"Dick looks arrogant as always, but it seems he has the capital to do so, because Atletico Madrid quickly showed its outstanding ability after the start of the season. They have already won the Spanish Super Cup and defeated four of them in the first round of La Liga.
A scoreless victory over Mallorca, who also participated in the Champions League... Although this group has strong opponents like Manchester United, the other two opponents, Olympiacos and Lille, are not particularly outstanding teams. Olympiacos is not very strong.
Although Lille is third in Ligue 1, they don’t have much experience participating in the Champions League. For Atletico Madrid, as long as they perform normally in the group, qualifying from the group will not be a big problem."
"Next Atletico Madrid will welcome the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern in the European Super Cup. Bayern has been the Spanish team's biggest sufferer in recent years. Last season, they defeated Real Madrid and Valencia consecutively, allowing the Spanish team to defend the Champions League.
The hope of Atletico Madrid has been dashed, and Atletico Madrid seems to have not played against a Bundesliga team under the leadership of Dick. This time facing Bayern can be said to be a test for Atletico Madrid before participating in the Champions League. If they can face it
Bayern performed well and the Champions League will not be a nightmare for them."
There are not many highlights in the draw of the Champions League group stage this time. In order to ensure the excitement of the second stage of the group stage, there was no strong team gathering together in the group stage this time. Bayern drew a top draw, and their results in the group stage were
The opponents are Spartak Moscow, Feyenoord and Sparta Prague. Real Madrid's draw is not very good. They are in a group with Roma. Also in the same group are Lokomotiv Moscow and Anderlecht. Others
Basically, the groups have clear strengths and weaknesses, and it is estimated that there will not be any big upsets.
Therefore, after the group stage draw ceremony, in addition to paying attention to the possible collision between Roma and Real Madrid, reporters were more concerned about Atletico Madrid and Manchester United being in the same group, mainly because of Stam's transfer.
——Now the outside world basically knows that the biggest reason why Stam left Manchester United was because he revealed some secrets in the Manchester United locker room in his autobiography, which angered Ferguson. Now he met Stam in the Champions League immediately.
Will Mu use his outstanding performance to give Ferguson, who abandoned him, a good look? This is definitely a highlight in the next Champions League group stage.
It is precisely because of this that the next European Super Cup has attracted the attention of many people. One is a young coach with a rapid rise in the past year or so, one is a veteran strong-fisted coach, and one is a coach who made a strong comeback after making a big splash last season.
Atletico Madrid and Bayern, which have been at the top level in Europe in the past few years, the collision of these two teams is indeed enough to attract everyone's attention!
August 30th, Stade Louis II!
For Bayern, Effenberg's injury and absence will definitely be a huge loss. Hitzfeld sent a three-four-three offensive lineup in this game. The goalkeeper is captain Kahn, and the German central defender Ti, who has just joined from Stuttgart,
Yam formed a three-centre back with Robert Kovac and Link. The two wings of the midfield were sent by the pair of French full-backs Sagnol and Lizarazu, and in the middle were Hargreaves and the two Swiss players who entered the palace.
Sforza partnered in the midfield, and Salihamidzic, Pizarro and Elber formed a trident on the striker. Dick deployed a relatively safe 4-5 formation in this game, with Wesson
Te was on the bench, Jorgensen and Camoranesi formed the two wings, and Jardel stepped forward alone.
Amid loud applause from the stands, Dick returned to his seat and sat down. There were many celebrities in the stands for this game, including Bayern's top three bosses Beckenbauer, Hoeness and Rummenigge.
Appearing in the stands, Bayern's Champions League victory last season was the most glorious moment for this group of players after they won three consecutive championships. Therefore, Bayern also attaches great importance to this European Super Cup.
Hitzfeld can be called the most successful head coach in Germany throughout the 1990s. He won the league championship and the Champions League with Bayern and Dortmund. He was able to win the Champions League with two different clubs. This is among German coaches.
It can be considered unique. Even Beckenbauer only won the World Cup as a player and head coach, and won the Champions League as a player. This is enough to achieve Hitzfield's status.
"But, you are about to fall behind after all... The development of modern football can easily leave behind the once glorious old coach." Dick was thinking in his heart when shaking hands with Hitzfield.
In this game against Hitzfield, Dick basically judged it before the game, especially since Effenberg was injured. In the position of organizer in the middle of the midfield, Hitzfield could only let Sforza
Appeared.
This legendary Swiss player is also a very interesting guy. His most glorious period was basically spent in Kaiserslautern. After debuting from Grasshopper Zurich, he joined Kaiserslautern in 1993.
, he soon showed his outstanding abilities. In the two seasons in Kaiserslautern, he helped the team obtain second and fourth place in the Bundesliga. For this reason, he was watched by Bayern.
and then transferred to Bayern. However, leaving Kaiserslautern was a huge bad news for him and Kaiserslautern. Although he had many opportunities to play at Bayern, his performance could only be regarded as average.
, after one season, he moved to Serie A giant Inter Milan, but his performance that season could only be considered mediocre - what was even worse was Kaiserslautern. The season after he left, Kaiserslautern
Lauten were relegated and only returned to the Bundesliga the following year.
