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PAUL BREITNER
PAUL BREITNER
PAUL BREITNER
LOTHAR MATTHÄUS
BAYERN LIFE
13 TITEL XX SPIELE 5 . SEPTEMBER . 1951
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his club , he attacked and lashed out . Even today , resistance stirs in him “ The more you win , the more your opponents want to knock you off your throne . Showing them that they can ‘ t do it is the biggest motivation for me ,“ he says . The more ferociously he was booed with Bayern , the more heated things got on the pitch , the more he enjoyed the games . “ As a team , you grow together more and more against the ever-growing phalanx of opponents ,“ says Hoeneß , “ that has always made us strong . This “ Mia san mia ” also harbours the ability to defend ourselves against obstacles .“ Klaus Augenthaler first had to learn that , he recalls . The 1990 World Cup winner wasn ‘ t even 18 years old when he arrived in Munich in 1975 . “ Suddenly you ‘ re training with professionals who you ‘ d watched on TV in the final of the European Cup a few weeks earlier . I had huge respect for them .“ At some point , assistant coach Werner Olk told him to start physically asserting himself . Otherwise he might as well go straight back home . “ When Jupp Kapellmann verbally provoked me in training , I slide-tackled him at the next opportunity .“ He has to chuckle . “ Jupp snapped at me : ‘ Are you crazy ?‘ I felt myself blush – and then I saw
DATE OF BIRTH
DATE OF BIRTH
21 / 03 / 1961
1951
Werner Olk giving me the thumbs up .“ Augenthaler established his credentials and went on to become the leader of the team in the 80s . When FC Bayern overtook 1 . FC Nürnberg and became the sole record champions in 1987 , he was captain . His bull horns gesture in the semi-final of the 1987 European Cup against Real Madrid will never be forgotten . It was a provocation , protesting against the Madrilenians ‘ excessively harsh tackling , and is now part of the legend of the “ bestia negra ”. Bayern became Real Madrid ‘ s bogey team and Augenthaler epitomised the winner ‘ s gene . He was a seven-time German champion with FC Bayern , and not just because of the footballing quality of the team at the time , he says : “ Many players have become German champions . It ‘ s possible to somehow manage it once . But to do it again and again , you also need a certain mentality .“ A winning mentality . And this is exemplified by individual players . “ They make sure everyone knows they ‘ re not playing for just any club , but for FC Bayern .“
A question of character
Giovane Elber , who scored 140 goals in an FCB jersey and won the Champions League in 2001 , re-
” Bayern players are always hungry , today just as much as in the past . They always want more .”
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus on the town hall balcony ( 1994 ).
Every Bayern player wants to stand here .
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