Bayern-luck

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Bayern-luck, originally Bayern-Dusel (derived from German : Dusel, lit. undeserved luck [1] ), is a widespread myth about football in Germany. According to the proverbial expression, record winning Bayern Munich often wins at the last minute. The expression has been used since the 1970s [2] and is often used as a catchphrase with regard to other teams and circumstances. [3] [4]

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Point of view of FC Bayern players and officials

Oliver Kahn, after a last minute win against Hannover 96, stated that there is no luck for free, you have to enforce it. [5] Bastian Schweinsteiger commented upon a narrowly won game against Hamburger SV in February 2004, saying "Bayerndusel is back! (Der Bayern-Dusel ist wieder da!)" [6]

However, when Ulrich Hoeneß was asked by a "FCB TV" reporter about the Bayern-Dusel being the reason for a last-minute win against Karlsruher SC, he reacted by threatening to sack the reporter on the spot. [7]

Theoretical background

Christian Schütte described the Bayern Dusel as being the result of cognitive bias, [8] while others presume the claimed luck to be based on a higher self-confidence and better physical training of Bayern players. [9] [10]

Journalist Alex Feuerherdt postulated the Chit Chat about the Bayerndusel as a superficially harmless tirade that has nonetheless a certain background in the History of FC Bayern Munich. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Dusel-Entry on duden-suche.de
  2. ↑ Eichler, Christian (2000). Lexikon der Fußballmythen (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn-Verlag. p. 232.
  3. ↑ "Mit dem Bayern-Dusel wird Hertha sogar Meister" [Hertha to become Champion based on Bayerndusel]. Welt Online (in German). 16 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Schalke mit Bayerndusel" [Schalke with Bayerndusel]. Focus Online (in German). 15 October 2005.
  5. ↑ Bark, Markus (18 April 2005). "Der FC Dusel" [Dusel F.C.]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Hoeltzenbein, Klaus (23 February 2004). "Die Schwächeren schlagen die Dümmeren" [The weaker ones beat the dumber ones]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German).
  7. ↑ Vielberg, U.; J. Althoff; F. Seidel; H. Falsehr (18 October 2008). "Bayern-Dusel und Hoeneß-Zoff" [Bayern-luck and Hoeneß-trouble]. Bild (in German).
  8. ↑ Schütte, Christian (2006). Matchwinner und Pechvögel: Ergebniserklärung in der Fußballberichterstattung[Match winners and jinxes: the explaining of match results in football reporting] (in German). Hamburg. pp. 376 ff.
  9. ↑ Voelpel, Sven C.; Ralf Lanwehr (2009). Management für die Champions League: Was wir vom Profifußball lernen können[Management for Champions League: what we can learn from professional Football] (in German). Erlangen.
  10. ↑ "Von Glückspilz Klinsmann und überschätzten Trainern" [Of Lucky Klinsmann and overrated trainers]. Der Westen (in German). February 2009.
  11. ↑ Feuerherdt, Alex. ""FC Hollywood, Lackstiefelclub". "Über Deutsche und Linksdeutsche Ressentiments gegen den FC Bayern München"" ["Hollywood F.C", "Patent leather club". (On German and Leftist-German resentments against F.C. Bayern Munich)] (in German). Antifa Freiburg. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Text of a speech from 15 December 2005 about FC Bayern Munich and the German Left

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