Paul Breitner On What Needs To Change In American Youth Soccer -

Paul Breitner is a very famous German former pro soccer player.  Breitner was on the West Germany team that won the 1974 FIFA World Cup and scored a goal in the final. In the 1982 World Cup final, Breitner scored again and is one of the few players in the world — like Pele and Zinédine Zidane – who have scored in two World Cup finals. 

Considered one of the top greatest living footballers. Breitner’s soccer career kicked off in 1970 at the age of 21 when he played for Bayern Munich, then left to join Real Madrid, only to returning in later to Bayern Munich. In total, he played in 255 matches for Bayern in the German “Bundesliga,” scoring 83 Goals. Breitner did not dream of becoming a world class soccer player but thought of playing soccer as a way to pay for his college tuition – and ended up winning seven National Championships with Bayern Munich (1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981) and two with Real Madrid (1975, 1976).  

A living soccer hero, Breitner is dedicated to giving back to the sport he loves dearly and to helping develop the next generation of World Cup players. As the brand ambassador for FCB, Breitner does his job by representing Bayern at national and international events and traveled to the USA for the 2015 NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia.   

Diane Scavuzzo sat down to chat with Paul Breitner in Philly to discover his thoughts on the future of soccer. Here is the first part of a mulit-part series. Diane Scavuzzo: 

If you were a player who had been developed in America, would you have gone on to be a professional player who scored in two World Cup finals? 

Never, sad Paul.

Diane Scavuzzo: So you don’t believe you would have grown into the player you became if you had been developed in our current youth soccer world? Paul Breitner: No, I would have developed as the same as 100 (other) players in the US. You have the same types of players and everyone has to learn the same moves. Diane Scavuzzo: 

You are one of the most successful soccer players in the world. Tell me, what is important for a soccer player to be successful? Paul Breitner: A soccer player has to do his job feeling free, and not being commanded and demanded – a soccer player cannot have every step and every move commanded. A soccer player needs to have the freedom to create ideas. 

A soccer player must do his job playing 30, 40, or 60 minutes feeling free – and feeling free means being responsible for one position; the way he has to do defend and attack in his own way – with his own intuition. Diane Scavuzzo: What do you believe is wrong in American youth soccer? Paul Breitner: 

The problem is that Americans think that soccer is a sport similar to football, baseball or basketball. Americans think soccer players are athletes – and, no way. A soccer player is a player and not an athlete. Soccer players are artists. Coaches in the USA have to realize that they are instructing, working with an artist and they are not working with robots.

American coaches are in command for over 90 minutes dictating every pass and every move. Diane Scavuzzo: Do you have to be smart to be a soccer player?     

Paul Breitner: You do not have to have an IQ of 150 become a soccer player, but players need a coach who will respect them as an individuals. Diane Scavuzzo: How are youth soccer players developed in Germany? Paul Breitner: In Germany, every player is guided referring to his own possibilities, his own skills and is not treated the same way as the ten or fifteen guys on his team. 

Our kids get the chance to start playing at 3 or 4 years old and these kids can play until they die. They will join their first team when they are at the age of 4 and be instructed step-by-step and discover all kinds of freedom, creativity and responsibility. Respect, partnership, fairness; we teach these values from the age of four. There is no better way than to learn everything for your life than Futbol. Diane Scavuzzo: If you were given a magic wand to change things – what would you do? Paul Breitner: 

For the soccer of the future in America, it would be very positively to get European coaches as your partners. If you want to break out of a very closed soccer program, you should partner with a club with strong history of developing players. Note: Bayern had more players at the World Cup than any other club and seven players on the German squad who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Started in 1900,

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Well every one can take the sardines to his net... I do mine, I think that US  need to have coachs from Brazil also, To teach how is play soccer with finess, and its not only the reason that we have lost a game to Germany National Team, that we are not the number one country in the world who have won almost every class of World Cup (Youngs, feminine and mans), we get all tournaments, we only need a Olympic gold medal for the mans teams.

Now, Germany is the only solution for all countries who want appear at the world in the football/soccer matters and this is not true.  I have work and live in US and know the problems also, So, is complicated your nominee a way to developer properly the young soccer at this country.

My opinion, is a mix, not only Germany, but English, Brazilian, Spain, Italy, France, all top countrys have to contribute to see North Americans players to be suceed even because down at this country the miscegenation is large (like us in Brazil), they grand fathers and grand mothers have come from all over the world, so not more fair that have this.

BAYERN DISPONIBILIZARÁ 240 MILHÕES DE EUROS PARA GUARDIOLA CONTRATAR / BAYERN WILL PROVIDE 240 MILLIONS OF EUROS TO GUARDIOLA HIRE

Neymar, Isco e Gotze são alguns dos nomes especulados para a próxima temporada.

