Chao News reporter Lin Jing Jiang Xiaorong.
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Parting is always inadvertent, without any warning.
In 2014, "Golden Arrow" Di Stéfano died of a heart attack in Madrid, Spain; In 2016, the 68-year-old "Ball Saint" Cruyff died of lung cancer; In 2020, the "football king" Maradona passed away at the age of 60; Two years later, another "football king" Pele died at the age of 82; A few days ago, Franz Beckenbauer, known as the "Emperor of Football", also left us.
In ten years, the legend came to an end and the era ended. Only the soul of football, nourished by the love of generations of footballers, is still burning like a torch.
Emperor. Emperor Pei is gone, taking away an era, leaving behind a back that countless people follow. The German Football Association (DFB) has remembered Beckenbauer on social media as "one of the best players in the sport and a natural leader".
Nine days after the end of World War II, Beckenbauer was born into an ordinary working-class family in Munich, Germany, where his father was a postal worker. As a teenager, he showed exceptional footballing talent, joining FC Bayern Munich at the age of 13 and becoming a professional footballer at Bayern Munich as an adult, starting his football era in the following decades.
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Throughout the history of German and world football, Beckenbauer's "all-round" is unique. As a teenager, he was trained in multiple positions and developed a global awareness and vision. By the 1966 World Cup, Beckenbauer was no longer confined to the midfield, switching freely between attack and defence: it was not only an impenetrable gate in the team's defense, but also a sharp knife in the team's frontcourt.
This all-round genius has created a completely new style of play, or rather, it is because of him that he has been able to achieve this new tactic: a completely new position on the pitch – the libero".
Beckenbauer's charm lies not only in his charming brain and strong physique, but also in him with the tenacity and courage that symbolize the spirit of football. In the semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup, Beckenbauer's team in the Federal Republic of Germany had no substitutions, so he finished the game with a bandage on his dislocated shoulder, and was praised by countless fans: he surpassed all definitions and showed what it means to be a true emperor.
FIFA also commented: "He was the first to invent the position of a free man on the football field, and his elegant style of play and dominance on the pitch earned him the nickname 'Emperor of Football' during his playing career." It seems that only the title "Emperor" can match the weightlifting of Beckenbauer in the field.
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His illustrious career came to an end in 1983. The year after retiring from football, he began coaching the German national team, which won the 1990 World Cup. He then served as President of FC Bayern, Vice President of the German Football Association, Member of the FIFA Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Rest in peace, Emperor Franz. We will never forget what you have done for German football. In the eulogy of the famous football star Thomas Müller, we bid farewell to the eternal free man on the green field, and also bid farewell to the "ancient times" of football.
Philosophy. Beckenbauer's encounter with China began in 1977, when he made his first visit with the New York Cosmos, alongside his old friend "The Ball King" Pele.
It was a friendly match in Shanghai, with more than 80,000 spectators. As a football diplomacy, under the arrangement of the Shanghai Football Association, Beckenbauer, Bailey and others also visited the Shanghai Industrial Exhibition and Caoyang New Village, and performed acrobatics.
In fact, Beckenbauer's ties with China have been around for a long time. As early as his teenage years, he liked to read, and he dabbled in Lao Tzu's book "Tao Te Ching". As one of the world's cultural masterpieces with the largest circulation translated into foreign languages, the Tao Te Ching has already broken through the country to every corner of the world. According to a survey by German television, the "most famous Chinese" in the hearts of Germans is Lao Tzu, and every fourth German family has a copy of the Tao Te Ching.
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Beckenbauer has a copy in his briefcase all year round, and "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" was also his favorite aphorism. In a certain report from Germany, he also quoted a sentence from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching": "Retirement after merit is the way of heaven." In order to explain the reason for his departure from the German team. Li Nianping, who was the counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Germany, also broke the news: "If you meet the football emperor Beckenbauer one day, be prepared, he will talk to you about Lao Tzu."
Not only is he fond of ancient Chinese philosophy, but Beckenbauer also has expectations for Chinese football. In 2015, during the Bird's Nest match between Bayern and Valencia, he ** trained young players in the Beijing Dongcheng Football Elite Training Camp, and said in an interview that it is better to play football as soon as possible, and the sooner the better. At the same time, he also mentioned the problem of football reform in China: "It is a good start to adjust the structure and establish a new football foundation and order. But this is also a generation or two thing, and it takes a little more time, a little more patience. ”
In 2016, Beckenbauer also visited Shandong Taishan Football Club and sent a message to Luneng Youth Academy, "Don't be in a hurry, have a forbearance heart" for the training and investment of youth football. ”
Whether as a player, coach or committee chairman, Beckenbauer is always humble and down-to-earth. Perhaps, the power of ancient Chinese philosophy made this "football emperor" from Germany know the simple truth of "the second is the first, and the outside is the other".
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Brilliance. Modern football was born in the mid-19th century and is now the number one sport in the world, and it is the generations of football who have come together to create today's football.
Di Stefano, Cruyff, Maradona, Pele, Beckenbauer, ......From the shining names, you can feel the colorful epic of football they have created, the personality charm shown by the green legend, the unique joys and sorrows of the football world, and the immortal inheritance of the world.
The allure of football is incomparable, and one of the most shining things is that it goes far beyond the realm of sport, condensing into a belief, love and power that transcends language, appearance, time, space and race.
Someone once asked the question: what is football? Some say it's a sport; Some say it's an art; It has been said that this is a dialogue that transcends borders. In fact, every ordinary person can find their own world in football.
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For example, the "football" of life will come to you from time to time
Courage is not only to fight with injuries, stand up, and face difficulties on the field, but also the spirit and willpower of every ordinary person who never admits defeat in the face of setbacks and difficulties in life.
Football always offers familiar pleasures. Even if he was a young football boy, he can still play a happy football game on the green field at sunset.
All football stories are not lacking in the word "courage". This kind of courage is the persistence of the original intention of football, and it is a strong support force to be able to stand up and grit your teeth and continue to run even if you fall. This kind of courage, there are no limits, there is no difference between winning and losing.
Happiness, courage and hope, the purest beauty of human beings, are vividly reflected in football.
Beckenbauer's death reminds people of those glorious football years, and also reminds people to cherish the current football time even more. The core value of the football spirit is always the people themselves, the changes on the green field, and the brilliance of human nature.
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