In 2000, Mourinho was still working as a translator at Barcelona and Ferguson was dominating the Premier League.
And Lu Han, this Chinese young man regarded as a "temporary scapegoat" by the entire Bundesliga, used three years of basic salary training and youth team coaching in exchange for the opportunity to stand on the coaching bench.
Facing doubts from around the world, he said coldly: "Don't ask me if I know football. I just know that no one wants to win more than me."
Media: "What do you do to win against Bayern?"
Lu Han: "Take my discarded general who was abandoned by Bayern, and the best tactical method that I spent three years observing and analyzing."
Mourinho: "I am the most special one."
Lu Han: "No, Jose, only when you win all five major league championships and have so many Champions League trophies that Real Madrid can't let go, then you have the right to call yourself special."
Starting from the cold late autumn of 2000, Lu Han used his wisdom, anger and hard work to transform Leverkusen from "the second best player in a thousand years" to "the championship collector".
The five major leagues? That's my back garden.
Champions League trophy? I usually use it for flower arrangements.
All famous coaches are chasing his back, and all superstars are proud to enter his dressing room.
My name is Lu Han, and I am the most special person on this planet.
No, I am the only one - because I won the world that belongs to me with sweat, pain and anger.
