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[Vladan]

SCHWEINSTEIGER'S OLD TRAFFORD LEGACY



As he prepares to leave for MLS side Chicago Fire, Bastian Schweinsteiger has had some sage advice for the youngsters at Manchester United.

It will be a legacy of his time at Old Trafford as the 32-year-old, who helped the Reds win the FA Cup last season, always had time to pass on his knowledge to his curious colleagues.

Ahead of Germany's international with England, a fixture he played in twice, I wonder if his wisdom could, ultimately, prove beneficial one day to Axel Tuanzebe, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford, if the Three Lions can ever earn the right to compete for international glory.

England's sole World Cup win in 1966, more than half a century ago now, was the only time the nation has reached a major final. Even the last semi-final appearance, at Euro 96, was over 20 years ago. And both came on home turf. Yet, with the country still striving to succeed and Gareth Southgate the latest coach in charge, perhaps the influence of a German could, ironically, stand several Englishmen in good stead for the future.

One of the things that impresses me about Schweinsteiger is the fact he rose to the occasion in the biggest game of his life - the 2014 World Cup final. His performance in midfield was sensational and he grasped that moment with every fibre of his being. When the stakes are at their highest, you need players to embrace the situation and there is little doubt he did that against Argentina.

He gave everything in the Maracana Stadium and it means he will forever be revered back in his homeland. "When you’re on the pitch and playing in a final, you have to speak to yourself and ask how many times are you going to be there in a World Cup final," he told ManUtd.com. "It’s not so easy – they only take place once every four years for a start! I tried to take the chance and it was a very intense game but, in that match, I could put everything out there. At the end, I was more than happy we managed to win the World Cup.

"I remember, actually, I was too tired to celebrate. I was happy but I was so tired I had to go to my room and lie down and relax everything. What I remember more actually was the morning afterwards. I was the first one down to breakfast in the morning, near the beach in Rio, and that was really my moment, where I could appreciate it and celebrate before we went to Berlin for more celebrations."

If this most rewarding of experiences, the very pinnacle of the game, has been passed on to those younger colleagues at United, he also had one simple but effective piece of advice for reaching the very top.

"If I talk to young players, even here when I speak to youngsters like Jesse, Marcus, [Dutchman] Tim [Fosu-Mensah] and Axel with the first team, I just try to talk to them and help them so they improve as quickly as possible but without losing their own character.

"That's important. I think that everyone has to keep their own individuality and mentality. You should keep it and shouldn’t change, just think about some things. If some players take that on, it’s good. It’s fine if not, though, as it’s their own position."

Individuality and a strong mentality are two traits that could be attributed to one of Schweinsteiger's idols growing up at Bayern Munich. He looked up to Oliver Kahn, the larger-than-life goalkeeper who was a dominant personality in a dressing room no doubt full of big egos.

"It was his attitude towards the game," explains Basti. "He was always motivated and wanted to do more and more. Later on, I became his team-mate and his dressing-room neighbour. I was close to him and could learn a lot from his attitude to the game. He was never giving up and always working after the training sessions. He wanted to improve himself and I liked that quite a lot.

"Early on, I was very close to the first team because we have our youth Academy building next to it and I saw them every day. Outside, I was watching Zinedine Zidane at that time but, at Bayern, there was also Owen Hargreaves because he was one of the youngest players in the first team. As a youth player, your goal was to also come into the first team and there were not so many of them that I could identify with coming out of the youth team, so I was also watching him quite a lot.

"But, during that time in Munich, Oliver Kahn helped me and then there were some other players you could talk to. But I always made my own opinion and tried to learn a little bit from everyone."

Time will tell if Rashford, Lingard and the uncapped Tuanzebe ever get the opportunity to play in a major final for England but, if they do, they would be wise to remember the words provided by Schweinsteiger - not only a winner of the ultimate prize but a Man of the Match in the World Cup final. There are not too many players who can say that.

