"Under the leadership of young coach Dick, Atletico Madrid won the first UEFA Cup championship and the tenth league championship trophy in the club's history... This result surprised most people. During the season
Before the start, although Atletico Madrid has introduced many outstanding players in the transfer market, their probability of winning the championship is only ranked fifth in the entire La Liga. And they are not the most optimistic in the UEFA Cup.
The team... However, they won the championship in these two competitions at the same time. Such an achievement is enough to make their city rival Real Madrid feel wary-because next season, Atletico Madrid will show itself in the Champions League.
Ability!"
Atletico Madrid's championship can be called a miracle, and Dick played an indispensable role in this process. It is reported that many clubs have already wanted to invite Dick to join and coach their teams. For example, there were tossings last season.
In the situation, the Milan duo, who have changed several head coaches in a row without any effect, are the most famous names among them. There is no movement from other giants, because they don’t need a head coach yet. Although Bosque has not won the championship,
The position seems to be unstable, but it is obvious that Real Madrid will not consider Dick, who was also rejected by them two years ago. First of all, whether Dick will agree to coach Real Madrid due to his temperament is still a question, and secondly,
Real Madrid has not yet reached the point where Dick must come to save it, and the same applies to Barcelona.
Other mid-range teams are not very competitive to poach Dick. After all, Dick is doing very well in Atletico Madrid. Those who can be more attractive than Atletico Madrid are basically those traditional giants, and traditional giants need
Not many teams have changed their head coaches. This is why Hill, although worried, did not force Dick to renew his contract.
But Dick didn't care about other things at this time. He flew back to China - although he didn't have any direct relatives there, it was still his motherland after all. It was normal to go back to the country to relax during the holidays. At the same time, he
He also agreed to the invitation of CCTV to do a program on the sports channel - it was his friends Lin Hai and Sun Liang who led him, and he was also very interested in this kind of program - to improve his reputation in the eyes of the people of the motherland.
Image is also a very beautiful thing!
As for transfers, Atletico Madrid does not need major surgery now, and several transfer targets still need to be closely monitored. Dick can also relax.
After walking out of the Capital Airport, Dick saw Lin Hai and Sun Liang waiting in the airport lobby.
"Haha, hello, big coach."
Sun Liang came over and hugged Dick: "You are so awesome this season! La Liga champion! UEFA Cup champion! Damn it, no Asian head coach has ever achieved such outstanding results!"
"More than that, all the head coaches in Europe who can win the top league championship and the European competition championship are just the head coaches in Europe and South America. Dick is the first one outside these two places to achieve such outstanding results.
Head coach!" Lin Hai next to him said with a smile.
"Stop it, you two, please stop praising me... When are you going to do the show? It's not easy for me to come back. I have to have a good time. I don't have much time." Dick didn't say so many polite words.
Instead, he answered directly.
"No problem, it's just a matter of one or two days." Lin Hai said with a smile: "It's just a talk show. It will be broadcast after review. It will not affect your schedule... A head coach
There isn’t much rest time, we know that.”
"Understand each other, understand each other." Dick pretended to reach out to shake hands with Lin Hai and Sun Liang, causing them both to laugh at the same time.
Most of the time, the TV station moves relatively quickly. Of course, maybe it is because of Dick's different status now, so after Dick rested for a night, he went to the sports channel column group to prepare to participate in a certain issue of "Football."
"Night" special program, conversations with CCTV celebrities...
As for Dick, the newly promoted La Liga and UEFA Cup champion coach, the sports channel naturally did not dare to slack off and sent a very strong team to conduct this talk show, but the things discussed did not cross the line.
The main discussion was about Dick's experience in Europe, the learning process, and some interesting things in coaching. However, there was no talk about his previous rejection by Barcelona and Real Madrid, and he did not go to China.
The national team’s impact on the top ten competition this time was because in the previous preparations, Dick had let CCTV’s celebrities see his sharpness and stubbornness: “As a Chinese, I am very excited about this national team.
I am very confident to enter the World Cup finals, but I disagree with the Chinese Football Association's approach this time. In order to compete for the World Cup, the league is divided into that way? The league is the basis for a country's football progress. The league is ignored in order to compete for the World Cup.
This is to sacrifice the good for the sake of the bad! I will not say something that will make everyone unhappy at a time like this, but don’t let me say that the Chinese Football Association’s approach is wise, decisive and necessary.”
Seeing Dick's attitude, the famous speakers looked at each other in confusion. In fact, at this time, many people were thinking of dividing the league into several chaotic chunks or even suspending the league for a year. This was unnecessary behavior, but at this time
In the face of the dream of generations to "break out of Asia and go global", it seems that any sacrifice is possible, but Dick is the first person to firmly oppose it...
