Klopp renews the rivalry with the club which is its opposite

It was the early hours of Kiev and although he lost the final of the Champions League to Real Madrid, Jurgen Klopp wore his cap in the back and sang with a man in Liverpool jersey whose nickname could to make think cabaret.

Andreas Frege – or Campino as he is called – was born in Düsseldorf but his mother was English. He had fallen in love with the club Klopp now headed after Borussia Monchengladbach's victory in the 1973 UEFA Cup final. Football was Campino's pbadion, but his talent was in music and Klopp became a fan of his band Die Toten Hosen – translates directly "The dead pants".

Campino believed in punk rather than floors. His group did not exist solely to promote causes, but was prepared. Although not badociated with any political party, the Dead Pants have taken a stand against xenophobia and racism, they have supported Greenpeace in a campaign to end nuclear testing and posed without clothing at the time. name of the PETA animal rights group.

Among their latest initiatives related to Bayern Munich's dominance over German football, they released a song in 2000 imprinted with antipathy. In "Bayern", Campino shouted, "Many things can happen / Many things can happen / One thing I know for sure. Never in my life would I go to Bayern! (Never go to f ** king Bayern!). "

A reaction was projected and a reprimand, perhaps, intercepted because in the last stages of this video, a corpulent silhouette in a club blazer loomed. It was supposed to be Uli Hoeness – the president of Bayern – who examined a television screen and who, after hearing the words, whispered earlier: "This is the kind of dirt that will stifle our society at a given moment ".

Attitude

Many Germans consider that Bavaria has an excessive wealth and an arrogant attitude. This annoys those outside the region, who seem to see themselves as a moral base where intentions, norms and achievements can not be seriously questioned, certainly not without a fierce response.

Klopp, of course, will face tomorrow the institution against which he had risen when he was Borussia Dortmund coach. While it is badumed outside of Germany that Klopp will eventually travel to Munich as a coach, see who he is badociated with and understand his story by listening to those who know him well and it seems less likely, although not impossible.

The story of Klopp considered by Bayern 11 years ago is well known. That's Hoeness who is most keen on Klopp, telling other board members: "I have a good feeling about this guy." It's Hoeness who first called Klopp, a coach who, during his seven seasons in Mainz, had been promoted in promotion, European football and relegation.

Bayern President Karl-Heinz Rummenigge feared that at age 40 he was not experienced enough or well-known. Instead, Bayern chose Jurgen Klinsmann – national hero and legend of Bayern – who was sacked nine months later. Philipp Lahm revealed that the players did not know what to do under Klinsmann and would often meet to discuss tactical strategy because little information was forthcoming. their coach.

In the book of Brid the Noise by Raphael Honigstein, it is Hoeness who recalled Klopp two days after their initial conversation with the news: "We left for the other Jurgen." According to Mainz sports director Christian Heidel, Klopp "was a bit hurt" by telling him that Klinsmann looked like him while Klopp was clearly the club's most experienced coach and later in the day, the local journalist in town could remember his training. in a bad mood.

The fact that this approach became public through Hoeness was a good thing for Klopp, because everyone now knew how much he was perceived as such.

Hoeness admitted: "We did not sign Jurgen well", three years later Klopp led Dortmund to win the first consecutive Bundesliga title. In 2011, Bayern finished third, ten points behind, but the biggest feat was probably the defense of its title twelve months later, while Bayern was more competitive but still finished eight after.

The atmosphere between Klopp and Bayern changed when Bayern recruited some of the best players from Dortmund and took over the initiative. Klopp then compared them to a villainous James Bond lover of world domination, claiming that they were "like the Chinese – they see what others are doing and copy it – with more money" after losing the final of the Cup of Germany at Bayern in 2013.

Two years later, Matthias Sammer, former Dortmund player and coach and now technical director of Bayern, said that argument was undeniable. He thought other clubs were not working hard enough to compete with his new employer.

