Temptation
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[MENTION=16942]BBZ8800[/MENTION], great to see you coming back to commenting on football.
It is a matter of personal taste for sure, the Bayern I liked the most was Heynckes' Bayern which in my opinion is a combination of both "German physique, German mental strength, German's being ruthless" that you were talking about and the technical and tactical finesse introduced by Louis van Gaal. They were so mobile, quick and pressing like we were but also super physical and relentless, having different gameplans up their sleeves instead of just playing the ground game and passing the balls around, or only hoofing long balls. Multidimensional might be the word. That was the perfect combination in my opinion.
Becoming "softer" and more technical is the trend in world football that no club can avoid, I think.
2012-13 ish Bayern were one of the most versatile and complete teams I have ever seen. They had everything. They had the technical and tactical nous, they had speed, strength, stamina, height, physicality. They were good at dominating the ball possession while being equally adept at destroying teams on the counter. They could even play route 1 long ball style if required. And yeah that German ruthlessness and efficiency made them deadlier.
Softness always hurts in Cup runs at the highest level. The right amount of steel and even nastiness is required. Like Jose Mourinho said in the Amazon doc: "Good guys never win."
Massive credit to Klopp for winning 2 league titles and other trophies against that team in that era.