Once upon a time, he was the star of hope that Bayern and even Germany had high hopes for. He was the proud son of God who was highly anticipated.
But gradually, I don’t know when, his development encountered a bottleneck.
He is a wide player, but lacks speed. The mainstream trend in European football in recent years is to speed up the transition between offense and defense.
A wide player without speed is not qualified!
With Sauer getting old and Ballack leaving the team, there is a vacuum in Bayern's midfield.
Schweinsteiger felt that this was his God-given opportunity. He felt that he was no longer suitable for the wing and needed to transition to the center, so he told the media that he could play like Zidane.
Yes, his physical fitness is excellent, he is very diligent, he has excellent passing skills, and has excellent ability to escape.
Magath gave him a chance and placed him in the attacking midfielder position, but unfortunately, in the attacking midfielder position, Schweinsteiger's performance was not ideal and far from reaching his own level.
The outside world's expectations of him.
Bayern's performance has plummeted, even ranking fourth in the Bundesliga. This is unacceptable for the overlord Bayern.
Therefore, during the winter break, the management carried out a drastic reorganization, completely overturning all previous systems, spending heavily to introduce Su Dong, replacing Magath with Heynckes, and began to build a team around Su Dong that suited Bayern's characteristics.
, and a tactical system that can adapt to the current development trend of European football.
Marcelo, Modric, Mascherano and other players have joined the team one after another, and stars such as Franck Ribery, Robben and Pepe are on Bayern's transfer list. These all show the ambitions of Bayern's management.
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But for Schweinsteiger, he is more hesitant.
He completely lost his bearings.
Heynckes put him back on the wing, but his performance was not ideal, not even as good as the newly joined Marcelo.
But in the league, Heynckes moved him back to the center to partner with Modric.
Schweinsteiger was completely at a loss, especially when working with Modric. The Croatian central defender completely subverted his traditional impression of a midfielder.
The straight-line Germans couldn't understand why, after stopping the ball, a passing line suddenly appeared?
Why does Modric seem to be controlling something every time he gets the ball?
He has a feeling that if Bayern is like a strong horse, the reins are firmly in Modric's hands.
Schweinsteiger fell into deep confusion again, because he didn't know what he could do with Modric by his side.
He can't seem to do anything.
However, since Heynckes took charge of Bayern, the performance of every player on the team has improved.
Even Salihamidzic, who signed with Juventus early, has regained his feeling on the right wing and performed well in the last game, but Bastian Schweinsteiger has never found that feeling.
Having played football for a long time, Bastian Schweinsteiger has heard too many precedents of hopeful stars being completely lost in the transition.
He was very scared, afraid that he would become the next lost case that others said.
This negative emotion kept accumulating in his heart, making him more and more depressed.
The team's performance is getting better and better, and it has returned to the top of the Bundesliga standings. It also defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout round and advanced to the quarterfinals. However, it seems that it is still sinking in the bottomless abyss.
He talked with Heynckes, but Heynckes is still trying to cross the river by feeling the stones now. He has never had a mature tactical framework that is truly his own. What he is best at is watching others decide what to do.
Schweinsteiger also asked Sauer and Loew of the national team, but they couldn't give him an answer. At best, they tried to give him encouragement and patience as much as possible.
Heynckes told him not to worry and believed he would be able to find the direction soon.
Maybe there's no rush?
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Two days after the game against Real Madrid, the training session ended in the evening, and Schweinsteiger deliberately stayed until the end.
He is waiting for Su Dong.
After finally waiting for Su Dong to finish his extra training, take a shower, pack his things, and go out the door, a red Audi R8 was already parked across the road on Sebena Street.
Just as Su Dong was about to run over, Schweinsteiger honked the horn and rolled down the window.
"Su, is it convenient?" Schweinsteiger asked.
Su Dong was a little surprised. He walked over and leaned in front of the car window, "What's the matter?"
Schweinsteiger nodded, "I'll treat you to dinner and let's talk while we eat."
Su Dong hesitantly looked at Wang Chuqing who also rolled down the car window opposite, wondering why he didn't leave quickly. She came to take him home every day recently, and both of them enjoyed the time on the road, enclosed in the car.
time.
But Schweinsteiger is the number one local player in Bayern's locker room. Many people even think that after Kahn retires, Lahm and Schweinsteiger will be the local players in Bayern's locker room.
The backbone.
It's really hard to recommend someone like this to someone who takes the initiative to invite you.
"Wait for me a moment."
