February 2025
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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