The day after Bayern Munich reached the German Cup final, FC Bayern Munich's general manager Hoeness applied to the German Football Association to bring the German Cup final forward.

In previous seasons, the German Cup final was held after the end of the season, even later than the final of the European Champions League. It can be said that it is the latest competition to end in Europe's top five leagues.

But there are some exceptions.

For example, the final of the 2006 German Cup was brought forward by a month because there was the World Cup that year, and it happened to be held in Germany. In order to facilitate the preparation and the smooth convening of the World Cup, the German Football Association brought forward the German Cup final that year.

Hoeness asked for a similar reason for the final.

Because of the 2004 European Cup, Bayern Munich is a big international player, and there are many international players from European countries in the team.

If the German Cup final is too late, it will be very detrimental to the preparation of the national teams. The most important thing is not conducive to the preparation of the German national team, because Bayern Munich has the largest number of German internationals in the team.

The original German Cup final was played on May 30, and the first match of the 2004 European Championship in Portugal was on June 12, which was less than half a month away, which was too tense.

Therefore, Hoeness hopes that the German Football Association will allow the German Cup final to be played early, taking into account the actual situation such as the national team.

Hoeness's request seems reasonable.

But it still caused controversy in the media.

The Bremen media, in particular, were collectively and resolutely opposed to Hoeness's proposal.

“…… The schedule of the German Cup has been decided for a long time. Now Uli Hoeness says to change it...... I think the whole of Germany, and only Bayern Munich has such ability. In front of Bayern Munich, the German Football Association sometimes had to soften its knees......"

"The national team competition is definitely not a reason to change the German Cup schedule at will. If the German Cup schedule can be changed for the sake of the national team, then why not change the league and Champions League schedules? Aren't there a large number of internationals in either team that reached the Champions League final? ”

"It's clear that this is a conspiracy by Hoeness against us!"

Why did the media in Bremen make such a big difference about Gernet's request for an early German Cup final?

Because they could all see what Hoeness was really thinking.

The real intention hidden behind this high-sounding reason is to do everything possible to weaken Bayern Munich's opponents and increase the likelihood of Bayern Munich winning the German Cup final.

This kind of thing is often done by Hoeness, so it is not surprising to the media.

So why should playing the German Cup final in advance improve Bayern Munich's chances of winning?

The date of the final will not be advanced too much by the German Football Association, which is estimated to be a month. In this case, it is the last sprint stage in the league.

If Bayern Munich could have clung to Werder Bremen at that time. At that time, it may be the final battle.

At this time, there is suddenly an extra German Cup final that must be given all its might, what will affect both sides?

Werder Bremen are the hardest hit, and their fitness is likely to be put to the test. This season, everyone has mentioned more than once that the reason why the whole Werder Bremen team can have such a crazy performance has a lot to do with the fact that they don't have to be distracted by Europe.

This ensures that their energy is not depleted too quickly.

You must know that Werder Bremen is basically supported by a set of lineups this season. Their starting line-up is their strongest line-up, and the quality of the bench is far from the main team - this is a problem for many mid-stream teams, because there is no money and not enough attractiveness, so the depth of the squad is limited. They are often not able to fight on multiple fronts, but can only accomplish a single battle.

This is very prominent in many Bundesliga teams. In German football, only Bayern Munich has the ability to fight on multiple fronts. All other teams have to give up one event for the sake of another.

Werder Bremen, who only rely on one lineup to play the world, suddenly have one more crucial game in the most competitive league situation, can their physical fitness sustain it?

The German Cup final is not the kind of game where you can give up and you will not hesitate at all. Anyway, it's a final, and it's a big game. Who doesn't want to win the championship by reaching the final?

But if you want to win the championship, you have to go all out.

It is doubtful whether Werder Bremen at that time still had the strength to fight Bayern Munich in the German Cup final.

Even if they do beat Bayern Munich and win Bayern Munich. So what about the next league title race?

Werder Bremen will have to face the question of whether to choose between the German Cup or the Bundesliga.

And in this regard, Bayern Munich is not so troubled.

Their squad is thick enough for two events, which is a pediatric problem for them who have to fight on the third line every year.

At that time, Bayern Munich, who are full of physical strength and have a deeper squad, will be able to easily face Werder Bremen.

This is Hoeness's wishful thinking.

Although let Heathfield win the championship, he has something to say. But at times like this, Hoeness always has the team's interests in mind.

What matters is not his personal vendetta with Heathfield, but whether Bayern Munich can win one or two more titles.

