Chapter 556: The Soviet-Eastern Effect
On the afternoon of December 8, in the 16th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Duisburg at home.
Just two minutes into the game, Su Dong received a through ball from Modric and pushed the ball into the goal in the penalty area, scoring the only goal for Bayern of the game.
The temperature has dropped significantly recently, and Bayern's condition has also been affected. Many players are beginning to have difficulty adapting.
Even though Duisburg had a player sent off with a red card in the second half, Bayern ultimately failed to further expand the score.
One to zero, Bayern won a narrow victory over their opponent at home.
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In the middle of the week, in the last round of the Champions League group stage, Bayern will challenge Olympiacos away.
Since the team had already qualified as the group leader one round in advance after defeating Real Madrid, Bayern did not arrange the entire main lineup to go to Greece for this game. Many main players, including Sudon and Ribery, stayed in Munich.
The long journey to Greece, coupled with the rest of the main lineup, resulted in Bayern's performance not being very ideal away from home, and they ultimately lost 0-1 to Olympiacos.
But this did not prevent Bayern from qualifying as the group leader, ahead of Real Madrid.
Real Madrid advanced as the second in the group, which is not good news for Real Madrid, which has failed to break through the round of 16 of the Champions League for many years and has won the "reputation" of the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Everyone knows that the opponents encountered by the group leader will be relatively weaker, but it is different for the group runner-up. It is often more dangerous to face the opponent's group leader directly.
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This weekend, in the 17th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will challenge Hertha Berlin away.
Before the team went north, Bayern's official website announced an internal suspension order. Captain Kahn violated the team's rules and regulations and was punished with an internal suspension. He will not appear in the match against Hertha Berlin.
Speaking of Kahn's violation, this is another interesting thing, which completely subverted Su Dong's impression of the Bayern captain.
The incident started when Bayern held a Christmas dinner as usual the day after the team returned from Olympiacos, and all the players, coaching staff and club management attended.
As a result, when the dinner was halfway through, Captain Kahn asked for leave and left early. His reason was very justified. There was no one to take care of his children at home, and he had to go home quickly to look after them.
If things were really that simple, it would be normal. After all, the Bayern giants approved Kahn's leave on the spot.
But does the Bayern captain, with his fat face, look like a good family man?
Why else would it be said that all paparazzi in the world are equally smart?
The media waiting outside saw Kahn drive away from the team early and immediately followed him.
It turns out that the Bayern captain didn't go home to see his children.
He drove straight to his lover Verena's house for a tryst! Speaking of Kahn and Verena, this is another touching love story. Since 2003, the two have started a heart-wrenching, inseparable and beautiful love.
Kahn is an absolute scumbag. On the one hand, he refuses to divorce his wife, and on the other hand, he has an intimate relationship with his lover. It can be said that he has a red flag flying at home and colorful flags flying outside.
As luck would have it, he was photographed by media reporters.
As a result, Bayern's management and head coach Heynckes were immediately furious.
Damn, you said you were going home to take care of the kids, but you went to meet your lover? That's too much!
The uncle could tolerate it, but the aunt could not! So, he was directly banned from playing one game and fined 30,000 euros.
Kahn was a man of few words. He accepted the penalty on the spot without even arguing. He accepted it directly and readily.
"Media reporters are so scary!" Su Dong was really a little afraid.
Unexpectedly, Schweinsteiger shook his head and laughed, "It's not that the media is so powerful, it's that Oliver is too single, okay?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Don't you know?" Schweinsteiger was surprised.
Su Dong was confused. What do I know? "Remember, in May, the media reported a piece of gossip. This guy also asked for leave in the name of taking care of the children and left the team early, but ended up meeting his mistress. This has happened countless times. Anyway, every time he asked for leave, it was mostly because of his mistress Verena, and the reason was basically taking care of the children. There was nothing new."
Su Dong almost fell down. Damn it, it turns out that it's not the media that is so powerful, but Kahn is so useless! Don't you know how to find another excuse? Or cover up? When I asked the teacher for leave in elementary school, my excuses were better than yours, okay?
"Really, being a scumbag is so unprofessional!" Su Dong shook his head and sighed.
Everyone burst into laughter.
In fact, although the incident of Kahn's extramarital affair caused a lot of controversy, it had little actual impact on him.
What is different about sports stars is that everyone knows that sports stars are physically strong and energetic, so generally speaking, as long as you maintain a high standard in your professional field and have some personal moral shortcomings, the media and fans will be very tolerant.
For example, Beckenbauer, this old man also found a young girlfriend, and he is not a good person.
Kahn's scumbag behavior is just a continuation of Bayern's fine tradition.
This is also the reason why Su Dong has never considered becoming the captain or leader of Bayern. Firstly, he is afraid of trouble, and secondly, he does not want to be involved in such a tradition.
I am not a casual man, I have remained a virgin till now! ...
