For Atletico Madrid, things have gone very smoothly so far.
Gaining an advantage in the midfield, and then constantly pressing Manchester United's defense. It was under this pressure that Manchester United's defense made consecutive mistakes and omissions, allowing Atletico Madrid to expand its lead to two goals!
With these two goals ahead, Dick firmly believes that victory in this game will be achieved. At the same time, Atletico Madrid will also gain enough psychological advantages in the Champions League by defeating Manchester United twice in a row, at least in terms of experience and confidence.
Atletico Madrid will be on the same starting line as those favorites to win the Champions League!
Manchester United launched a fierce attack in the next game, trying to save the defeat. Facing Manchester United's all-out attack, Dick directed the team to return to defense while preparing the team to counterattack at any time to expand the score again. Now this kind of
At that time, the situation was very favorable for Atletico Madrid and Dick. The advantage of two goals allowed him to cope with all emergencies with ease.
Facts have proved that when Atletico starts to defend with all their strength, with their complete defensive system, it is not too easy to score their goals. Stam showed an extremely strong fight in this game*
*, He gave full play to his defensive ability, constantly making clearances and stealing...
Stam's performance was in sharp contrast to Brown's poor performance and Blanco's feeble response.
The Manchester United fans in the stands began to have some complicated emotions. Such an outstanding central defender has become their opponent due to some off-field reasons - Manchester United fans will not doubt Ferguson, but at this time, they
I can't help but wonder, if Ferguson hadn't sold Stam at that time, would Manchester United still be in this predicament?
They do not think about the overall interests of Manchester United like Ferguson did. They only see that under the current situation, Manchester United is indeed in trouble because of this strategy, and this idea makes them feel very frustrated.
Time passed minute by second. Although Atletico Madrid's counterattack failed to score, their defense also prevented Manchester United from scoring. At this moment, Stam jumped high again to beat Baker.
After Ham's cross was cleared, Stam suddenly stumbled and fell as he landed.
After falling, Stam quickly stood up and seemed to continue participating in the game without any problem. However, two minutes later, Stam fell to the ground without warning!
When he saw Stam fall to the ground without warning, Dick's heart skipped a beat.
According to experience, if a player falls to the ground and moans in great pain after the opponent commits a foul, there may not be any big problem. If a player stands up after falling, and then suddenly falls to the ground again after a while - this situation often happens.
Very serious!
So Dick immediately called Gamarra on the bench - the opponent's two forwards are both point-grabbing types, and Gamarra's experience and stability are needed to control the situation on the back line - let Gamarra
After going to warm up, Dick began to wait for the team doctor's report.
"The situation is very bad... You can't tell anything from the outside, but Jiapi can't stand up anymore. I'm afraid we have to go to the hospital to find out the specific situation."
After hearing the team doctor's words, Dick's face darkened. This result was indeed very bad - it was most likely due to other problems.
After signaling to the team doctor to send Stam directly to the hospital, Dick sent Gamarra. Now his goal has become the last bottom line-that is, he must win this game!
When Stam was sent to the hospital, Ferguson also moved towards this direction, with a look of concern on his face - after all, Stam was his favorite general before, although Ferguson gave up on him because of some things.
, but seeing Stam like this, it’s impossible not to have some expression of concern.
However, the game is still going on, and now is not the time to worry about these things.
So Ferguson didn't come over to check on Stam's injury, and Dick didn't pay much attention to how serious Stam's injury was - that was what the doctors had to do, and what they had to care about was the game on the field.
After Stam came off the field, Atletico Madrid began to give up the offense and all players retreated to maintain the victory. Manchester United's desperate offense only scored one goal in the short time left. Ruud van Nistelrooy received a call from Solskjaer.
After passing the ball, he scored twice and regained a point for Manchester United. When the final whistle sounded, Manchester United fans let out a disappointed sigh. Their team lost to Atletico Madrid 2-3 at home.
, was double beaten by Atletico Madrid in the group stage!
After Atletico Madrid won this game, its points reached ten points. With Lille and Olympiacos tied one to one on another court, Atletico Madrid has basically won the right to qualify for the group-unless it comes to the next two games.
Atletico Madrid lost all the rounds, while Lille defeated Atletico Madrid and Manchester United consecutively, and Manchester United defeated Olympiacos and lost to Lille. This extreme situation will occur. In fact, this situation is almost impossible to occur...
…
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Dick did not cheer, but walked towards Ferguson.
