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Kompany counterattacks the Bundesliga! Guardiola s disciple breaks the curse and Kane finally realizes his dream of winning

2:21pm, 10 May 2025Football

Many coaches tried, but all failed until the appearance of Vincent Kompany. Last Sunday, the Belgian coach completed achievements that Pochettino, Mourinho, Conte and Southgate had not achieved, leading Bayern Munich, who owns Harry Kane, to regain the Bundesliga title. With Leverkusen drew away at Freiburg, Bayern led eight points to lock in the salad set with only two rounds left.

Of course, Kane has never been cursed. He just unfortunately played for the club and national team's "champion insulator" and joined Bayern at the turmoil of the Allianz Stadium. In fact, considering that the plan to find a qualified successor of Tuchel last summer was completely failed, and the team at Xavi Alonso had just won the double title with an unbeaten record, the outside world had seriously doubted whether Bayern could regain the throne from Leverkusen this season.

Kompany is by no means the first choice for Bayern senior executives. His appointment has confused many people, and Sean Dyche is still unable to understand! But this convincing trophy has silenced doubters. So how exactly did he do it? How to transform from Burnley to Bayern champion coach in just one year? The following is a comprehensive analysis for you.

From Burnley to Bayern

Dych turned Kompany from Tefmore Stadium to Allianz Stadium, called "a wonderful turning point in life". The former Burnley coach admitted: "I have not understood this operational logic so far. I would have known that I could get a Bayern offer if I left 127 million pounds of debt, so I should have tried it too!\"

This is indeed a textbook counterattack. In the 2022-23 season, Kompany led Burnley to win the English Championship with a crushing momentum and returned to the Premier League. His pleasing offensive football won wide praise.

However, Burnley was immediately relegated. Although he was praised for his adherence to football philosophy at first, he was eventually questioned for his refusal to compromise on tactical principles and his unwillingness to adopt a more pragmatic approach to fight for relegation.

For this reason, when Bayern officially announced his position (just 10 days after Burnley ended the Premier League journey with a bleak record of 24 points in 38 rounds), the entire football world was shocked.

The tacit understanding hit it off

However, Bayern's choice was actually limited. Alonso, Nagelsmann, Ronnick and Glasner successively declined the invitation, and even the last attempt to urgently persuade Tuchel to stay in office ended in failure.

Konpani has received strong support from Bayern sports director Ebert. The Bayern helmsman believes that this ambitious young coach can not only open up the glory of a new era, but perhaps more importantly, bring stability. Eber explained: "We hope to see more continuity in this position. During his talks, we reached a consensus instantly. He clearly showed his yearning for Bayern and his desire to meet challenges. As a player, he was already a leader in international football and is now at the forefront of the times as a coach.\"

Bayern's natural selection

former Bayern board chairman Carl Heinz Rummeniger initially had doubts about Kompany's qualifications, until he consulted Guardiola at Eber's invitation. The highly respected Spanish coach not only led Bayern to achieve three consecutive Bundesliga titles, but also created glory with captain Kompany when coaching at Manchester City.

Rummenigge revealed in an exclusive interview: "I told Guardiola that he needed his honest and honest evaluation. Then we had a call for nearly two hours. To put it in a long story short, he clearly expressed 100% certain that Kompany would be Bayern's most ideal coach.\"At least as of now, this prediction is being fulfilled perfectly.

Dream back to the Gua Dynasty

Bayern started the new season with a record four consecutive league wins, and the first round of the Champions League was even more 9-2 in history. The high-intensity oppression and exquisite tactical system demonstrated by the team under Kompany quickly triggered the outside world to compare it with the recommended Guardiola.

Werder Bremen sports director Clemens Fritz admitted after the team's 0-5 defeat: \"I feel like I'm back in the era when Guardiola was in charge of Bayern. Bayern's offense and defense strength is suffocating, and the ball control ability is terrifying. In the past, when they played against Bayern, their opponents always had a breath of breath to organize the attack. But now they are still roaring on the sidelines for the 88th minute, and the players also maintain a bloodthirsty desire to suppress. This counter-attack rhythm suffocates us.\"

United to be united

However, Bayern was still young in the first half of the season, with power outages in the back defense, and the Champions League even encountered nightmares one after another: defeating Camp Nou 4-1, and being shamed 0-3 at Feyenoord.

Under the training of Kompani, Yupamecano and Kim Min-jae, who were once in a state of vagueness, transformed into a steel defense line and became the cornerstone of winning the championship, but Kompani's real brilliant stroke lies in resolving the cracks in the locker room of the Tuchel era. Take Kimmich as an example. The core player who was once close to leaving the team admitted after renewing the contract: "Now the whole team runs without the ball, not only in the back defense foursome, which allows us to both win the opponents and control the game. You can feel that everyone is eager to defend the goal. This cohesion is exactly our confidence to regain the Champions League.\"

The players also responded positively to Kompany's restraint in response to setbacks. Personal mistakes are never publicly accused in the media, and the problems are always resolved in the locker room. Even when his condition was sluggish in the spring was questioned, Kompani always focused on the field. At the end of February, he made such a statement: "Everything I did is for the team, club and fans. My responsibility is only to focus on the game, and the discussions from the outside world are irrelevant. "This determination will eventually be rewarded.

Although the injury wave inappropriately destroyed the Champions League dream, after strongly eliminating nemesis Leverkusen, Yupa, Kim Min-jae, Neuer, Davis and Musiara collectively suffered a shortage, resulting in their defeat at Inter Milan by a slight difference, but Kompany kept the Bundesliga championship train on track.

Of course, Kompani was not fighting alone. Musiara, Olise, Kimmich, and especially Kane's blessing made the "Cain Curse" a "Cain Gospel". The Three Lions shooter opened fire after joining, and scored 24 league goals to make great contributions to the 34th salad plate. But Kane firmly believes: "Kompani is the key. He dares to speak out. Whether you are a veteran in 500 games or a fledgling, you will treat everyone equally. This fairness has won the respect of the whole team.\"

Perhaps, in addition to Dyche, this young coach finally convinced the entire football world.

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