After saying that, Su Dong ran over, leaned over and said a few words to Wang Chuqing, asking her to go back to the hotel by herself and drive more carefully on the road.
After watching Wang Chuqing drive away reluctantly, Su Dong walked back to the passenger seat of Schweinsteiger's Audi and sat directly in.
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"Your girlfriend is really beautiful!" Schweinsteiger praised sincerely.
This is recognized in the Bayern dressing room.
Although they all come from different countries and different cultural backgrounds, their recognition of true beauty is still very consistent.
Su Dong has never admitted it, but it does not prevent the Bayern dressing room from ranking Wang Chuqing as the most beautiful girl among Bayern's wives.
The two of them didn't go very far, and arrived at a restaurant within a few minutes.
Schweinsteiger took Su Dong through the side door in a familiar manner and went directly to a box where no one would notice or disturb him.
Apparently they often come here to eat on weekdays.
After ordering the food and sending the waiter away, Su Dong looked at Xiaozhu with a smile.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Schweinsteiger laughed awkwardly. In terms of age, he was actually older than Su Dong.
"Didn't you tell me last time that I should play in the middle?" Schweinsteiger immediately expressed his confusion.
Su Dong listened patiently to Bastian Schweinsteiger's confession. After listening, he laughed.
"What's wrong?" Schweinsteiger was a little surprised. Is there anything funny about this?
Su Dong shook his head and said: "You know what? I think you may be too serious and too persistent."
Isn’t it bad for Xiaozhu to be confused and serious and persistent?
"I have a good friend named Deco, you should know him."
"Of course, one of the best midfielders in world football right now."
"But what you may not know is that he once told me that he is very good at being lazy during games."
"Lazy?" Schweinsteiger was a little surprised. In his impression, this was not allowed.
"Deco once said that he would choose appropriate playing methods based on the characteristics of different teammates. For example, if his teammates in the frontcourt are more active in defense, he will allow himself to play more freely. At the same time, he will often be lazy. If the frontcourt teammates are more active in defense, he will often be lazy.
If his teammates don’t defend, then he will work harder and be more involved in defense.”
"But he also said that no matter what the tactics are, it is the same to him, because he is using his own characteristics."
Schweinsteiger frowned, chewing on Su Dong's words.
This is indeed what Deco said.
At this moment, Deco's status in world football is at its peak.
"The characteristics of Modric are what you said. He has an unusually keen sense of the situation. His control of the rhythm and reading of the game are indeed amazing, but your advantages are also obvious.
, such as your diligence and running, your defense and physical confrontation, your passing is also very accurate, and your ability to escape is also very strong, aren't these all your advantages?"
Su Dong's rhetorical question made Schweinsteiger nod his head. After playing football for many years, he still has some confidence in himself.
"Your problem now is, let go of the entanglement in your heart, don't think about how to play like Zidane, like Modric, or who else, just be yourself, because you simply can't
Become Zidane, be Modric, and you can only be Schweinsteiger!"
Schweinsteiger has already lost the moment he shouted to the media that he wanted to play like Zidane.
Because there has never been another Zidane in this world, not before, not now, and never in the future.
Everyone who aspires to become the second Zidane is doomed.
"If I were you, I would go home, take a cold shower, sober myself up, then go to the study, get two pieces of white paper, and write out a two-point list with a pen, one of which is what I can do for the team.
What contribution, the other is what contribution the team currently needs from the players."
"Then find common ground between the two lists, and that's what you should work on."
Schweinsteiger suddenly realized it, breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "I understand."
"Do you really understand?" Su Dong was a little surprised.
Although he said it very straightforwardly, he understood it so quickly?
"I really understand!" Schweinsteiger said very firmly.
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The next night, Bayern faced Werder Bremen at home before the highlight match.
As soon as Su Dong put down his luggage in the locker room, he saw Bastian Schweinsteiger next to him coming over and shaking two pages of white paper at him. There were a lot of foreign and twisted German words written on them. Su Dong could read them all.
don't know.
"I listened to you and did it. Now I feel much more awake."
Su Dong had some doubts. Is he really sober?
Maybe, but he was confused anyway because he couldn't see what the hell was written on those two pages at all.
"Don't worry, Su, I know what I should do." Schweinsteiger's eyes were firm.
Su Dong also laughed. Regardless of whether he understood it or not, Schweinsteiger seemed to really understand.
At this moment, Bastian Schweinsteiger is like a pig on the edge of the wind, ready to take off at any time.
As for whether it can fly, let's verify it in the competition!
