Lothar Matthäus Bulgaria

It is very difficult to find in the history of great football players who are also great coaches. I do not mean good players but at large, stars, figures ...

It occurs to me the case of Alfredo Di Stefano at Madrid gave him all the joys that gave off the bench and won the tournament with the two most famous of his country: Boca and River. Johann Cruyff at Barcelona, "doing great in ' 70 on the grass and in the 90s from the outside of it, "Franz Beckenbauer, World Champion in '74 and '90 the two functions and not more than that. Platini and Maradona have experienced erratic in their selections and other large and Pele never risked the most dangerous profession of football. Among the stars that have yet to find its way as Lothar Matthaus is DT.

Just this exquisite footballer who used to be the organizer of the German champion in Italy, mastermind of the Inter-'80s and even defensive axis of Bayern Munich in the mid 90s, entered into a contract to take over the selection of Bulgaria. There, the man who has played games in the world in the 80-year history of this competition and it was the first FIFA World Player in 1991 will try to qualify for the Euro 2012 team was never able to have the performance that were great men like Hristo Stoichkov, Krassimir Balakov, Luboslav Penev and Emil Kostadinov.

Why even say that Lothar coach does not make even a hint of what it was like football? His track record says it all: Rapid Vienna with mediocre results, Partizan Belgrade with a modest performance in UEFA Champions League, in which English ousted Newcastle in the third round of qualifying, and an erratic pass by this selection of Hungary with which was not Germany 2006. The best thing was to get a league win at Red Bull Austria Salzburg Giovanni Trapattoni of sporting director.

It also records several steps comedy career on the bench ... Seven games with Atletico Paranaense of Brazil with whom terminated because of family problems, a short cycle in the Maccabi Netanya in Israel that ended due to financial problems and finally an agreement never materialized with Racing Club de Avellaneda although in that state had announced its link with the club.

In short, Lothar Matthäus at age 49 must reinvent themselves and show in Bulgaria which is more than a former footballer but a current coach.