Indlela uBeckenbauer aba ngayo ubuchopho, isibindi kanye nombono weBayern Munich

KungoLwesine mhla zingama-22 kuNhlaba, 2008, emahoreni ambalwa ekuseni, endaweni ye-VIP enkundleni yezemidlalo iLuzhniki eMoscow, ngemuva nje kokuba iManchester United iwine i-UEFA Champions League ngamaphenathi. Ngimi nekhophi yakamuva ye-Ompethaumagazini esandleni sami, ngizama ukuthola isibindi sokucela uFranz Beckenbauer, oxoxa kakhulu etafuleni eliseduze, ukuba abhale phansi isembozo sawo.

Ngemva kwemizuzu embalwa, kwaba nokuthula, futhi, ngithatha lesi sikhathi, ngiyaxolisa ngokuphazamiseka futhi ngicela ukusayinwa kukaBeckenbauer. “Yebo,” evuma ngekhanda, ethatha ngomusa ipeni nomagazini onikezwe wona. Ngesikhathi esasayina, ngimbuza ukuthi ucabangani ngomdlalo. Uyama kancane, bese ecindezela umoya ngesandla sakhe sokudla ukuze abonise umkhawulo omncane wokunqoba kwe-United.

Ngaleso sikhathi, isenzo sasibonakala nje siwubuciko obufushane ngendlela emangalisayo. Kamuva, ngaqaphela ukuthi uBeckenbauer wayechithe ingxenye enkulu yomsebenzi wakhe ephila kulezo zindawo ezingaphandle.

Ifulegi lomdlali odlala ngomugqa lalisize ekuqedeni amathemba akhe okuwina iNdebe Yomhlaba eWembley ngo-1966. Eminyakeni emine kamuva, yize ahlala enkundleni ingalo yakhe iphumile ebholeni, iNtshonalanga Jalimane yalahlekelwa yi-semi-final yeNdebe Yomhlaba enkulu kunazo zonke, ngegoli elingavamile kweyisikhombisa, yi-Italy.

Akunakwenzeka namuhla kodwa isithombe esidumile sakhe ebambe ingalo esifubeni sakhe - wayephuke i-clavicle yakhe - siwubufakazi obuvelele bokuthi ngoBeckenbauer kwakukhona isibindi ngemuva kobuhle bakhe.

Ngisho nango-1974, unyaka awina ngawo iNdebe YaseYurophu kanye neNdebe Yomhlaba, impumelelo kaBeckenbauer yayingavamile neze. Bedlala ne-Atletico Madrid, iBayern yayisele imizuzu embalwa ngaphambi kokuba ihlulwe ngaphambi kokuba uGeorg Schwarzenbeck alinganise – okwenza umdlalo wesibili iRoten yawunqoba ngo 4-0.

Kowamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba, iqembu likaBeckenbauer belingekho emdlalweni imizuzu engama-20 njengoba iphenathi kaJohan Neeskens inikeze u-Oranje ohlakaniphile ukuhola. Ukugxila okuncane okuvela kumaDashi bekungaqinisekisa umphumela ngaphambi kokuba uPaul Breitner alinganise ngephenathi ngomzuzu wama-25. Ngisho nasengumqeqeshi, ukunqoba kwakhe iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-1990 kwakubangelwa kakhulu ukwehluleka kweNgilandi ukuthola iphenathi eTurin.

Ukuguquguquka kwekusasa kuye kwabangela ukungalingani noma kwabacasula abadlali abaningi bebhola, kodwa naphezu kwabakhohlisi ababili bakaKipling bokunqoba nenhlekelele, ukulingana okuhle kukaBeckenbauer kusalokhu kuphawuleka. Ngisho noBrian Clough washukumiseleka ukuba athi ngaye: “Ngake ngambona uFranz Beckenbauer engena endaweni yokudlela futhi wakwenza ngendlela efanayo naleyo ayedlala ngayo ibhola: ngesigaba negunya.”

Enye indlela yokubheka umlando webhola iwukulwela igunya nethonya okuqhubekayo phakathi kwabadlali nabaqeqeshi. Kusukela ngawo-1930, abaqeqeshi bebelokhu benamandla kodwa uBeckenbauer ungomunye wabadlali bebhola abambalwa abashintshe ngempela indlela umdlalo odlalwa ngayo.

Nakuba engazange ayijabulele ngempela impilo ebaleni lokubhukuda – evuma ukuqeqesha iWest Germany, iMarseille kanye neBayern ngenxa yokuthi wayezizwa ephoqelekile ukusiza izikhungo ayezikhathalela – washeshe wazibonakalisa engumqeqeshi ohlakaniphile enkundleni.

