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Franz Beckenbauer, a famous figure in German football and the "Emperor of Football", died on January 7 at the age of 78. Beckenbauer's family announced the news to ** on the 8th. Since then, the "five elders of the palace" in football have all passed away. Beckenbauer visited China before his death, saying that "Chinese children should play football as soon as possible".
There is no "football emperor" in the world
"It is with deep sadness that we announce that my husband and father of the children, Franz Beckenbauer, passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday in the company of his family," Beckenbauer's family told dpap on January 8. I ask everyone to mourn in silence and not to ask any questions. ”
A legend of world football, Beckenbauer is a two-time Ballon d'Or winner who started his football career in Munich.
Beckenbauer was born on September 11, 1945, in Munich, Germany, to a working-class family, where his father was a postal warehouse manager. At the age of six, Beckenbauer entered the Munich junior team for football training and played as a striker. In 1964, Bayern Munich played Stuttgart, and Beckenbauer made his Bayern debut as a left winger, before being transformed into a midfielder and centre-back.
The following season, Beckenbauer made 31 appearances and scored 16 goals as Bayern Munich won the Southern League title and promoted to the Bundesliga. In 1966, Beckenbauer scored the winning goal in the German Cup final to help Bayern win the title.
In the 13 years since, Beckenbauer has helped Bayern win five Bundesliga titles, five German Cups, one Cup Winners' Cup and one Club World Cup. Especially from 1974 to 1976, Beckenbauer won the European Champions Cup three times in a row, step by step, bringing Bayern from a small club in the second division to a European giant.
Beckenbauer has led Bayern to the Champions League three times. **UEFA Champions League).
In his playing career, Beckenbauer, who can attack and defend well, can play many positions on the field. Based on this all-round characteristic, the "free man" tactic that belongs to Beckenbauer came into being, which promoted the development and tactical innovation of world football.
The dislocated shoulder sling bandage contest will forever go down in history
Beckenbauer made 103 appearances for the Federal Republic of Germany, scoring 14 goals and playing three World Cup appearances as a player.
When he made his World Cup debut, Beckenbauer scored two goals before he was 21 years old, becoming the only player in World Cup history to score a long-range shot past the legendary Soviet goalkeeper Yashin, and also contributed an astonishing skill of five players in a row.
In 1970, Beckenbauer participated in the World Cup again with the team and reached the semi-finals. In the 67th minute, Beckenbauer was brought down by his opponent, resulting in a dislocation of his right shoulder. By this time, the team had used up two substitutions, and Beckenbauer insisted on playing the full 120 minutes with his right arm in a bandage, a scene that has become an eternal classic on the field.
In 1974, as the captain, Beckenbauer played in the World Cup again and led the national team to win the championship. In all three World Cups, Beckenbauer was named in the best team, which is extremely rare in the history of football.
After retiring as a player, Beckenbauer transitioned to coaching in 1983 with a brilliant record. He coached Bayern Munich and won the Bundesliga in 1994 and the UEFA Cup in 1996.
In the 1986 World Cup, head coach Beckenbauer led the team to the final, but unfortunately lost to the Argentine team led by the king Maradona.
In 1990, Beckenbauer led the "Division of Kings" to win the Hercules Cup, becoming a football legend in history who won the World Cup as both a player and a manager.
Apart from him, only two people have achieved this achievement so far: Brazilian football legend Zagallo, who passed away on January 5, and Didier Deschamps, the current coach of the French national team.
There is no doubt that Beckenbauer created the glory of German football from the 60s to the 90s, and also redefined the style and height of German football. After the 1990 World Cup, he served as President of the German Football Association, a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, and brought the World Cup to Germany in 2006 as Chairman of the Organizing Committee.
At the 2004 FIFA Centennial Celebration Awards Ceremony, Beckenbauer, who won the Ballon d'Or twice, and Pele, the "King of the Ball", shared the honor of "Best Player of the Century".
On April 2, 2007, Beckenbauer received the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award from World Sports. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Haitong).