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[ExEric]

Koje proseravanje od teksta, jeste ako Rash, Lingard i Tunazebe nesto urade u reprezentaciji to ce biti zbog Svajnstajgera

[ExEric]

Sta dalje reci kada i novinari koju pokrivaju/prate/navijaju za Cikago Fire se pitaju koji ce im Svajnstajger? Evo do sada sam naleteo na 4 teksta o tome.

E kada te Ameri ne zele...

[ExEric]

A taman pre neki dan rekoh...

Nebitno.

[Cylokin]

Ma mnogo nepotrebne dramatizacije oko Bastiana, dosta toga ne volim god Josea, ali ovo što je, razumljivo, odstranio Bastiana iz tima uprkos stalnim kritikama emocionalnih nostalgičara i dizanje drame oko fudbalera koji nije ni blizu onog nivoa na kojem je bio, takvo (neosnovano)pljuvanje je preživeo i istrajao lik, za to mu svaka čast.

[Vladan]

Sta dalje reci kada i novinari koju pokrivaju/prate/navijaju za Cikago Fire se pitaju koji ce im Svajnstajger? Evo do sada sam naleteo na 4 teksta o tome.

E kada te Ameri ne zele...

Ni da te istukao nedje ne bi bio toliko kivan. Opusteno, evo vecina navijaca Mancestera kukumace po drustvenim mrezama, i ovakav je bolji od Pogbe, svidjalo se to tebi ili ne. A obraz je izgubila samo jedna strana u ovoj prici, druga je cutala i bila profesionalna. A namagarcena strana ce da isplati sve, tako to ide.

Murinjo super stvarno, nije uopste pojeo govno u ovoj prici, prvo rekao nista od njega, pa onda ga vratio u prvi tim i dao mu sansu i rekao da je profesionalac. Bastijan je ovaj rat dobio, a toliko ga svi mrze u svlacionici da eno cijeli dan smao o njemu pricaju, na svaku Mancesterovu objavu navijaci pricaj o Bastijanu. Klub koji ga je prekirizao objavljuje vijesti o njemu i intervjue. Ali mi dusu vise nemamo, nama trebaju idoli da budu raspali hair daberi koji su srali po klubu i SAFu i koje vracamo za sto miliona posle svega toga, koji veze nemaju, kicmu nemaju, a stalno igraju. Marketing prije fudbala.To je nova era Mancester Junajteda.

[miloolja]

Na šta napraviste... ili da kažem pravite od ove teme!
Koji vam je andrak?

[ExEric]

Pa brate sta se ljutis na mene sto se americki novinari pitaju sta ce Cikagy Fajersima Bastijan Svajnstajger, kada imaju Zuninja i Mekartija (nemam pojma ko su ta dvojica, to ti dovoljno govori na kom je nivou ovaj trenutno).

Jeste, Murinjo je toliko pojeo govno da ga je prodao u sred marta pred najgusci raspored u istoriji svih mogucih rasporeda LOL.

[Vladan]

Ja se ne ljutim, ali i ti znas da su ga ljetos trazili milanski klubovi, prije svih Inter, pa je javno covjek izasao i rekao da u Evropi vise ni za jedan klub nece igrati i da stavlja tacku na tu pricu, Bajern i Mancester, dva kluba za koja navija.

Hahahah jeste Murinjo ga je prodao, kao sto ga je prodao i ljetos. Nije Zoze uopste kukumao svako malo kako igrac ako nece da ide on ne moze da ga nacera da ide. Tu se samo jedan covjek pitao, to je barem jasno. Sad mi je krivo sto ih nije jebao jos godinu dana, ali njegova stvar. Poenta je dokazana.

Povreda Dzonsa dolazi u pravo vrijeme, iako se mrzim sto to moram da kazem. Kad bi imali jos jednog veznog valjalo bi i bez Pogbe do kraja sezone, imali bi cemu da se nadamo.

