When Atletico Madrid returned to Madrid from Catalonia, Dick's cold had already initially recovered - he had no serious problems to begin with, it was just that he had played a little crazy in Australia and was overworked, which led to a decline in physical fitness.
After two days of bed rest and taking medicine, the cold naturally healed quickly.
Although the tip of his nose was still a little red and his eyes were a little red, Dick showed up at the training ground the next day in high spirits. What he didn't know was that Marriner was a little depressed...
"Guys, it's just a draw... Although we were beaten by Real Madrid by three points, we still have a chance! You were in good form in the last game. I'm very happy about this. In the next game, we can
There can be no more slacking off! I thought I had a cold and failed to encourage you, but one thing I want to tell you now is that the real decisive battle has begun from now on!"
"Twenty-one rounds of the league, several Copa del Rey games, and seven UEFA Cup games! In these thirty or so games, each of you must concentrate your full attention and go all out in every game! Don't
I think too much about other things, how to prioritize and arrange the rhythm of the entire season. This task is completed by me! As long as I arrange for you to play, let me show your full strength! Victory will definitely belong to us, and in the end
The victory will definitely belong to us! We must finish the seven games of the UEFA Cup and win in the final! In the remaining games of the league, we must grab all the points we can grab. Real Madrid is indeed very good now.
Strong, but don't forget how we defeated them 4-1 at home! Atletico Madrid is the most powerful now, sprint, start from now on!"
Dick's loud voice echoed on the training ground. The morale of Atletico Madrid players, which had been slightly low due to the draw in the last round, began to slowly recover. I don't know when, when I heard Dick's loud voice
When the time comes, they will feel at ease and feel that nothing can stop them...
"Don't worry, boss, we will do our best in all the next games!" Captain Aguilera spoke on behalf of the team: "This season, our goal is the league championship and the UEFA Cup championship, at least we
We must also work hard in this direction!”
When saying this, Aguilera had firmness in his eyes. Although he was trained by Atletico Madrid and is now the oldest player in the team, his only regret is that the season when Atletico Madrid won the Triple Crown.
, he did not play for Atletico Madrid, which is also a huge regret in his career...
Jardel also waved his fist. He joined Atletico Madrid for the top league championship and European honors. Dick's arrangement of goals made the Brazilian forward seem so excited.
Although the expressions of the two French internationals Makelele and Thuram did not change much, they were as happy with Dick's goal as Jardel - they had different purposes for joining Atletico Madrid, and Makelele was
He felt that on a bigger stage like Atletico Madrid, he would have a better chance of being selected for the French national team. Thuram was moved by Dick's words and believed that Atletico Madrid was an ambitious team...
Belleron and Baraja were equally happy. They chose to stay because they believed Dick could bring something different to Atletico Madrid. Of course, they were not the main force and core of Atletico Madrid before, but they were dismissed.
Dick has become the main force and core, and Torres's eyes are shining. Even if he is not the main force, he is very happy to be a part of the team and move towards this goal - because this is what he has dreamed of since he was a child.
!
Seeing that the team's morale was beginning to be mobilized by him, Dick waved his hand with satisfaction and asked Marriner to take the players to training. What he didn't notice was that Marriner's mood didn't seem to be very high today.
Although the training was still well organized, it didn't have the usual energy.
No one else noticed this, because Marriner has always been a rather dull person, and his silence did not attract the attention of others. They just felt that something was not right about today's training. Why?
Dick didn't notice this. He just saw that the players didn't seem to be in particularly good condition during training. Maybe it was because the winter break had just passed and the body had not adapted to the rhythm of the game, so in the morning training
After it was over, he pulled Marriner over and said a few words to him, asking him to reduce the team's training content and take off today early.
Marriner carried out the execution in silence - the afternoon training seemed much more relaxed, and the atmosphere on the training ground began to become more active. After the training time was up, the players left the training ground one by one.
Prepare to go home and have a good rest for the next day's training.
Dick's cold has not completely recovered - this is one of the reasons why he did not notice something was wrong with Marriner, so after the training, he simply explained a few words to Marriner and went home to rest.
Marriner arranged some details in the locker room - he is indeed a competent head coach, and arranged all the minutiae things in order that Dick could not do and was too lazy to do. He was like a family member.
It's like a nanny in your life. When he's there, you don't feel anything is added, but if he's gone, you will definitely feel that something is missing.
