Such a thing should be banned.
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The great luck of the irresistible solo: The Munich Bavarians love their “Phonsie” as a naturally gifted singer, dancer, parodist, joker – and as the fastest player in the Champions League.
Dhe hardest currency in football is speed. Many can handle the ball. Very few can do it at top speed. Some speed can be practiced and learned: in perceiving, thinking, acting. The players who make the difference at the highest level, the final phase of the Champions League, are often those with something that cannot be learned, a sheer, archaic speed: the one in the legs.
Three weeks before the semi-final against Olympique Lyon this Wednesday in Lisbon (9 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Champions League, Sky and Dazn), an opponent whose five-man defense bar withstood the favorites Juventus Turin and Manchester City and only in fast runs in the Got deep into trouble, Uli Hoeneß called Bayern today “the fastest that ever existed”. As a young professional half a century ago, he was considered the fastest striker in Europe. But last year, as president, he saw a player in the Bayern shirt who surpassed everything: Alphonso Davies. “The fastest player I have ever seen,” said Hoeneß. “From a standing start, right from the first few meters.”
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