Good to hear this from Ballack.
Posted Apr 11, 2014, 6:52 PM UTC
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Ballack became one of my favourite players when he went crazy at Ovrebo during "that" Barcelona game. I think i'm right in saying he played almost the same amount of games for us as he did for Bayern. He's a blue imo and i hope this quote is accurate.
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Whenever I think of Ballack I think of that moment!
Ballack was immense.
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That was the worst referring I have ever seen. I wouldn't blame ballack if he hurt the ref
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I'm hoping Matic turns out like Ballack.
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Ballack was a box-to-box CM. Matic is a DM that likes to sit back and dictate play with his passes. Also, Bally had a ridiculous shot on him.
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Fuck, he could crush the living shit out of the ball with deadly accuracy. He and Lamps were/are my favorite mids. Modeled my play after those two.
EDIT:*tried to model
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I tried to model my play after them as well... I'm 25 years old and I still have "Be more like Franky" written on my wall.
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I like your style.
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His international goal scoring form is just ridiculous, 49 goals in 98 games for Germany, better goal per game ratio than most forwards.
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He is not in the right position to score as much as ballack was but once he gets to the point of being confident attacking he will be
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Now doubt in my mind that this man is blue through and through but i just want to see the source first man
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Fair enough, trying to find one. Probably a translation of an interview on German tv when doing analysis of the draw.
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Id love this to be true, but is there a source ?
Edit: Source https://twitter.com/90thMin/status/454679795243438080
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That's not really a source when its the same twitter account...
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its the source of the photo.
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No idea, i just googled that twitter account.
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Ballack running after the ref that night, shouting his heart out. Just shows the passion and love in his heart. Brings tears to my eyes whenever I end up watching Ballack in that match. And they call our players hired mercenaries.
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Ballack man, I will never forget that guy. When we had him, Essien and Lampard/Mikel in the midfield I had no fear losing a match - because I knew worst case scenario we would still BOSS the middle.
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He was sooooo good. I miss that team.
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That is one of the many reasons why he is my favorite player to have ever played the game. I like Zidane, Pele, Ronaldo, Messi, C. Ronaldo, Ronaldinho... Etc but Ballack is and forever will be my all time favorite player. Chelsea! =)
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I miss players like Ballack. When he was on the pitch, you knew he was going to boss the midfield.
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Ahh, Ballack. not many better heroes for a Chelsea & Germany fan.....except Schurrle!
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Huge fan of his, both as a blue and the fateful year I chose to follow Neverkusen. Always wore his heart on his sleeve, had a great shot and wasn't someone to mess around with, as some of his bookings will attest to. Seeing this sort of comment makes me appreciate him even more.
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As a Korean Chelsea fan, I don't know what to feel about Ballack.
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He played 4 years for us and 4 years for Bayern, winning trophies at both, nice to hear who he prefers. Great guy.
One of the best players ever to never have won the CL. Football is so unfair sometimes.
He lost a World Cup final (didn't play the game, but still was important to that team), a Euro final, Champions League final twice, had the "treble horror" with Leverkusen before joining Bayern.
Football is very unfair sometimes. But then again it's not like his trophy case has dust in it.
Had the treble horror with us too iirc. I'd look it up but I think I'm suffering some sort of PTSD because of that season so I avoid it.
Oh yeah... That season. I keep forgetting that we lost the League Cup final to Spurs that year. I guess losing a champions league final overshadows that a bit.
one of the best players to never had won a major international tournament (CL, Euros, WC) and having come in runner-up in all of them (twice in the CL).. its a shame really, as he was one of the best players of his generation. Until last years CL Robben was finding his way down that path as well
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Chatted to a couple of Bayern fans in Munich. They said they don't like Ballack all that much, so there's that.
That's because there was a lot of shit he was accused of while at Bayern by the fans and the club. That's also why he doesn't like Bayern and why he decided to leave on free transfer.
what was he accused of?
Edit: looked on wikipedia, "However, Ballack's critics noted his frequent "choking" in important Champions League matches. This resulted in open public criticism from club general manager Uli Hoeneß, communications director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and club president Franz Beckenbauer, all former Bayern players. Beckenbauer later went as far as to accuse Ballack of "saving his strength" for prospective employers after Ballack turned in an average performance in the 2006 DFB-Pokal final against Eintracht Frankfurt."
Of not always giving his 100%