Kahn's suspension will only add some topics of conversation to the Bayern dressing room.
The Bayern captain continued to sing, dance and do what he was supposed to do, and followed the team to the away game. He had no awareness of being suspended. The only difference from usual was that he could not play in the game.
Even before the game, when Kahn was interviewed by the media, he expressed his acceptance sincerely.
"I am a person who is good at self-criticism. I will think carefully during the winter break about how I can better help the team, abide by the team's code of conduct, and avoid similar things from happening again."
But from Su Dong's point of view, it seemed that no player in the locker room believed that this guy could change.
Anyway, he will retire in half a year!
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In the away game against Hertha Berlin, Bayern launched a strong offensive right from the start.
In the tenth minute, Ribery made a straight pass from the left rib, Su Dong blocked the defender with his body, and then shot with his left foot, breaking the deadlock for Bayern.
This was also the only goal of the entire game.
In two consecutive games, Bayern won the opponent by a score of 1-0.
This also made Su Dong realize the necessity of the Bundesliga winter break.
Like Hertha Berlin, in mid-December, the stadium seemed to be frozen and the temperature was unbearable.
It hasn't rained or snowed yet, and if it does, the weather will only get worse.
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After returning to Munich from Berlin, the team announced its disbandment that night.
Unlike other leagues, the Bundesliga has a very long winter break, lasting a full twenty days.
This is undoubtedly a timely help for the players who have just experienced several months of hard fighting. They can have a good rest. And it happens to be Christmas and New Year, so the Bundesliga players generally have a very comfortable time.
After the New Year, I will return to the team leisurely to participate in the team's winter training.
Like previous years, Bayern's winter training will be held in the Middle East.
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The day after the team began its winter break, Bayern held its annual shareholders' meeting, where CFO Hopfner announced Bayern's financial report for the previous season.
Although Bayern invested a lot in the winter transfer market in January 2007, especially the introduction of Su Dong, Bayern still made a profit. Although it was only 6 million euros, which was more than 10 million euros less than the previous season, it was far beyond the expectations of shareholders and the outside world.
Everyone thought that Bayern would most likely suffer losses, but unexpectedly, the wealthy Bayern achieved profitability again. This will be Bayern's fifteenth consecutive year of profitability, which is unique in world football.
It is worth mentioning that in Bayern's financial report last season, revenue exceeded 250 million euros, which is far beyond outside expectations. Hopfner even said that financial data in all aspects of the new season are developing very rapidly, and it is expected that revenue of more than 300 million euros is a foregone conclusion, and may even exceed 350 million euros.
This definitely shocked the entire German football world.
You know, if Bayern really wants to reach a revenue of 350 million euros, it will be in the same league as Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Hopfner said that the rapid growth of finance was largely due to the joining of Sudong.
His arrival not only attracted support from major sponsors for Bayern, but also made the team more popular with fans.
"This season, our sales of fan merchandise have increased by nearly 200% compared to the same period last season. For example, the new jerseys we launched with our sponsors have been very popular since they were launched, especially our No. 9 Su Dong jersey, which sold 50,000 pieces in the first week. Almost every fan who came to the Allianz Arena to watch the game asked for the No. 9 jersey."
"So far, the cumulative global sales of Su Dong's No. 9 Bayern jersey have exceeded two million pieces, which is a very amazing number and the highest record for jersey sales so far."
Hopfner said that Bayern will be able to earn a very considerable amount of money just from jersey sales.
Of course, sponsors and Su Dong also received considerable shares.
The data obtained from Hopfner shows that Sudong’s joining is definitely a comprehensive improvement and transformation for Bayern. Whether in terms of competition or business, Sudong will lead Bayern to a new height.
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The Soviet Union effect!
The Munich Evening News reported the news of Bayern's shareholders' meeting for the first time and published a commentary, saying that Bayern made a lot of money from Su Dong's transfer, not only reaping huge benefits in the competitive field but also benefiting greatly in the business field.
They also interviewed Bayern's chairman adviser Breitner.
Breitner once played for Real Madrid and had visited Real Madrid's superstar strategy many times during the Galacticos period, so he was very aware of the influence of Su Dong.
In an interview, Breitner said that the potential brought by Su Dong has not yet been fully tapped, especially in the global market. "As the team's top star, we will use Su Dong as the leader to promote the globalization process. At the same time, at the competitive level, we will focus on Su Dong and strive to make a breakthrough in the Champions League and do our best to help Su Dong regain the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year."
Breitner said that only then would Bayern's superstar strategy be considered a real success.
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When Bayern held a shareholders' meeting in Munich and Breitner called for support for Su Dong to regain the World Footballer of the Year title, Su Dong, who had just started his vacation, arrived in Zurich with Wang Chuqing.
He is going to attend the FIFA awards ceremony.
(End of this chapter)
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