There are football kings, and the only one known as the emperor of football is Beckenbauer. His old friend recalled that there are two versions of the origin of this title: one is that in 1968, Bayern played a friendly match in Vienna, and Franz posed next to the statue of Emperor Joseph I of Austria during the group photo, so everyone called him the emperor of football;The other is in the 1969 match between Bayern and Schalke 04, Beckenbauer was on the field against the opponent's star Li Buda, who was nicknamed the King of Westphalia, so Beckenbauer had the prestige of Caesar. In fact, Beckenbauer's performance on and off the field is fully worthy of the reputation of "football emperor".
Before the semi-final between Germany and Spain at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Beckenbauer greeted his friends in a television interview. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Yuguo).
"Chinese children should play football as soon as possible".
Beckenbauer has also visited China many times.
Beckenbauer was photographed on the Great Wall).
In 2015, Beckenbauer traveled to Beijing to attend the Bayern-Valencia match at the Bird's Nest. During this period, he trained 24 young players in the Beijing Dongcheng Football Elite Training Camp, and mentioned that it is better to play football as soon as possible, and the sooner the better.
At the same time, he believes that Chinese football needs to build an effective system structure, and it takes time and patience.
Beckenbauer also studied the Chinese Lao Tzu, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" and "The winner is powerful, and the self-winner is strong" are his favorite aphorisms. He resigned as coach when he won the World Cup that year, and once used Lao Tzu's words to explain his decision: "If you retire after success, the way of heaven is also." ”
In 2016, Beckenbauer also visited Shandong Luneng Club and praised the club's complete facilities: "It's very good, but don't be in a hurry for the training and investment in youth football, you must have a forbearance heart." ”
The "five elders of the palace" in football all passed away
In his later years, Beckenbauer rarely showed up, living in a villa in the mid-mountains of Salzburg. He lived peacefully in his old age, but not in peace.
It has been involved in many tax scandals and has been involved in election bribery scandals this century, but these off-field turmoil has not had a substantial impact on its reputation in the football world.
But his health gradually weakened, and only the eldest son of the five children, Stephen, inherited his father's business and became a professional football player, who died of illness at the age of 46 in 2015. In 2016, Beckenbauer underwent heart bypass surgery. In 2022, he revealed that he suffered from an ocular infarction in one eye and had difficulty seeing what was on his right.
The sudden bad news made world football sad.
In the hearts of fans, Beckenbauer and Di Stefano, Pele, Cruyff, and Maradona have always been the "five elders of football". Now that Beckenbauer has died, the "five elders of the palace" have all gone immortal. Many fans believe that this also represents the end of an era of classical football.
FIFA tribute: he invented the position of the free man
Many clubs, including Bayern, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, FIFA, German Chancellor Scholz, Messi, etc., all expressed their condolences at the first time.
FC Bayern Munich said: "Our only 'Emperor of Football', without you, Bayern would never be the Bayern it is today. May you rest in peace. Bayern's official push also changed the avatar to black and white.
FIFA says that as a player, coach and football**, Beckenbauer is a legend in German and world football. He was the first to invent the position of free man on the football field, and his elegance and dominance on the pitch earned him the nickname "Emperor of Football" during his playing career.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sent a message of condolences: "As a world champion player and coach, Beckenbauer is one of Germany's greatest footballers, and for many he is the 'emperor', also because he has inspired all eras of German football for many years." ”
Messi posted a photo of Beckenbauer's on his personal social media with QEPD, which is an abbreviation in Spanish for rest in peace.
The social ** account used by Bailey before his death posted a post reminiscing about the two superstars: "The two legends have established a beautiful and rare friendship for a lifetime. Hopefully it will be a wonderful reunion in heaven. ”
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti mourns Beckenbauer: "A great football legend, a great man, goodbye, Franz. ”
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Beckenbauer quotes
1.It's not that the strong wins, but that the winner is strong.
2.When you see that there is no road ahead, it does not mean that you have reached the end of the road, but it tells you that it is time to turn.
3.Get out there, have fun and play football.
4.If a player walks back to the lounge at half-time and is clean and there is not a bit of dirt on his shirt and pants, I basically assume that he has not fought hard and can be replaced.
5.Every one of my players told me that if you want them to defend Ronaldo, you can do it, but you have to equip them with a pistol.
6.Pele is the greatest player in history, and his peak lasted for almost 20 years, and no one can compare to him.
7.In the vast majority of cases, a player who runs 40 meters with the ball and passes 5 meters is not as useful as a 40-meter pass.
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