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Former world footballer Lothar Matthäus predicted a significant career for national player Joshua Kimmich.
“For me, Kimmich is absolutely the model professional, and I still have a lot of confidence in him.
It will go down in the history books - not only in that of FC Bayern, but in that of all of German football, ”said Matthäus to the members' magazine“ 51 ”of FC Bayern Munich.
Kimmich has been playing for the German record champions since 2015.
Like in the national team, the 26-year-old midfield strategist is a leading player there.
Kimmich reminded him of himself on many points, said Matthäus.
“Definitely in character.
In terms of play, he may not have my dynamism, he is not one for those runs with the ball like me.
But he's world class in two positions, I've never been.
And he plays incredibly intelligent balls, ”said the 59-year-old.
Kimmich is one of his "absolute favorite players because he already takes on responsibility at a young age and speaks plain language off the field, which he puts under pressure from time to time, which I think is good."
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Matthäus is also enthusiastic about the current Bayern team.
“I used to like FC Barcelona with the Tikitaka style, but FC Bayern's speed today impresses me a little more.
The way FC Bayern has presented itself for some time is terrific for German football, ”said the 1990 world champion. FC Bayern have“ never played as attractively as last season ”.
Birthday fun for Matthew
About two decades after the legendary greenkeeper statement by Uli Hoeneß about him, Matthäus himself made people smile.
On the cover picture of Bayern magazine, he staged exactly in this role.
“In the green area”, the headline reads - and below it: “Birthday fun: Lothar Matthäus turns up the greenkeeper in the Allianz Arena.” Matthäus will be 60 years old on March 21st.
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The Hoeneß statement that is cited again and again comes from November 2002. The manager at the time was annoyed by criticism from the then former Bayern professional Matthäus.
"As long as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and I have something to say at FC Bayern, Lothar Matthäus won't even be a greenkeeper in the new stadium at this club," complained Hoeneß, who was now at the shoot.
Another photo shows Matthäus, as he is a lawn maintenance man, drawing a line in the Allianz Arena.
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The Hoeness sentence touched Matthew, as he confessed in the "51" interview.
“What struck me the most was Uli's quote after my career that I wouldn't even become a greenkeeper at FC Bayern.
We screamed at each other a lot when I was active, but we are both people with big hearts, so we quickly reconciled because we knew that we actually had the same goal, ”he said.
“We can both laugh at the greenkeeper's statement for a long time now.
Uli has only now told me again that he was sorry for this saying the next day. "
When asked about his own famous rant after a Bundesliga game at Karlsruher SC, Matthäus admitted that he should have reacted differently at the time.
“I ran away from horses.
But something like that didn't just happen to me - when I think of Uli Hoeneß or Oliver Kahn ... “, said the 1990 world champion.
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