"Is it a mistake to want Manchester United to have better midfield control?" Ferguson shook Dick's hand, but asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"With any reform, there will definitely be pain at the beginning. What's more, Manchester United's midfielder has been in business for so long. If you want to tear it apart abruptly, you will naturally have various discomforts." Dick replied: "Atletico Madrid can
With such control, I just go with the flow, because the La Liga team has such conditions and environment. I also want Atletico Madrid's midfield to become simpler and more impactful. However, after this year, I also
It’s just about being able to do that on the counterattack.”
Ferguson nodded slightly, and then laughed: "Give me greetings for Jappi... I hope he can come back soon. He performed so well against us, and he can't perform too badly against other teams.
Already."
"I hope so." Dick nodded. Stam's injury was a standard accident. There is no need to resent the Manchester United players. In fact, no one intentionally fouled Stam.
"I'm very happy to win today's game. It's always exciting to win at a stadium like Old Trafford. The recent three-game winning streak has basically given us the right to qualify, which is
A great victory indicates that Atletico Madrid has officially entered the ranks of teams that have performed well in the Champions League... Okay, I have finished my words, I am going to visit Stam in the hospital now, hoping that he is injured.
It’s not too serious, that’s it, thank you everyone.”
After sitting down at the press conference, Dick immediately spoke a lot, then said "Thank you everyone" and quickly left the press conference. His actions shocked all the reporters present.
They were stunned - what is going on? Just say a few words and then leave? Say a few more words, hero...
According to UEFA's rules, for a Champions League level match, after the game, unless the head coach has personal health problems or there are some irresistible factors, he will appear at the press conference. Dick did.
He was at the scene, but he directly broke the rule that required at least ten minutes of questioning. However, he gave a good reason, which was to go to the hospital to check on the injured players. This gave UEFA
A difficult problem has arisen. If you don’t punish me, it doesn’t make sense. If you punish me, it seems a bit too impersonal...
So in the end, UEFA had no choice but to give Dick a warning without any pain, warning him not to behave like this in the future. Of course, this is another story.
Dick rushed to the best local hospital in Manchester and received bad news.
The location of Stam's injury was not a knee, an ankle, a ligament problem, or a muscle strain - the location of his injury was very strange, with a crack in his pelvis, which can be cured and does not require surgery.
However, I need to rest for a long time...
"How long do you need to rest?" Dick asked the doctor.
"About three months... This place is not fun. If the damage continues, it may have a great impact on his future life. It is best not to participate in competitions until he recovers." The doctor replied.
Dick covered his forehead. It's already October, at least three months, which means don't expect Stam to play before next year. Finally, Stam and Thuram have established a tacit understanding.
Jingdong's entire defense line has begun to become perfect. With Stam's injury, his entire defense line may have to be reorganized!
Marchena has just played a little bit in the defensive midfielder position, and now I am afraid he will have to return to the defense line. After all, Sandy is not young anymore, and Gamarra is not suitable to play the main force again. The only way is to use Marchena.
The partnership between Na and Thuram can keep Atletico Madrid's defense as strong as possible.
"Take a good rest, Jiapi, it's only three months. It's the second half of the season. You can be the best addition to our team."
Dick pretended to be relaxed and comforted Stam: "Although it is very unfortunate that you were injured, the only good thing is that we will not have a strong opponent in the future. You have helped us through the most difficult moments before.
Ah! Next we will go all out in the league, and the second stage of the group stage will not have any impact on us! By the time you recover, it will be time for us to sprint towards the knockout rounds of the Champions League!"
Listening to Dick's comfort, Stam could only smile bitterly. To put it lightly, the second stage of the group stage is much more difficult than the first stage of the group stage! You must know that although the group stage is more cruel than the knockout stage.
Smaller, but the teams that can participate in the second stage of the Champions League group stage are all teams that have gone through a round of brutal fighting and elimination in the group stage! This time there is no dead group in the first stage of the group stage, but in the second stage
In the group stage, almost every group will be a real group of death! Without Atletico Madrid, can they be as indestructible defensively as they are now?
And being injured in this game against Manchester United, a tough guy like Stam couldn't help but start to sigh, is it really fate? He left Manchester United, then performed well in the game against Manchester United, and then got injured... somehow.
, it seems that there is an invisible hand controlling everything.
Seeing Stam looking a little depressed, Dick didn't say anything. For a tough guy like Stam, he can't beat him with this injury. After all, he is almost a 29-year-old player.
It won't be too little. Although this injury will require a long rest, there will be no major sequelae after all, which can be regarded as a great blessing among misfortunes.
"Japi, you should stay in Manchester to recuperate during this period. After all, you are familiar with this place. Moving around will not do any good to your injury." Dick finally said: "We are in Madrid, waiting for your return.