After arranging everything, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. Marina drove his second-hand Mercedes-Benz back home. After entering the living room, he sighed tiredly and lay down on the sofa.
The wife brought him the food, and then looked at her husband who looked a little sluggish strangely - he was not like this at ordinary times. Even if he was busy at the club, he would help him do this and that when he got home, so this
The charming woman is quite satisfied with her husband. After all, he is also a former professional player, and now he earns a lot of money as an assistant coach. He is honest and never goes out to flirt with women. Such a man may not have any passion, but he is absolutely
Trustworthy - the number of times he went to nightclubs has increased significantly in the past six months, and it was that Di who led him into trouble!
"What's the matter, Robert, are you tired today?"
After setting the food, his wife came to Marina and touched Marina's forehead: "Are you not sick? I thought your young head coach had passed the cold to you."
"No, his cold is almost gone, and he pays attention to his contact with us and doesn't want to spread the cold to us."
Marina replied feebly, and his strange behavior also attracted his wife's attention.
"Then why are you listless? Is it because you are too tired from training? But you seem to be just directing the training."
Marina glanced at his wife angrily, and then sighed: "I just think that sometimes there is a big gap between people. I think I have worked very hard, but
When I replaced Dick in commanding the team this time, I discovered that I am really not the head coach... If Dick had commanded this game, we would probably... no, we would definitely win! But I am the commander.
?But we can only get a draw after all the hard work..."
"So he is the head coach and you are the assistant coach." His wife touched his face and said, "But in my heart, you are the best, and he can't do without you. Without you, there is no way for the players to succeed."
train."
"There are many coaches who can train players, but not many head coaches who can lead the team to victory."
Marriner shook his head: "I just think about it and feel a little unwilling. I retired at the age of thirty-two. Before that, I had already started taking coaching courses. After retiring, I studied for another three years, and then I worked in the first team and the second team successively.
After five years as an assistant coach, he has a lot of experience and practice, but coaching the team is still so difficult. And what about Dick? It only took him two years to obtain the coaching qualification certificate. Before leading the first team, he only had
Half a year of experience in coaching the second team, but I was able to achieve such outstanding results... Compared with him, my past decades have been in vain."
Only then did the wife realize that her husband was so listless because he had been hit hard - but think about it, compared with Dick, Marriner's coaching career for so many years can be said to have mediocre results...
"Why do you want to compare with him? He is him and you are you. You have no ambition to be a head coach, so why not just be an assistant coach? Besides, I think you like this job very much now."
His wife's relief did not make Marina feel better, because Marina understood what she said, but people's thinking is always very complicated. Some things cannot be solved just by knowing the reasons.
For example, when you quarrel with someone on the Internet, you clearly know that you will lose if you get angry, but you often cannot control yourself not to get angry because people's emotions are sometimes involuntary.
With such a depressed mood, Marriner did not have a good rest that night. When he appeared in front of Dick and other members of the coaching staff the next day, Dick and the others were shocked...
"Robert, what's wrong with you? Did you get kicked out of bed by your sister-in-law last night and you couldn't sleep well?"
Dick's words caused a burst of laughter from the coaches, and Ortega even said loudly: "I think he sneaked out to go to the nightclub yesterday! That's why he is so tired!"
In the face of the teasing of his colleagues, Marriner did not laugh and curse as usual - he is a serious assistant coach in the eyes of the players, but he is not so rigid in front of his colleagues. However, today, he is just
He waved his hand and replied: "I didn't have a good rest yesterday...but I'm fine."
Regarding his answer, the others had no other ideas, but Dick frowned. Although he and Marriner had known each other for a shorter time than other assistant coaches, they often pulled Marriner to discuss training matters.
Some details - or asking for advice, but Dick would never admit this - so he was more familiar with Marriner.
"There's something wrong with this guy." Dick thought to himself.
After Marriner and other assistant coaches arranged the details of today's training, Dick coughed dryly when he saw that the training time had not yet arrived, and then said: "Robert, come on, I have something to discuss about training.
You discuss it... Let’s go and find a place where no one is around.”
Seeing Dick leading Marriner away, the other assistant coaches laughed. Of course they knew that the so-called training discussion meant that Dick kept asking for details, and then Marriner answered - but well,
Dick is a man of great face. Everyone on earth knows that everyone is working for Dick, so give him as much face as you can.
What they didn't know was that this time Dick came to Marriner not to discuss training, but that Dick wanted to talk to Marriner - now Marriner is responsible for almost the entire team's training. At this time,
