The Great Age Belongs to Him!

The Great Age!

After Bayern defeated Barcelona 3–1, German Kicker Magazine published a special issue celebrating Bayern's Champions League title defense. Its cover captured Su Dong blasting the ball into Barcelona's goal, under the headline, "The Great Age."

The headline was not only dedicated to Bayern, who had successfully defended their treble, but also to Su Dong.

There was no need to elaborate on Bayern's achievement. Successfully defending the treble was a feat without precedent in the history of German football, and even European football as a whole—enough to place this Bayern side among the legendary teams of the world.

Many media outlets had already begun comparing Heynckes's Bayern with Real Madrid in the Di Stéfano era, Brazil in the 1970s, and Milan in the Sacchi era, believing that this team had created too many legends to count.

But besides focusing on those achievements, Kicker Magazine also paid greater attention to Bayern's management and the tactics of its First Team.

It devoted considerable space to introducing Bayern's spiritual core, Su Dong.

Kicker Magazine believed that from his debut with Sporting Lisbon to the present, Su Dong had created a great age of his own in European football in just a few short years.

"Starting with his appearance for Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Cup in 2002, and in the short span of seven years since then, Su Dong has won five Champions League titles with Valencia, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich, as well as one UEFA Cup with Sporting Lisbon. His record can only be described as dazzling."

Kicker Magazine believed that European football had completely entered the Su Dong era over the past several years.

Especially during the last six years—five Champions League titles in six years. Such efficiency was enough to leave everyone dumbfounded.

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