On December 18th, 1968, mario basler was born in Neustad, a small town in Gansachsen, northern Germany. Since childhood, he was an unruly and troublesome child. It was common for him to skip class and play football. He came home late every day, and his family could do nothing about it.
Whenever an elder accuses him of this, he always pouts: "Football is my whole life, and I can't live a day without football ..." basler spent almost his childhood in a black-and-white dream, and later kicked out some tricks. At the age of 16, Kaiserslautern took him into the reserve team, and five years later he moved to Essen. After seven years of beating, his football talent finally appeared after he joined Hertha Berlin in 1992. In the season, he scored 12 goals in 44 rounds of Bundesliga, which attracted the attention of many big club scouts. Of course, his growing "beast temper" was also noticed, and he was reckless and behaved badly.
Until the days of indoor football championship in 1992, basler met Severiano Reija Geer, who could be regarded as the only "animal trainer" in his life in a "toilet encounter". At that time, the magic coach stuffed basler with a note with his phone number in the bathroom, and made an appointment with him to talk on the phone at 8 pm ... After that, their progress was extremely smooth, and the "beast" rarely obediently listened to others: talking on time, having breakfast, holding secret talks, and initialling the contract ... In this way, basler was dug up in Yunda with a transfer fee of 2.2 million marks and a monthly salary of 17, marks.
Severiano Reija Geer may not be the best German coach, but he is definitely an excellent "animal trainer". Before that, basler was arrogant and wild, and clubbing, smoking, drinking, gambling, fighting and inappropriate remarks were all his specialties, which made people feel hopeless. However, under Severiano Reija Geer's careful training, he was once like a prodigal son who lost his way. Not only did he make great progress in his skills, but he also got rid of his bad temper.
In p>1993, basler, who was rehabilitated, immediately won his first heavyweight trophy in Bremen: the German Super Cup. In 1994, he led the team to win the FA Cup, and also had a high scoring rate in the league. Werder Bremen won the runner-up in the league in 1995, and basler, who made great contributions, was also named the best striker in Germany that year. The fans of "The Beast" affectionately called him "Super Mario" ... Everything seemed to be getting better and better, but the sudden departure of the "Animal Trainer" turned things around.
In p>1995, Severiano Reija Geer went to Munich and took away his "Guide to the Domestication of Wild Animals". Basler, like the Monkey King who took off his golden hoop, resumed his unbridled manner. He didn't take part in training for a long time, sneered at the tactics of the new famous Dutch coach Ade de Moss, spoke ill of his teammates, and his addiction to tobacco and alcohol became worse. On the other hand, he spared no effort to mock the press and turned himself into an enemy of ten thousand people.
The team's performance seems to be dragged down by basler's state ... Just when Lemcke, the general manager of the club, was at his wit's end, the former "animal trainer" finally extended an olive branch from Munich and took the "beast" away with the sincerity of "Herzog+cash"-this saved Bremen as well as basler.
The short-lived international once bombarded the coach
Severiano Reija Geer, the "designated animal trainer" of basler, once said, "If any coach wants to prove that he is successful, please be the coach of basler for a week first, and learn to tame him during this period." Obviously, at least Fu Geci is not the case. It can also be said that basler's short and bleak national team experience has something to do with the fact that Fu Shuai, who has a large number of soldiers, disdains to play the role of "animal trainer". To treat children who have done something wrong, Fu Geci's way is simply to sweep the door-effenberg is the best example. Of course, the lucky basler, despite his bad track record, was not kicked out, but his national team experience can hardly be described as beautiful.
In p>1994, basler's outstanding performance in Bremen moved Fu Geci, and he was recruited into the German team on the eve of the World Cup in the United States. You know, before attending the World Cup, he only had five national team games, and his debut was Germany's 2-1 victory over Italy on March 23 that year. In the World Cup, basler's performance can only be said to be fair, and he didn't score a goal, but this is understandable for a newcomer. However, the "Beast" doesn't seem to know how to cherish the honor of wearing the national name. After the World Cup, it coincided with the decline of basler in Bremen. During the qualifying match of the European Championship in 1996, he became a marginal person of the national team. Later, in the most tense day when the national team was preparing for the European Championship, he would ask for leave to go home to Fu Geci just to record a record with his girlfriend, causing public outcry. Later, when he was interviewed by former President weizsacker, he made a big speech and publicly ridiculed Fu Geci, which caused a great uproar for a while. Fortunately, Fu Geci finally left him on the bench to "watch" the European Championship, and basler was lucky enough to be one of the champions, but who can say that this is not a different kind of loss for a talented player?
basler's days in the national team entered the countdown early. In the summer of 1998, Fu Geci didn't take basler with him. In that World Cup, the German team was completely defeated by Croatia in the quarter-finals, Fu Geci took the blame and resigned, and his successor, ribbeck, even left basler with no face and listed him as one of the first players to be abandoned. On November 18th, 1998, basler was replaced by Zickler in the 73rd minute of the friendly match between Germany and Holland, thus ending his 3-game national team journey. However, after leaving the national team, basler's habit of bombarding the coach remained unchanged. In 2, when ribbeck lost his head in the European Championship, he immediately jumped out and mixed up in a large group of abusive football public opinion to throw a person when he was down ... < P > We have to mention the classic battle of Bayern VS Manchester United on May 26, 1999: The Nou Camp created a myth, the 1998-99 Champions League final. In the 6th minute, it was basler's direct free kick that took the lead for Bayern. In the 91st minute, Sheringham equalized the score. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will take the lead in one minute. Bayern experienced black for 3 minutes. I still remember Mario's direct free kick.
He is the only player in Bundesliga history who has won the top scorer as a midfielder.
At that time, beckenbauer commented on mario basler's famous saying: below the neck, it is world-class, and above the neck, it is county-level.