Indlela uBeckenbauer awaba yiyo ingqondo, isibindi kunye nombono weBayern Munich

KungoLwesine umhla wama-22 kuMeyi, ngo-2008, ngeeyure ezimbalwa zasekuseni, kwindawo yeVIP kwibala lemidlalo laseLuzhniki eMoscow, emva nje kokuba iManchester United iphumelele i-UEFA Champions League ngeepenalty. Ndimi nekopi yamva nje yeIintshatsheliiphephancwadi esandleni sam, ndizama ukufumana isibindi sokucela uFranz Beckenbauer, othetha kakhulu etafileni ekufutshane, ukuba abhale phantsi umfanekiso walo.

Emva kwemizuzu embalwa, kwabakho ukuthula, ndaza ndathi ndakuthatha eli xesha, ndaxolisa ngokuphazamiseka kwaye ndacela utyikityo lukaBeckenbauer. “Ewe,” wanqwala, ngobubele ethatha ipeni kunye nemagazini enikelweyo. Ngelixa esasayina, ndambuza ukuba ucinga ntoni ngomdlalo. Uyama kancinci, aze acinezele umoya ngesandla sakhe sasekunene ukuze abonise umda omncinci woloyiso lwe-United.

Ngelo xesha, isenzo sakhe sasibonakala ngathi sisicatshulwa esifutshane nesimangalisayo. Kamva, ndaqonda ukuba uBeckenbauer wayechithe ixesha elininzi lomsebenzi wakhe ephila kwezo ndawo zingaphantsi komhlaba.

Iflegi yomdlali odlala umgca yayimncedile ukuba atshabalalise amathemba akhe okuphumelela iNdebe yeHlabathi eWembley ngo-1966. Emva kweminyaka emine, nangona wahlala ebaleni ingalo yakhe ikhutshiwe kwisling, iNtshona Jamani yalahlekelwa yi-semi-final yeNdebe yeHlabathi eyayibalasele, ngegoli elingaqhelekanga kwisixhenxe, yi-Itali.

Ayinakwenzeka namhlanje kodwa umfanekiso odumileyo wakhe ebotshelelwe ingalo esifubeni sakhe - wayephuke i-clavicle yakhe - bubungqina obubalaseleyo bokuba uBeckenbauer wayenesibindi emva kobuhle bakhe.

Kwanango-1974, unyaka awaphumelela ngawo iNdebe yaseYurophu kunye neNdebe yeHlabathi, impumelelo kaBeckenbauer yayingaqhelekanga. Bedlala neAtletico Madrid, iBayern yayisele isondele umzuzu omnye ngaphambi kokuba boyiswe ngaphambi kokuba uGeorg Schwarzenbeck alinganise – nto leyo eyabangela ukuba iRoten idlale kwakhona ngo 4-0.

Kumdlalo wokugqibela weNdebe yeHlabathi, iqela likaBeckenbauer belingekho kumdlalo imizuzu engama-20 njengoko ipenalty kaJohan Neeskens inike u-Oranje okrelekrele ithuba. Ukugxila kancinci kweDatshi ngekwakungayiqinisekisa isiphumo ngaphambi kokuba uPaul Breitner alinganise ipenalty ngomzuzu wama-25. Nangona njengomphathi, ukuphumelela kwakhe iNdebe yeHlabathi ka-1990 kwakubangelwa kakhulu kukungaphumeleli kweNgilane kwipenalty eTurin.

Ukutshintsha kwekamva kuye kwabangela ukungalungelelani okanye ukucaphukisa abadlali abaninzi bebhola ekhatywayo, kodwa nangona uKipling wayenamawele angamaqili okuphumelela nentlekele, ukulingana kukaBeckenbauer okumangalisayo kusaphawuleka. KwanoBrian Clough wachukumiseka ukuba athi ngaye: “Ndakha ndambona uFranz Beckenbauer engena kwindawo yokutyela waza wakwenza ngendlela efanayo naleyo wayedlala ngayo ibhola ekhatywayo: ngeklasi nangegunya.”

Enye indlela yokujonga imbali yebhola ekhatywayo kumzabalazo oqhubekayo, ongenakulungiswa wegunya kunye nempembelelo phakathi kwabadlali nabaqeqeshi. Ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1930, abaqeqeshi bebesoloko benamandla kodwa uBeckenbauer ngomnye wabadlali bebhola abambalwa abaye batshintsha indlela edlalwa ngayo umdlalo.

Nangona engazange ayithande ubomi kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma – evuma ukuqeqesha iWest Germany, iMarseille kunye neBayern ngenxa yokuba wayeziva enyanzelekile ukunceda amaziko awayewakhathalele – wakhawuleza wazibonakalisa njengomqeqeshi okrelekrele ebaleni.