Klopp replied: "If I were in his place, I would thank God for having had the idea to hire me whenever I went to the Bayern training ground. I do not know if Bayern would have gotten a point less without Sammer. "

When asked to recall the period, Jorg Jakub, editor of Kicker magazine, described Klopp as "a new boxer in the ring, even though it was not just about words – he had already saved it ".

Few managers, presidents and certainly players have had the courage to publicly criticize Bayern with such a provocation, knowing what would happen every time that would happen: Bayern reacting ten times stronger.

Dietmar Hamann told Sky TV in Germany that Robert Lewandowski had lost his advantage. The attacker's agent was the first to answer, with Maik Barthel questioning Hamann's "tactical understanding" before Lewandowski called his comments "stupid". Hasan Salihamidzic took part in the debate after his 3-1 victory over Schalke. The club's latest sports director claimed that Hamann was running a campaign against the player, describing the former Liverpool midfielder as "a problem" for the television company.

In 2014, Lewandowksi became one of the players that Klopp lost to Bayern, although it was Mario Gotze's transfer that hurt him the most. "It was not just the way, it was the simple fact that it could actually happen," said a source, who spoke of Klopp's reaction to the news, comparing it to unexpected death of a young family member. "Klopp thought that Bayern's tentacles were stretching far, but not so far away."

In Building the Yellow Wall, Uli Hesse remembered the press conference preceding the match between Dortmund and Mainz in 2013, when Klopp knew that Gotze was going to leave, but no one else in the room wanted it. This was one of the occasions when Klopp exercised restraint. Bayern's schedule had been devastating and risked canceling much of Klopp's work in the final weeks of the season, when he would qualify for the club's first UEFA Champions League final in sixteen years.

When Klopp was questioned about what he thought of Hoeness's suggestion that the Bundesliga might create "Spanish conditions", Bayern and Dortmund apparently being able to pull out of the rest of the competition in the same way that Barcelona and Real Madrid, Klopp He could have started the discussion, but instead, he spoke of his fears for "Scottish conditions" where Celtic – following the disappearance of Rangers – could have become much better that everyone, gathering all the talents and reducing the level of threat elsewhere.

Supported

"I think when the new Bayern team will be announced this summer, we'll see that what Hoeness said is not fully supported by the team together," Klopp said. The reporters thought that he was referring to Bayern's recruitment by Pep Guardiola as a coach. At that time, it was common knowledge that they also wanted to sign Lewandowski.

Although this happens 12 months later. In fact, Klopp was referring to Gotze's decision to leave him, a 20-year-old man who had been living in Dortmund since the age of nine: someone who he had made his professional debut at 17 years. Above all – and Klopp told Gotze: – he thought he was making a mistake by joining Bayern and Guardiola, and that was true.

"Klopp could only leave vague hints at the Mainz press conference," wrote Hesse. "With the match of Real Madrid coming [in the Champions League semi-final]he could not afford to announce this breathtaking news and cause a commotion. So, that is someone else who did it. "

Nobody really knows who told the story of Gotze's departure – triggered by a clause in his contract – but there surely could not be anyone who had a healthy interest in Dortmund as he had landed in the tabloid Bild less than 24 hours before the first leg with Real. "They tried to destroy us," said Hans-Joachim Watzke, CEO of Dortmund, at the club they would lose in the ensuing European showdown at Wembley.

Klopp still thinks that Franck Ribéry should have been excluded in the final when the score was in deadlock 1-1. He was also furious (naturally) when a goal in front of who should have been against Bayern in another final of the German Cup was dismissed.

Since arriving in England, it is said that Bayern has fainted from Klopp's thoughts simply because they are no longer competing. "The rivalry for him is now Everton, Manchester United and City," was the message from last week. The feeling was that when Klopp finally left Liverpool, he would instead run the German national team. "Jurgen is a strong character and he likes to work with other strong characters," said another source. "Where he pulls the line is interference and at Bayern, maybe there are too many."

Indo Sport