Chapter 682: Win the Three Crowns First
Bayern's summer training camp is still located in Donaueschingen.
This is Bayern's lucky place. In the past three years, the team's training has been chosen in this small town on the edge of the Black Forest, which has brought Bayern extraordinary luck. Therefore, Bayern giants and Heynckes are somewhat superstitious about this place.
After a week of training in Donaueschingen, the team set off for Salzburg, Austria, to challenge Salzburg Red Bull away.
In the first warm-up match, Bayern's performance was not ideal and they were almost forced into a draw by Salzburg Red Bull away from home, but in the end it was Su Dong's goal that helped Bayern win a narrow 1-0 away game.
This match was not only Bayern's first warm-up match of the new season, but also the farewell match of former Bayern player Niko Kovac. The player started and played for sixteen minutes before being substituted off, ending the last game of his career.
The Kovac brothers did not play for Bayern for a long time, with the elder brother Niko Kovac only playing for two years. Both brothers joined the team during Bayern's dark period and did not receive much praise.
But when Salzburg Red Bull, where Niko Kovac is playing, invited Bayern to attend Niko Kovac's retirement farewell match, Bayern agreed without hesitation.
In this respect, Bayern is still very humane, which is related to the fact that the club's management are all former professional players.
Today, many former legendary stars and celebrities, including Gerd Muller and Sepp Maier, are now working in the club's management or coaching staff.
If we really talk about football genes, Bayern should be regarded as the team with the strongest football genes among the many top clubs in Europe. Even the top three leaders are legends of the past. Looking at the European football scene, can you find a second team?
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The day after the game against Red Bull Salzburg, Bayern returned to Munich and participated in a friendly match with the fan representative team.
In the past two or three seasons, Bayern has been traveling overseas and has neglected domestic fans. Although the results of international market development are encouraging, Munich is the foundation of Bayern.
This year, Bayern's training camp is rooted in the country, so a friendly match with the fans was specially arranged.
Needless to say, Bayern won 15-0 against the fans' team.
This is the difference between football enthusiasts and professional players.
In fact, many of Bayern's fan representatives have received formal youth training and are enthusiasts who have played in amateur leagues for many years, but in front of real professional players, especially top professional players like Bayern, they are simply vulnerable.
If Bayern hadn't held back at the last moment, the fans' team would have lost even more miserably.
However, although the score was big, the atmosphere was very good. It was not a game at all, but a show.
Heynckes also gave every first-team player a chance to play, with some playing half a game and others playing more than ten to twenty minutes. It was obvious that he hoped they could show up in front of more than 10,000 fans.
In particular, some local rookies including Badstuber have attracted the attention of fans.
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The first Deutsche Telekom Cup was held at the Schalke Stadium.
The four teams invited to participate are Bayern Munich, Hamburg, Schalke 04 and Stuttgart.
Unlike other competitions and cup competitions, the competition system of the Telecom Cup is quite special.
The four teams will fight against each other in pairs. The winners of the semi-finals will advance to the finals, and the losers will compete for third and fourth place.
The four games were played within two days, and each game was divided into two halves, but each lasted only thirty minutes.
If the two sides are tied within 60 minutes of the game, it will go directly to a penalty shootout.
Although it is a sponsored match, it is also a warm-up match.
Heynckes kept the main players on the bench in the first half, resulting in a 0-1 deficit to Hamburg.
After the change of sides in the second half, Bayern sent out all their main players. Su Dong scored two goals in a row, helping Bayern to reverse Hamburg 2-1 and enter the final.
A day later, still at the Schalke Stadium, Bayern faced the winner of another match, Stuttgart.
Not long after the start of the game, Su Dong assisted Thomas Muller to score a goal, and then Olic scored another goal.
Before the end of the first half, Sudong secured the victory for Bayern.
Subsequently, both teams made major substitutions in the second half and no one was able to score a goal.
In the end, Bayern defeated Stuttgart 3-0 and won the first Deutsche Telekom Cup.
Although it is not an official event, it is still a cup championship after all.
It is not difficult to see from the two warm-up matches that the strength of Hamburg and Stuttgart has been significantly improved, especially Hamburg.
Beida Wang has invested a lot this year and is obviously ambitious to make a difference in the new season.
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With the suspension of the German League Cup, Bayern and Dortmund agreed to host the German Super Cup starting last year.
Although the German Football Association and the Bundesliga have turned a blind eye, the official has never recognized this cup competition.
This year, Bayern still took the lead and invited Werder Bremen, the runner-up of the cup, to host the German Super Cup again. As a bargaining chip, the game was held at Weser Stadium in Werder Bremen.