[ExEric]

Pa cekaj ti prvi pricas da je Vudvord zaljubljen u Murinja. I Murinjo kaze ovom, slusaj batice ipak ce mi trebati do kraja sezone, ipak cemo igrati u aprilu utakmice na 3 dana, znas ko zna, povreda, ovo ono...

A ovaj zaljubljeni mu kaze no way Hoze. Vazi.

[bici]

Marketing prije fudbala.To je nova era Mancester Junajteda.

Sa ovim se slazem. Mada ne vidim kako jedan Svajnstajger nije delom bio marketinski potez obzirom u kakvom stanju su ga doveli. Lik nije uspeo da odigra 5 celih utakmica za dve godine, ukljucujuci i sezonu kod LVG-a kom je bio miljenik.

Ne treba ici u neke krajnosti, on jeste trebao da ode. Boli ga k za fudbal, to ne mozes da osporis jer da ga iole zanima fudbal otisao bi letos iz Junajteda kada ga je Murinjo otpisao.

[Vladan]

Pa evo Stoun kaze da je Bastijan odlucio da prihvati ponudu Cikaga i da mu je klub izasao u susret i oslobodio ga ugovora, ne vidim nista sporno.

Posto ja izuzetno dobro pamtim, klub ga je finansijski precrtao ove sezone, a Murinjo znamo sta je radio kad su se navijaci digli i danima ih bombardovali na drustvenim mrezama. I posle oduzimanja mjesta i nedozvoljavanja da trenira ni sa rezervama vracen u prvi tim i sta se desilo? Murinjo pricao o velikom njemackom profesionalcu i igracu sa sjajnim karakterom. Pa ga je registrovao i za LE i onda opet u januaru pricao o njegovom profesionalizmu. Ako je to rat koji je Murinjo dobiio crno nam se pise.

[ExEric]

Da je Murinju on stvarno trebao do kraja sezona on bi ostao, a cim je otisao u MARTU (ne secam se da je ikada neki drugi igrac tada otisao) znaci da je on bio totalno nebitan lik u klubu. NE-BI-TAN. Primao je bolesnu platu, isao sa turnira na turnir, boleo ga je levi testis za klub i za sve i eto, ide sada u Ameriku da radi isto to.

A ti ga predstavljas nekom velicinom ovde. Bas me briga kakva je velicina bio pre Junajteda, kada se ovako ponasao ovde. Za mene je crv najobicniji.

[Vladan]

Bici to je ok da je dobio sansu barem ove sezone, na kraju je neku i dobio i kad je god bio na terenu bio odlican, ali ono ponizavanje na pocetku sezone je za svaku osudu sto se mene tice, a ja sam zestoko osudjivao i Van Gala sto je slicno uradio Valdesu. Ipak Bastijan je nesto drugo, bukvalno ziva legenda fudbala, danas svaka sportska vijest pocinje legenda fudbala i jedan od najboljih njemackih fudbalera svih vremena Bastijan Svajnstajger...

I prosle sezone kod Van Gala je posle Kerika bio najbolji vezni lagano, jbg jasno je da nije na nekadasnjem nivou ali on je sad holder klasicni, trebalo je drugi da trce za njega on pas i pregled igre nikad izgubio nije, niti ce. A ta sezona je i dalje bolja od ove. Ali forsirati ovo deriste utripovano i trpjeti ga, njemu formacije prilagodjavati i to posle svega sta je srao i pricao protiv SAFa, a onda izopstiti bez ikakve potrebe legendu i jednog takvog uzora je meni u najmanju ruku debilno. Oduzimati mu mjesto u svlacionici, ne dati mu da trenira sa rezervama, ali dobro na kraju je sve nekako ok ispalo, barem za Bastijana jeste, za Murinja i klub nije, ta sramota ce ostati ali sta je tu je. Bastijan je jedini sposoban da igra kao Kerik, a Kerik ima 36 godina i umjesto da se ta minutaza dijelila fino i drzao balans ovo se desava.