Ngo-1967, iBayern yaphumelela indebe yayo yokuqala yaseYurophu, iCup Winners' Cup. AmaRoten ayeqhubela phambili ngokuqinisekileyo – xa iBundesliga yasekwa ngo-1963, ayengabalulekanga kakhulu ukuba angamenywa ukuba ajoyine – kodwa uBeckenbauer wabona ukuba kufuneka utshintsho oluncinci. Phantsi komqeqeshi wabo obonayo uZlatko Cajkovski, iBayern yayingabadlali abanobuchule kakhulu. Ukuba babeza kuphumelela iBundesliga – baze badlale kwiEuropean Cup – babeza kufuneka basebenze kakuhle ngakumbi.

Oko bekungayi kwenzeka phantsi kweYugoslav, eyashiya iklabhu emva konyaka. Phakathi kowe-1974 nowe-1976, iBayern yaba liqela lesithathu ukuphumelela iindebe zaseYurophu ezintathu zilandelelana. Nangona uRoten efumene itreble yakhe phantsi kolawulo lukaDettmar Cramer no-Udo Lattek, ungenza ityala lokuba uBeckenbauer, owayekhokela umdlalo njengomsusi, wayengumqambi wokwenene welo xesha legolide.

UBeckenbauer wayenempembelelo enkulu njengomkhululi, kangangokuba ibhola yaseJamani yahlala ilawulwa yintsomi yakhe ixesha elide emva kokuba eyeke ukudlala ngo-1983. Kwanango-1996, xa iJamani yaba ziintshatsheli zaseYurophu, umdlali wayo owayenempembelelo kakhulu yayinguMatthias Sammer owayephosa ibhola. Kude kube nguRudi Voller ethatha izintambo, emva kwe-Euro 2000 eyayimbi kakhulu, apho iMannschaft ekugqibeleni yenza ubuqhetseba bokukhangela ibhola - ngokwesiJamani - yaza yamshiya loo mdlali.

Njengomdlali oselula, uBeckenbauer wayengumntu othanda kakhulu uGiacinto Facchetti, mhlawumbi owayengumdlali webhola ohlaselayo obalaseleyo kwihlabathi ngeminyaka yoo-1960. Njengoko uBrian Glanville etshilo kwincwadi yakhe.Umlondoloziibali lokufa kwesithixo sase-Itali, “Ebukele ukuhlasela okumangalisayo kukaFacchetti okuvela kumdlali wasekhohlo, imipu yakhe enamandla yonyawo lwasekunene, uBeckenbauer wazibuza ukuba kutheni yena, njengomdlali we-libero nomdlali otshayayo, engafanele ahlasele edlala indima ephambili. Wenza njalo, kwaye ibhola ekhatywayo yazalwa eBayern Munich.”

Ingongoma yokugqibela kaGlanville iyaphikisana. UBeckenbauer akakaze enze amabango amakhulu kangaka egameni lakhe. Sekunjalo, njengomntu owayecingisise kakhulu ngomdlalo, wayenembono yakhe enomdla ngebhola iyonke, wakha wathi: “Ibangelwe kakhulu yinto emangalisayo kunayo nayiphi na indlela yomlingo. AmaDatshi aphumelele ixesha elide kuba iqela elichasayo alizange likwazi ukufumana amaqhinga abajongene nawo. Kwakungekho maqhinga konke konke, ngabadlali abakrelekrele kuphela abanebhola.”

Ngamanye amazwi, kwimpikiswano ephindaphindayo malunga nempembelelo yabaqeqeshi kunye nabadlali ekuphuhlisweni komdlalo, uBeckenbauer uqinisekile ukuba, nangona oko kusenokuthethwa sisikolo sembali sebhola ekhatywayo, ibhola iyonke yayinetyala elikhulu kuJohan Cruyff kunoRinus Michels.

U-Osvaldo Ardiles uthe umdlali webhola obalaseleyo waseJamani yinkokheli edlale ibhola ekhatywayo emnandi. Iintsuku zikaBeckenbauer zozuko zisisikhumbuzo esimnandi sexesha apho abaqeqeshi babengengabo bonke abaphathi abangoozwilakhe kwaye abadlali babenokuba ziinkokeli nabo.

Ayikuko ukuba isitayile sakhe saqinisekisa wonke umntu. Kwizihlandlo ezibini eNew York Cosmos, indlela awayedlala ngayo yayingamkelekanga kakhulu komnye wabaphathi abakhalaza kwisicaka esithi: “Xelela iKraut ukuba iqalise – asihlawuli nesigidi ngomntu oza kuhlala ekhusela.”

Okokugqibela, siza kucebisa iimveliso ezinxulumene nebhola ekhatywayo ezivela kwinkampani yethu.