Summer breeze, 1989, Milan city, the world-class team Milan already has two German Mateus and Bremer, even with a 2.6 million pounds offer to Stuttgart to buy Klinsmann offensive. Stuttgart was quick to respond to the temptation. What's more interesting is that the reason why the Blue and Black Army is so decisive is only because Klinsmann took the initiative to seek Mateusz and Bremer, expressing his desire to join the strong desire to join the Serie A. At this point, Milan's German triumvirate is officially assembled. In the season before Klinsmann joined Inter, Mateusz and Bremer led the Blue and Blacks to reclaim the Serie A title from city rivals AC Milan, scoring a league-high 58 points in the two-point system era. However, just like the five years in Stuttgart, the trio never managed to touch the glory of the league title again in the following three seasons. In his three seasons in Milan, Klinsmann played 123 matches for the team, scoring 40 goals, a small World Cup and Serie A challenge that was undoubtedly far superior to the Bundesliga at the time. Despite the league's lack of success, the trio still teamed up to win the 1989 Italian Super Cup and the 1990-1991 European Cup, one of the few highlights of their combined career.
Why have the Big Three struggled to conquer Serie A? Perhaps it has something to do with Mateusz's character. Soon after Klinsmann joined the team, Mateusz had a rift with Klinsmann and Bremer. Mateusz's overly flamboyant personality sparked strong resentment among his teammates, and when Mateusz suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in early 1992, his teammates didn't send their condolences to the centerpiece of the team, but instead went to manager Corrado Aurico to celebrate the fact that they could finally send the complaining teammate away. Orrico was also skeptical and asked the other two Germans for their opinions. Klinsmann was blunt and told him to get lost. Bremer's response was slightly more mellow, "It's better to send him away." In the summer of 1992, the big three officially parted ways, with Mateusz returning to his old club Bayern, Klinsmann joining Ligue 1 side Monaco, and Bremer heading to La Liga side Zaragoza.
Although he did not gain much at the club level, Klinsmann did reap the honors of being a World Cup winner and a runner-up in the European Cup at the national team level. 1990 was the summer of Italy, and under the leadership of Beckenbauer, the Federal Republic of Germany, with the Big Three at its core, embarked on the road to the championship. In the group stage, West Germany beat Yugoslavia 4-1 and swept the United Arab Emirates 5-1. After an early exit, Beckenbauer arranged for a number of players to rotate against Colombia, and the team drew 1-1 to finish first in the group. Klinsmann scored two goals in the three group games, placing him behind Mateusz and Voller, who scored three.
To Beckenbauer's surprise, the Netherlands performed poorly in the group stage, only relying on the advantage of goal scoring to press past Ireland and advance to the 1/8 final in second place in the group. Just like that, Holland and West Germany encountered each other in advance, and it was a battle between the Triumvirate and the Three Musketeers. Two years ago in the European Cup, West Germany was eliminated by the Netherlands in the semi-finals, this time counts as a revenge battle between the two sides. As expected, this early duel between Holland and West Germany became a famous game that will live on in the World Cup. In the first half of the match, Voller's use of the Tui tactic led to both himself and Rijkaard being sent off. Because Voller was sent off with a red card, Klinsmann could only play a single striker by himself. In the 52nd minute of the second half, Klinsmann scored his most important goal of the World Cup, receiving a teammate's downward pass from the left, Klinsmann grabbed the ball in front of the goal to break the deadlock. Bremer's long-range shot then helped West Germany seal the win, and although Koeman used a penalty kick to equalize for the Netherlands, it was too little too late. West Germany took revenge on the Netherlands 2-1 and advanced to the last eight of the World Cup.
In the quarterfinals and semifinals, West Germany eliminated Czechoslovakia and England led by Reinke and advanced to the final. This time it was Argentina, led by Diego Maradona, who had made his debut against West Germany in the final of the World Cup in Mexico four years ago. For Klinsmann, Maradona is his own a year ago to hate the League Cup enemy. When enemies see each other, they see each other red. However, the Argentinean team is now suffering from a lack of soldiers, including Caniggia, four main players have no chance to enter the game. In the whole game, the strength of the clearly superior West Germany team, only allowed Argentina to get a shot on goal, but the Germans were slow to get a goal. The most controversial moment of Klinsmann's career came in the 65th minute of the second half. The Golden Bomber broke through on the right side of the field, Argentine defender Pedro Monzón made up for the slip, Klinsmann exaggeratedly jumped up high, fell heavily on the grass, and then he completed a very technical action, his head on the ground as a pivot point, his body made a forceful action similar to a carp, and the whole body seemed to be too painful to toss and lift up, and rolled over and over again. Referee Edgardo showed a red card to Monson, only 20 minutes into the game Monson thus became the first red card winner in the history of the World Cup finals. Argentina's De Zotti then accumulated two yellow cards and was also red-carded. West Germany won the Cup with a penalty kick from Bremer. The following day, La Gazzetta dello Sport headlined "The Ugliest Final Ever" about the referee's decision in the final. Many were certain that Klinsmann was diving and deliberately exaggerating the fouls committed by his opponents. But Klinsmann also had something to say: "If he hadn't touched me, where would I have gotten the 15 centimeter cut on my leg?"
After winning the Hercules Cup, Klinsmann went into a career slump, and his poor performance in Milan caused him to lose his position as Germany's main striker. However, because of the injury of Voller, Klinsmann still as Germany's main center forward for the 1992 European Cup. However, due to injuries, Klinsmann played poorly throughout the tournament, only scoring one goal against the Netherlands. In the end, Germany still stumbled into the final, but became the backdrop of the Danish myth, 0-2 missed the opportunity to top Europe.
