective, the championship is nothing more than a title, or a bonus at best, but what they are most concerned about is the increase in influence brought about by the finals, as well as the real business benefits.
Compared to the latter, the championship is more of an icing on the cake.
Gao Shen can even assert that even if Manchester City wins the championship, it will still be significantly behind Bayern in terms of revenue.
This is a real difference.
It doesn’t mean that Mansour can build it in a short time just by throwing money at it.
Manchester City's commercial sponsorship system still relies more on the Abu Dhabi consortium. This means that they are currently unable to mobilize sponsors from all over the world to publicize and promote the club in a short period of time like Bayern, thereby forming a momentum.
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In this regard, Manchester City still has a long way to go.
Even if it has been relying on the Abu Dhabi consortium and Mansour, it may be difficult for Manchester City to get out of this path.
When a person can easily get money while lying down, who would want to earn those thankless and hard-earned money?
This is human nature.
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The schedule for the day before the finals is fixed.
After Manchester City arrived at the hotel, they took a lunch break, and then Gao Shen held a meeting.
In fact, there was not much to say. Basically, everyone was asked to relax and not be too nervous. We even discussed what we were going to eat for lunch on the day of the finals.
In the afternoon, under the arrangement of UEFA, the team set off to the Allianz Stadium for pre-match familiarization training.
This is full of tricks again.
The final was held at the Allianz Arena, and many media reporters and staff from the final venue gathered at the scene, which made it impossible for Manchester City to conduct targeted training at the final venue.
It’s more about getting familiar with the venue.
For example, test the distance of a cross from the wing.
After all, the width and length of the court are different, and the strength and angle of the player's kick must also be adjusted accordingly.
It is worth mentioning that Gao Shen specially arranged a drill for a penalty shootout.
Moreover, they also simulated penalty kicks against Bayern Munich players to train Neuer.
Another very interesting detail is that at the scene, some fans actually raised a banner hoping that Neuer would go home.
"I'm back home for the finals, how about you?"
Gao Shen also noticed that Noyin'er's expression was indeed a bit complicated.
Manchester City gave me a lot of money and a lot of honors, but after all, Manchester City is a British team.
Jerome Boateng is more free and easy, probably because no one told him to go home.
Now this kid is doing very well in Manchester City.
This advanced tactical play puts high demands on the central defender.
David Luiz and Kompany are the main central defenders, but Boateng is now vaguely looking to join them and has made great progress.
Boateng was in the German national team not long ago. In an interview, he publicly expressed his deep gratitude to the head coach.
Because it was Gao Shen who issued a fatal order requiring him to get rid of his bad habits, so he made great progress.
The process of changing habits is painful, but the rewards are gratifying.
After scanning around, Gao Shen felt that it was necessary to have a good chat with Noyin Er after he returned.
Before the final, you can't let your main goalkeeper feel worried.
Of course he believed that Neuer could handle it, but it was best to open up the solution.
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After participating in the familiarization training, Gao Shen handed the team over to Carlo and Brian Kidd. Under the arrangements of the staff, he went to the Allianz Arena to prepare for the pre-match press conference.
This is also a routine part of the Champions League final every year.
Participating in the Champions League final for the fourth time, Gao Shen is very familiar with this process.
The biggest difference between this year's Champions League final and previous years is that it will be held at Bayern Munich's home court.
Bayern's office is not in the Allianz Arena, but this is their territory, including Beckenbauer, Rummenigge and others will basically be here.
Especially when it comes to press conferences, they will accompany UEFA officials to the scene.
While waiting for the press conference, as soon as Gao Shen appeared, he was immediately greeted by everyone.
Thirty-one years old, with three Champions League titles in hand, Gao Shen can be called the most popular top coach in world football today.
Major clubs cannot guarantee that they will never cooperate with Gao Shen in the future, so they are all very polite to him.
Even Platini, Blatter and others treated Gao Shen with great courtesy.
To put it bluntly, Gao Shen earned his reputation through solid results.
In Gao Shen's memory, Bayern won the Sanya Championship this season.
But now, the situation seems to be even worse.
In the league, they fell behind early to Klopp's Dortmund, and also lost the German Cup, leaving only the Champions League final.
On the other hand, Manchester City is making great progress in the Champions League, Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup this season. The four fronts are advancing at the same time. Now they are just missing the Champions League.
In contrast, Bayern's multi-line combat plan is obviously a failure.
In this regard, Beckenbauer also clearly knew the reason.
The overall strength of the team has not yet arrived!
The so-called overall strength here includes many aspects.
This is like Gao Shen's previous life. Many people are wondering why Real Madrid can win the Champions League three times in a row?
metaphysics?
Bullshit!
To put it bluntly, it’s the overall strength!
When James Rodriguez, Insko, Kovacic, Asensio, Morata and other stars are sitting on the bench, and they can put together another strong lineup at any time, your strength is reached.
The worst way to play is to fight you for consumption. When you are almost exhausted, I will use substitutions to kill you!
Who said that the players on my bench are better than you?