Whatever is good for Bayern Munich, he will do.

He has no personal feelings about the club's honours.

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Although everyone can see Uli Hoeness's wishful thinking, there are also many complaints about Bayern Munich's domineering in the media.

However, the German Football Association (DFB) finally agreed to Bayern Munich's request and scheduled the German Cup final for May 4.

When the decision and date came out, the media reaction in Bremen was strong.

"What am I talking about? What did I say before? I said, this is a conspiracy by Uli Hoeness against Werder Bremen. Now let me get it right?! Why is it this day, because it is followed by Werder Bremen's away game against Bayern Munich! Hoeness obviously wants to disrupt our preparations by adding a German Cup final and make it more difficult for us to play away from home! ”

"The DFB is almost the dog of Hoeness and Beckenbauer – after seeing this, will anyone doubt me?"

"Playing Bayern Munich two games in a row, one decides the German Cup and one decides the league title. Uli Hoeness is a great deck of cards! ”

Unlike the complaining Bremen media, the Munich media cheered the decision.

The Munich Zeitung even gave the two matches a name, "Four Days of Decisive Battle".

From the German Cup final on May 4 to the 32nd round of the league on May 8, it was indeed four days.

Four days is a decisive battle.

Who loses and who wins, and who dies, it's all up to two games in four days.

And the result of the first game can affect both the second game and the second game.

It is a test of the ability of the managers of both sides to adjust and the psychological endurance of the players.

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In the 25th round of the league, Werder Bremen defeated Wolfsburg 2-0 away.

Glory scored another goal in this game. It was his twelfth goal of the season.

Bayern Munich also won 2-1 away at Hertha Berlin.

The two teams are still 10 points apart.

Werder Bremen didn't get rid of Bayern Munich, and Bayern Munich didn't catch up.

For now, the situation is still in Werder Bremen's favor, so only the media in Bremen are clamouring that it is unfair, and the whole club has not commented on the date of the cup final.

If this margin can be maintained until the 32nd round, then the decisive battle that Bayern Munich hoped for will no longer exist. Because there are only three rounds left in the league, Werder Bremen is ten points ahead of Bayern Munich, even if they lose the last three rounds, they can win the championship. In fact, before the match against Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen will win the championship three rounds ahead of schedule.

Now it's up to Werder Bremen to maintain this ten-point advantage.

It is clear to everyone that Bayern Munich will not make it so easy for Werder Bremen and will keep chasing after them and putting pressure on Werder Bremen.

After all, although Bayern Munich performed badly in the first half of the season, they are still the bosses of the Bundesliga.

If they really exert their strength, I'm afraid that no one can stop them.

"Werder Bremen has not been consistent as a team, as has been the case over the past few seasons. The meeting between the inconsistent Werder Bremen and the stable Bayern Munich is something to watch in this tournament...... "Some media commented on the rest of the season.

Schaaf is not worried about the mentality of the players, he is worried about the fitness of the team.

From the training, he has noticed that the team's physical consumption is very fast, and it will not be able to replenish for a while.

After all, it's too difficult to run a whole season with just one lineup.

But he didn't dare to change the lineup easily, because the strength of the substitute lineup was not as good as the main force, and maybe it wouldn't be as good as the performance of the main force after coming up.

In order to allow the players to get enough rest, the training has now been changed from two drills a day to one practice a day.

But even so, I'm afraid it's just a drop in the bucket for the decline in the physical fitness of the whole team.

You can tell that the team is tired.

Although the team's fighting spirit is still strong, they are ten points ahead of Bayern Munich and are in first place with a chance of winning the double...... All of this has made the players of Werder Bremen very excited.

But Schaff felt that this mental exuberance was not the solution to all problems. Physical fitness is the foundation of modern football, and mental strength must always be implemented.

It was with a sense of apprehension that he led the team on a journey away to Stuttgart, which had also been excellent this season.

It's a contest between the first and third in the league.

It is also the meeting of Glory and Lahm, two Bayern Munich "outcasts" in the league.

Two players who were abandoned by Bayern Munich have been reborn in their respective teams.

Glory has scored twelve goals and is currently Werder Bremen's top scorer.

Lahm has been transformed by Magath to secure the position of Stuttgart's main left-back.

This scene is really ironic in the eyes of Bayern Munich fans - if they don't leave, Bayern Munich now doesn't have to compete with Werder Bremen for the championship at all, and there is no team in the league that can threaten their supremacy!

Glory can form an invincible forward line with Mackay, and with Lizarazu injured, they don't have to worry about running out of good left-backs......