Ngo-1967, iBayern yawina indebe yayo yokuqala yaseYurophu, iCup Winners' Cup. AmaRoten ayethuthuka nakanjani – lapho iBundesliga isungulwa ngo-1963, ayengabalulekile kakhulu ukuthi angamenywa ukuba ajoyine – kodwa uBeckenbauer wabona ukuthi kudingeka ushintsho lwesinyathelo. Ngaphansi komqeqeshi wabo obonayo uZlatko Cajkovski, iBayern yayingamaqhawe kakhulu. Uma bezowina iBundesliga – futhi babe nethuba lokudlala kwi-European Cup – kwakudingeka basebenze kahle kakhulu.

Lokho kwakungeke kwenzeke ngaphansi kweYugoslav, eyashiya iqembu ngonyaka olandelayo. Phakathi kuka-1974 no-1976, iBayern yaba yiqembu lesithathu ukuwina iNdebe yaseYurophu kathathu ilandelana. Nakuba ukuwina kathathu kukaRoten kwafinyelelwa ngaphansi kokuphathwa kukaDettmar Cramer no-Udo Lattek, ungenza icala lokuthi uBeckenbauer, oqondisa umdlalo njengomdlali oshaya ibhola, wayengumakhi wangempela waleyo nkathi yegolide.

UBeckenbauer wayenethonya elikhulu njengomuntu okhululekile, kangangokuthi ibhola laseJalimane laqhubeka liyisithiyo seqhawe lakhe isikhathi eside ngemuva kokuba ebeke phansi izintambo zakhe ngo-1983. Ngisho nango-1996, lapho iJalimane iba ngompetha baseYurophu, umdlali wabo onethonya kakhulu kwakunguMatthias Sammer, owayeshaya ibhola. Kwaze kwaba yilapho uRudi Voller ethatha izintambo, ngemuva kwe-Euro 2000 eyayiyinhlekelele, lapho iMannschaft yagcina yenze ubumbuka bamaqhinga - ngokwesiJalimane - futhi yamshiya lo mdlali.

Njengomdlali osemncane, uBeckenbauer wayengumuntu othanda kakhulu uGiacinto Facchetti, okungenzeka ukuthi wayengumdlali wasemuva ohlaselayo omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni ngawo-1960. Njengoba uBrian Glanville ephawulile encwadini yakhe ethiUmnakekeliumlando wokufa kwesithixo sase-Italy, “Ebuka ukuhlasela okumangalisayo kukaFacchetti okuvela emuva kwesobunxele, amabhola akhe anamandla onyawo lwesokudla, uBeckenbauer wazibuza ukuthi kungani yena, njengo-libero nomdlali oshaya ibhola, kungafanele ahlasele evela endimeni ephakathi. Wenza kanjalo, futhi ibhola eliphelele lazalelwa eBayern Munich.”

Iphuzu lokugcina likaGlanville liyaphikisana. UBeckenbauer akakaze asho izinto ezinkulu kangaka egameni lakhe. Kodwa-ke, njengomuntu owayecabange kakhulu ngomdlalo, wayenesimo sakhe esithakazelisayo ngebhola eliphelele, wake wathi: “Kube yinto emangalisayo kakhulu kunanoma yimuphi umlingo. AmaDashi aphunyuka kukho isikhathi eside ngoba abaphikisi babengenakukwazi ukuthola ukuthi yimaphi amaqhinga ababebhekene nawo. Kwakungekho maqhinga nhlobo, abadlali abahlakaniphile kuphela ababephethe ibhola.”

Ngamanye amazwi, empikiswaneni ephindaphindayo ngethonya labaqeqeshi nabadlali ekuthuthukisweni komdlalo, uBeckenbauer uyaqiniseka ukuthi, naphezu kwalokho okungase kusikisele isikole somlando sebhola, ibhola eliphelele lalikweleta uJohan Cruyff kakhulu kunoRinus Michels.

U-Osvaldo Ardiles uthe umdlali webhola ovelele kakhulu eJalimane wayengumholi odlale ibhola elihle kakhulu. Izinsuku zikaBeckenbauer zodumo ziyisikhumbuzo esibuhlungu sesikhathi lapho abaqeqeshi babengebona bonke abaphathi abangondlovukayiphikiswa futhi abadlali babengaba ngabaholi nabo.

Akukhona ukuthi isitayela sakhe sakholisa wonke umuntu. Ezinkathini ezimbili eNew York Cosmos, ukudlala kwakhe kwaba yinto engenangqondo kakhulu komunye wabaphathi owakhononda kumuntu owayemphethe: “Tshela uKraut ukuthi aqale – asikhokhi isigidi ngomuntu ozohlala evikela.”

Ekugcineni, sizoncoma imikhiqizo ehlobene nebhola enkampanini yethu.