Lam: Cruyff left their mark on Bayern
Lam: Cruyff left their mark on Bayern
In the eyes of Johan Cruyff, a football field is 70 x 100 meters. The match, which was played on him is a battle between two teams of 11 people and the fight for control of the ball as well as space. These 11 men create this space as a team thanks to a smart and strategic football betting on possession of the ball. With few periods, which allows virtuoso artists to showcase their individual qualities to shine and make a difference.
In his career, Cruyff was it. He was part of the generation that rose football beyond European borders. With people like Uli Hoeness, Franz Beckenbauer and Eusebio. Outstanding players and strong characters whose battle for the European crown result in different winners and became the Champions League in what is today.
For international success, both then and today, you need individual class and talent with exceptional skills and ideas where everyone believes. The idea of Cruyff was to play soccer - nothing more, nothing less than that.
His idea of how to play football was not based on it to control his opponent and the ball and the game in general. This is the basis of modern football. Cruyff as Pep Guardiola later in Barcelona, Arrigo Sacchi at Milan and Arsene Wenger at Arsenal are the people who have shown that this idea works. And now I have the pleasure to experience this at Bayern Munich.
Tonight in the match against Benfica Portuguese our guests will feel in a special way the spirit of Cruyff, Barcelona, Beckenbauer, Hoeness, Rummenigge and Matthäus. Their ideas and influence shaped the identity, character and style of Bayern, though players to be changed over the years. Special identity Bayern "Mia San Mia" is the foundation and the team needs to be rediscovered and developed every decade. This is the hope and our goal, but there is no guarantee that this will happen.
It is not known whether will appear a second Cruyff, a person with such a strong character. A man who can grow and need to be at the club he loved. But certain is that the Champions League clubs will have to produce such players.
When we travel to Lisbon for the second leg, we will expect a large statue of Eusebio in front of the stadium "Luzh" which will remind us of the glorious team of Benfica from the 60s of last century. Eusebio took its place in front of the stadium and in the history of football. And now he will ever play in the Champions League along with Johan Cruyff.
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