Although it has not yet received official recognition, sponsors and TV stations have broadcast the event live, and 50,000 fans have entered the Weser Stadium to cheer for the two participating teams.
The game was very intense and Bayern scored the first goal in the 21st minute.
Taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Su Dong assisted with a header and Pepe scored a goal.
The header connection between the two has always been a major killer of Bayern in set-piece tactics.
Afterwards, Werder Bremen took advantage of Bayern's defensive mistake, stole a goal and successfully equalized the score.
But in the second half, after the change of sides, Toni Kroos made a cross and Su Dong shot from a small angle, helping Bayern to lead the score again.
In the end, thanks to Su Dong's pass and one shot, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 2-1 and successfully defended the German Super Cup.
Although it has not been officially recognized, both the media and fans call this event the Super Cup. It is not difficult to see that this event has achieved initial success.
It was precisely because of the clues that the German Football Association also came out to express that it was seriously considering the long-term holding of the German Super Cup.
Needless to say, seeing the profitability, the Football Association came out to reap the benefits.
But Bayern and the Bundesliga teams are also happy with this, after all, this is also a traditional event.
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After playing the German Super Cup, Bayern had another warm-up match.
The opponent is the unanimous underdog team from Stuttgart, Stuttgart Kickers.
This friendly match was held to commemorate the honorary chairman of Kickers, Metzer, and Bayern was invited to participate in this warm-up match out of moral obligation.
Having just played the German Super Cup, Bayern played this game with an all-substitute lineup.
But even so, Bayern still defeated their opponents with a score of ten to zero.
Young player Thomas Muller scored a hat trick in this game, and players such as Klose and Olic also scored goals.
Although there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides and the game does not have much practical significance, it is still a happy thing to be able to defeat the opponent. Bayern also practices cooperation routines through this constant running-in.
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After returning to Munich from Stuttgart, Bayern faced another sponsor competition, the Audi Cup.
This is also part of the sponsorship contract.
But the good thing is that the level of the Audi Cup is obviously higher, and only the world's strong teams are invited.
This year's four teams are Bayern vs. AC Milan and Manchester United vs. Boca Juniors.
The four games were also played over two days.
This is also the last warm-up match for several top teams before the start of the European league, which is of great practical value.
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Facing AC Milan in the semi-final, Bayern took advantage of their home field and played with great momentum from the start.
In the eighth minute, Su Dong received Robben's cross and volleyed the ball from 18 meters in front of the goal, which penetrated the AC Milan goal and scored the first goal for Bayern.
Four minutes later, Thomas Muller scored again to extend the score to 2-0.
In the 29th minute, after a cross from Lahm on the right, Thomas Muller quickly got to the back post and headed the ball to the middle. Sudong easily headed the ball in from four meters in front of the goal, scoring another goal for Bayern, making it 3-0.
In the second half, Zambrotta was intercepted in the 56th minute. Ribery made a cross pass, Schweinsteiger sent a through ball from the left rib, Su Dong quickly inserted, stopped the ball and shot with his left foot, scoring a hat trick, 4-0! This was Bayern's first appearance at the Allianz Arena this season, and Su Dong pleased the home fans with a hat trick.
Afterwards, Heynckes made consecutive substitutions and Su Dong was also substituted.
The two teams played more and more closely. First, Pirlo scored with a direct free kick, and then Thomas Muller scored another goal, finally locking the score at five to one!
Bayern defeated AC Milan and reached the Audi Cup final.
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One day later, the Audi Cup final.
After Manchester United's hard-fought victory over Boca Juniors the day before, they rotated eleven players in this game.
But on Bayern's side, Su Dong still started.
In the 18th minute, it was Su Dong who scored the first goal for Bayern.
This goal also lasted until the end of the game.
In the end, Bayern won the Audi Cup with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United thanks to Su Dong's goal.
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Deutsche Telekom Cup, German Super Cup, Audi Cup.
The season hasn't even started yet, but Bayern has already won three championship trophies.
Although they are all warm-up matches, they are of high quality. The opponents are either Bundesliga powerhouses or European giants, and Bayern has shown strong dominance and competitiveness in both matches.
Su Dong performed as steadily as ever, and players such as Ribery and Robben also played normally. The most surprising players in the warm-up match were young players such as Thomas Muller, Toni Kroos, Badstuber and Hummels.
These players have performed at a very high level during the training camp this summer, not only winning praise from the media and fans, but also making their strength recognized by Bayern management and the locker room.
There are even some voices calling for greater support for local players.
Through a series of outstanding performances in the summer training camp, Bayern has raised the media and fans' expectations for the new season to the maximum. Everyone believes that Bayern will be the only choice to win the Bundesliga championship in the new season.
(End of this chapter)
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