Thomas Müller has greatly influenced modern football, often overlooked in discussions about his career despite his significant achievements. Fans typically appreciate his loyalty and humor, but his skills are rarely highlighted. Unlike flashy dribblers, Müller emphasizes the importance of game intelligence in football. He acknowledges that he has never felt underrated, expressing a desire to clarify that technique is more than just dribbling. Bayern Munich must provide an appropriate farewell to Müller, reflecting on his 25 years with the club through a documentary.
The issue of being underrated is something I've never felt. The only thing I would have liked to have spoken out more against, although the discussion wouldn't have helped me back then or I didn't want to have it, is: technique is not dribbling! Of course, dribblers and, above all, exceptional dribblers who can go straight past you give the team that special something and are very, very rare, and they are the 'technicians' people talk about. And yet I always had the feeling that I certainly did have and still do have very, very good technique when it comes to the basic elements.
I don't want to somehow coolly keep my distance from it, like... rather, I do want to feel it - and I do feel it too. And what I feel is simply a huge amount of appreciation, up and down the country. I don't have the feeling something's being taken away from me. So I don't see why I should cry.
Arguably, we all grew up in an era of 'aesthetics'. Picture-perfect dribbling and skills reign supreme and compilation videos do an endless favor to players who can pander to that audience. Game intelligence, though the cornerstone of football simply does not get enough credit, and that is where a player like Thomas Müller goes.
Against this backdrop, Bayern, as a club, is obligated to deliver an appropriate farewell for a legend of his stature. The documentary aims to give a nostalgic lens into what was 25 years of...
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