His old club was not doing well, and he himself was not doing well, so before the start of the 1997-98 season, he returned to Kaiserslautern, and then he and Kaiserslautern created the most legendary game in Bundesliga history.
One scene - Won the league championship as a newly promoted team, creating a miracle for Kaiserslautern that season! He also performed equally well in the next two seasons, helping Kaiserslautern win the Bundesliga title for two consecutive years.
5 and reached the quarterfinals in the Champions League the following year. In this case, he was once again spotted by Bayern. However, even though after joining Bayern he put on the No. 10 jersey that once belonged to Matthaus, he still
He could only serve as Effenberg's substitute, and his own performance was mediocre.
Looking at his career so far, it is a process of being awesome in Kaiserslautern and being stupid in other wealthy clubs. However, he is always unwilling to be lonely. If he plays well, he will go to wealthy clubs. If he does not play well, he will end up in Kaiserslautern.
——But every time, Kaiserslautern would not break up with each other, and Kaiserslautern would accept him with a broad mind...
"What a blockbuster scene of love and hatred!" Dick sighed in his heart. In fact, to put it bluntly, it just proved that Sforza is a star who needs other players to unite around him. When he was in Kaiserslautern
With this condition, he is the core of the midfield, and everyone revolves around him, allowing him to fully demonstrate his abilities. However, in Inter Milan and Bayern, he will not have such conditions, and his performance will naturally decline -
-In fact, there are many such players. It is more than enough to play the core of a small team. However, when he goes to a big team, he cannot make his due contribution as a role player, and his own strength is not enough for the giants to position him as the core.
When it comes to operation, the performance will naturally have such ups and downs.
Just like now, although Effenberg is not here, Sforza has replaced Effenberg in the core midfield position, but does he have the prestige and ability to let Bayern's stars attack around him? Obviously impossible!
This is not something that the head coach can have by giving him the core position and the No. 10 jersey. The reason why Belleron can become the core of the midfielder under Dick is because he was the main midfielder of Atletico Madrid before, and he will play
Only when the core player plays well can he have such a status in the team. Such conditions do not exist for Sforza.
So Dick is not worried about how much trouble his organization will cause. Bayern's lineup is superficially weak in defense on the wing. However, Sagnol and Lizarazu are both very top full-backs. Lizarazu
He is the world's top offensive left back who can be compared with Robert Carlos. Sagnol also has excellent strength. On their front line, in addition to Pizarro, Salihamid
Qi is also a player who can play in all positions on the wing. It is not easy to create opportunities from the wing.
On the contrary, Bayern's center, which seems to have two central midfielders and three central defenders, is a place that can be exploited - so Dick did not send Vicente, but sent Jorgensen, just because he wanted to
Using his ability to cut inside and his skills with his feet to create opportunities, he and Camoranesi are both players who can hit the midfield and put pressure on Bayern's center at any time!
When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Atletico began to pass the ball back and forth in the middle, preparing to look for opportunities.
For Bayern, they do not have the habit of recycling. The Bayern led by Hitzfeld has excellent offensive capabilities, whether it is the wing or the center. In the 1999 Champions League final, they used offense to defeat Manchester United.
Suppressing the whole game, if it weren't for bad luck, they wouldn't have to wait until last season to win their fourth Champions League title.
However, after all, three years have passed, and the powerful Bayern team has begun to gradually age. Babel and Tanat, who suppressed Manchester United's wingers on the wing, have transferred and left, and Matthaus went to study in the United States.
In the golden triangle of the midfield, which was the top midfielder in the league at the time, the weirdo Baszler had left, Effenberg was injured, and the tough guy Jerry Mays was also unable to play due to injury, and his position was taken by the young player Hargreaves.
replace……
No matter how strong a team is, it will inevitably be eroded by time, and this is the case with Bayern now.
When Bayern began to press in the frontcourt, Atletico Madrid did not mess up their position. Belleron began to show his excellent scheduling ability in the midfield. His passing ball organized Atletico Madrid's midfield well, allowing
Bayern's pressing didn't have much effect.
In the fourth minute, Belleron showed his excellent passing ability. After receiving the pass from Baraja, he sent a beautiful 40-meter pass. Vicente jumped in at high speed and passed Sani.
Orr received the ball from behind, and then began to rush towards Bayern's half. It was not until he broke through to the edge of the penalty area that he raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area!
Central defender Thiam made a risky tackle on the ground before Jardel could catch the ball and shoved the ball out of the baseline. Atletico Madrid won a corner kick.
Atletico Madrid fans sighed in the stands. Thiam's tackle was quite beautiful. If he had been a step later, Jardel would have been able to occupy a favorable terrain and receive such a ground ball in the penalty area. Jardel
Del has a hundred ways to score the ball into Bayern's goal, even if the goalkeeper is the great Kahn!
However, Dick laughed. Through this attack, Dick knew that at least until Hitzfield made changes, Atletico Madrid would have an absolute advantage!