So in the conversation, Dick just expressed his congratulations on the Chinese national team's top ten competition, and believed that the Chinese national team will definitely be able to appear in the World Cup in South Korea and Japan next year. He even made a joking bet with a certain celebrity.
: "If the Chinese national team fails to enter the 2002 World Cup, I will run naked around ** Square!"
These words naturally caused everyone to burst into laughter. Basically all Chinese fans have heard of the anecdote about Dick making a bet with the reporter and running around naked. This time Dick brought up the old story again, naturally it was also a joke.
The meaning is in it.
"For me, I would rather not see you running naked, and I also hope that the national team can enter the World Cup..." A celebrity replied with a smile, which made the audience burst into laughter again.
"Dick, of course you have been very successful in the past season... No matter what head coach you are, being able to win the league championship in the world's top leagues such as Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, and La Liga is enough for you.
He ranks among the first-class coaches. Have you ever thought that Atletico Madrid is not big enough for you? Have you ever thought about coaching other giants?" Another famous speaker quickly put forward this question.
A question.
Of course, Dick had no worries about being interviewed in China - nowadays, European sports media don't want to come to China to dig up any news materials. On the contrary, Chinese reporters often copy European reports and then translate them and bring them back as so-called exclusive news.
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"I haven't thought about coaching other giants yet. I have a great time at Atletico Madrid, and the chairman, Mr. Hill, also trusts me. Such an environment is what all head coaches dream of. And Atletico Madrid has not failed to win the championship.
Strength, I have no plans to leave Atletico Madrid for the time being... But there is a saying in the coaching circle: 'Never say no to the future', so what the future will bring is still unknown." Dick replied with a smile.
"As far as I know, Atletico Madrid's chairman Hill does not have a good reputation in Spanish football. Thirteen head coaches have been fired during his tenure... It will be unpleasant to work under such a chairman.
"?" asked another CCTV celebrity.
Dick smiled: "Hill has indeed fired many head coaches... But you know, I am the first head coach to have complete transfer power under him. Because I am good enough, and because Hill is good enough
Wise. He knows that only I can bring championships to Atletico Madrid. Of course, this does not mean that he will always let me be the head coach of Atletico Madrid. In fact, except for figures like Ferguson, there are very few head coaches who can
If I keep working in one club, as long as I work hard, I won't have to worry about finding a place...so I have nothing to worry about."
Having said this, Dick added: "If Atletico Madrid wants to fire me, it will not be my loss, but the loss of Atletico Madrid Club."
This sentence seemed a bit outrageous, but the fans at the scene were extremely relieved to hear it - it is just a small Atletico Madrid, and it is not a traditional giant like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Bayern.
Our Comrade Dick is so outstanding, but he can't find a job anywhere...
Amid the thunderous applause, the two celebrities smiled bitterly at each other. They were used to seeing gentle guests. It was really rare for a guest like Dick to show dominance and confidence at any time.
"We have filmed a documentary for you before. I think the audience at the documentary has already seen it, but you have not seen it yourself, Dick... Now let us take a look at the highlights of the documentary."
Dick smiled and turned his head away. He also wanted to see what the documentary filmed - he started laughing after watching it. In the camera, he saw himself loudly commanding the ball on the sidelines of Atletico Madrid's training ground.
During the team training, I saw him taking the reporters to dinner - of course there was no footage of them going to a nightclub together, that thing was not very classy...
And when he saw Lin Hai speaking to the camera seriously: "During the game against Racing Santander, reporters who had permission entered the Atletico Madrid locker room... But because of certain practices of European clubs, we are
It is not possible to film what happened during the halftime break. However, what I can personally reveal is that when the first half ended in a draw, Dick made very safe and excellent tactics in the locker room.
Adjustments, and then using words to inspire the players' fighting spirit, allowed Atletico Madrid to win this important league."
Seeing this, Dick burst out laughing. The language that inspired the players' fighting spirit was just swear words...
Of course, this is just a collection, and the entire documentary will not be so short. In fact, what Dick doesn’t know is that in the documentary, there is also Dick’s paragraph, which is the comment about living abroad - "
Now that you have gone abroad, you have to think about integrating into the local life. You don’t just have to hide at home. Playing football is just a part of life. If you can’t adapt to life abroad, then why go abroad? Playing football is just work, work.
It is part of life. If you only focus on playing football and ignore other things in order to play football well, that is putting the cart before the horse!"
This statement actually caused a lot of controversy in the domestic football community at the time. It was not until some international players who could not adapt to life abroad returned home that everyone realized that Dick's words were correct.