O Bayern de Munique disponibilizará 240 milhões de euros para o futuro técnico do clube, Pep Guardiola, gastar em contratações. 

A informação é do site alemão Saz-Aktuell.com.

Fonte: Esporte Interativo. Foto: Reuters. Tradução: Roberto Queiroz e Roberto Queiroz Junior.

Neymar, Gotze and Isco are some of the names speculated for next season would be transfer.

Bayern Munich will provide 240 million of euros for the future of the club coach, Pep Guardiola, spend on hiring. 

This information comes from German site Saz-Aktuell.com.

Source: Sports Interactive. Photo: Reuters. Translation: Roberto Queiroz and Roberto Queiroz Junior.

APÓS ÁRBITRO SE DESCULPAR POR VERMELHO INJUSTO, FEDERAÇÃO ALEMÃ REVOGA SUSPENSÃO DE LATERAL DO DORTMUND / AFTER REFEREE APOLOGIZE FOR UNFAIR RED CARD, THE GERMAN FEDERATION REVOKES SUSPENSION SIDE OF DORTMUND

Reveja o lance que resultou na errada expulsão de um jogador do Dortmund no sábado! Após expulsar o lateral esquerdo Marcel Schmelzer, do Borussia Dortmund, no último sábado.

Após expulsar o lateral esquerdo Marcel Schmelzer, do Borussia Dortmund, no último sábado, o árbitro Wolfgang Stark afirmou que o cartão vermelho foi injusto. A declaração fez com que a Federação Alemã de Futebol anulasse a suspensão automática do jogador, livre para jogar na próxima partida.

"Normalmente, a expulsão de um jogador significa suspensão de pelo menos um jogo, já que a FIFA geralmente protege as decisões dos árbitros. A única exceção é quando a expulsão é obviamente e, sem margem de dúvida, baseada no erro do árbitro", explicou a Federação em comunicado oficial.

Contra o Wolfsburg, pela Bundesliga, Stark puniu o jogador ao ver mão na bola dentro da área. Além da expulsão, o pênalti dado contra o time da casa foi convertido pelo meia atacante Diego, sacramentando a vitória visitante por 3 a 2. "Eu errei e naturalmente lamento", foram as palavras de Stark após o jogo.

Desta forma, Schmelzer está à disposição do técnico Jürgen Klopp para o jogo deste domingo, contra o Hoffenheim, pela 17ª rodada do Nacional.

Fazia tempo que não se via tantos erros em uma só partida da Bundesliga, o árbitro e seus auxiliares estavam perdidos e contribuíram para que o jogo ficasse completamente perdido. Mas, depois o mesmo árbitro reconheceu uma parte de seus erros quando expulsou o jogador, mas não impediu que com esta atitude o jogo mudasse de rumo.

Portanto, o que se puder fazer com a tecnologia para se dar transparência e corrigir erros nos jogos, se deve sim, fazer.

Por Agência Gazeta Press- espn.com.br Foto: Divulgação.

Comentário: Roberto Queiroz. Tradução: Roberto Queiroz e Roberto Queiroz Junior.

Review bid that resulted in the wrong after took out a player from Dortmund on Saturday! After expelling the left wing back Marcel Schmelzer of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

After expelling the left wing back Marcel Schmelzer of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, the referee Wolfgang Stark said the red card was unfair. The statement caused the German Football Federation annul the automatic suspension of the player, free to play in the next match.

"Normally, the expulsion of a player means suspension of at least one game, since usually protects FIFA referees' decisions. The only exception is when the expulsion is obviously and without a doubt, based on the referee's error," Federation explained in a statement.

Against Wolfsburg, the Bundesliga, Stark punished the player to see the hand ball inside the area. Besides the expulsion, the penalty, give against the home team was converted by the striker Diego, and finish the victory by 3-2. "I was wrong and of course I regret," were the words of Stark after the game.

Thus, Schmelzer is available to coach Jürgen Klopp for the game this Sunday against Hoffenheim, the 17th round of the National.

It was time not seen so many mistakes in one game in the Bundesliga, the referee and his assistants were lost and helped that the game be completely out. But, even after the referee recognized a portion of their mistake, when the player was put out the match, the situation not change and did not stop with this attitude changed the course of the game.

So what if you can do with technology to provide transparency and correct errors in the games, you should rather do.

By Agency Press-Gazette espn.com.br Photo: Disclosure.

Comment: Roberto Queiroz. Translation: Roberto Queiroz and Roberto Queiroz Junior.

E AGORA A DESMORALIZAÇÃO DO FUTEBOL BRASILEIRO VESTE VERDE / AND NOW THE DEMORALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL VEST GREEN

Estava lembrando um episódio recém-acontecido no campeonato alemão da primeira divisão, ou seja, Bundesliga. Onde o Miroslav Klose, depois de ter feito um gol com a mão e ver seu feito validado, foi ao juiz e declarou o que havia feito, e vejam os senhores a bola já estava no centro do gramado para ser reiniciado o jogo, o árbitro imediatamente mandou a bola para ser reiniciado com tiro de meta e ninguém falou mais nada, pois se tratava apenas de uma ação íntegra de alguém que é um cidadão decente.

Vejam o tremendo contraste de atitude e de comportamento, mas aqui, além de termos um Argentino tentando desmoralizar o nosso futebol, temos os nossos próprios mandatários que só pensam em levar vantagem, agirem desta maneira, colocando uma pá de cal neste futebol desmoralizado e sem transparência.

O Palmeiras está na zona de rebaixamento e faz tempo, não consegue sair por seus meios e por culpa de sua diretoria e pasmem os senhores, existe uma meia dúzia de senhores que se alto denominam, experts do futebol que tentam terminar de enterrar o futebol brasileiro. Arranjam qualquer desculpa e se colar colou, que se danem a ética, o que é certo e o que tem bom senso.

Por exemplo, onde já se viu uma instituição pública ter clausula de confidencialidade, isto não existe. Quando se é uma instituição privada, com um dono, até que se entende e se admite, mas uma instituição em que se está como presidente apenas por algum tempo, só se pode deduzir que tem algo de podre em tudo isto, infelizmente esta é a verdade.

Lutando por princípios  esta é a alegação do clube, a alegação é que a FIFA não admite interferência de terceiros? O que estão tentando é a valorização do ato ilícito  é este principio? E não aquele que é o fator que criou esta idiossincrasia, que é o fato de a bola ter sido direcionada ao gol com a mão, portanto, não existiu gol nenhum. Este sim é o fato.

Agora temos que esperar o julgamento de uma coisa que é transparente e insofismável, que foi o gol com a mão do jogador Argentino e que deve está rindo a vontade com esta falta de integridade dos homens que fazem o futebol brasileiro. Ele deveria está sendo punido, se fossemos um País sério e que tivesse comprometimento com a verdade, seria este o resultado.

Estamos vendo as coisas no futebol e na vida deste País, simplesmente acontecerem para termos um colapso geral. Os valores morais não existem mais, o que existe é apenas a vontade de meia dúzia e ninguém faz nada.

Se alguém acha que agindo desta maneira irá evitar o rebaixamento do Palmeiras, somente, está redondamente enganado, irá sim, rebaixar ainda mais todo o futebol brasileiro.

Comentário: Roberto Queiroz. Foto: divulgação.

Tradução: Roberto Queiroz e Roberto Queiroz Junior.

I was remembering an episode recently happened in the German first division league, or Bundesliga. Where Miroslav Klose, after making a goal with his hand and see validated done, was at the referee and said that he had made by hand, and behold the masters the ball was already in the center of the pitch for the game to be restarted, the referee immediately sent the ball to be re-shot goal and nobody said anything because it was just an action full of someone who is a decent citizen.

Look at the tremendous contrast in attitude and behavior, but here, in addition to having a Argentino trying to demoralize our football, we have our own directors who only think of taking advantage, act this way, putting a whitewash in this football demoralized and without transparency.

Palmeiras is in the relegation zone from a long time and does not get out of their means and by fault of its directors and Messrs. amazingly, there is half a dozen gentlemen who call themselves tall, football experts who try to finish burying the Brazilian football. Arrange any excuse and paste pasted, ethics be damned, what is right and what common sense is.

For example, have you ever seen a public institution with a clause of confidentiality, it does not exist. When it is a private institution, with an owner until he understands and accepts, but an institution that is just as president for some time, we can only deduce that there is something rotten in all this, unfortunately this is the truth.

Fighting for "principles" this is the club's claim, the claim is that FIFA does not allow interference from others? What are trying is the enhancement of tort is this principle? And not one that is the factor that created this idiosyncrasy, is the fact that the ball has been directed to the goal with his hand, so there was no goal. This indeed is the fact.

Now we have to wait for the judgment of one thing that is clear and compelling, that was the goal with the player's hand and that should the Argentino is laughing comfortable with this lack of integrity of the men who make Brazilian football. Should he is being punished, if we were a serious country and he had a commitment to truth, this would be the result.

We're seeing things in football and in life in this country, just happen to have a general collapse. Moral values ​​no longer exist, what exists is only the will of half a dozen and nobody does anything.

If anyone thinks that acting this way, will avoid relegation from Palmeiras, only, are sadly mistaken, will rather further debase the entire Brazilian football.

Comment: Roberto Queiroz. Photo: publicity.

Translation: Roberto Queiroz and Roberto Queiroz Junior.