Villarreal is not yet the yellow submarine team that was rampant later. Although they have introduced Senna, an important player later, such as Solin, Riquelme, Jose Mari, Forlan
Before important players can join, Villarreal is now just a mid-table team in La Liga, a newly promoted team two seasons ago.
Their current top scorer is Argentina's "Crazy" Palermo. What's interesting is that in the summer of 1999, Atletico Madrid almost signed Palermo. However, due to some of his weird styles, Atletico Madrid ultimately did not buy it.
He and Dick also lost the opportunity to coach this eccentric striker. Of course, with Dick's character and Palermo's style, it would be very unpleasant if the two of them were together...
Palermo is an excellent center, but his problem is not small, that is, as a center, although he is brave enough, his physical fitness is not extraordinary, and his sense of smell in front of the goal is not particularly outstanding.
, after Dick sent Marchena to press him closely, it was difficult for Palermo to have any chance, not to mention Thuram's replacement. Atletico Madrid's two central defenders performed quite well.
The performance of Palermo was severely blocked, but Cruz, who competed with Palermo for the third center position of the Argentine national team, performed quite well in the second half.
He first received Camoranesi's pass and gave the team the first chance to score, and then selflessly assisted Jardel to score. Villarreal's center was targeted by Atletico Madrid, and Atletico Madrid's two
The center forward scored successively, which allowed Atletico Madrid to win this game on the road. What made Atletico Madrid extremely happy was that Deportivo unexpectedly overturned in the away game. They lost to newly promoted Matereta Nerife and gave up.
First place in the standings!
After winning this game, Atletico Madrid got a week's rest. They will face Barcelona the next weekend, and then face Liverpool in the first game of the second stage of the Champions League group stage.
For Barcelona, this is a good opportunity for them to get revenge. They are playing in the UEFA Cup this season, which will not involve too much energy. Atletico Madrid will definitely be distracted in the Champions League. They are looking forward to it.
Being able to defeat Atletico Madrid away from home will lay a good foundation for this season's league championship.
You must know that their current results are not bad. Although they lost to Real Madrid in the Derby of the Century, their winning rate in other games is still quite high. They are currently ranked third, only lower than Deportivo La Coruna.
One point, three points less than Atletico Madrid.
Dick naturally knows that if too much is consumed in this game, it will definitely have a certain impact on Atletico Madrid's performance in the Champions League. After all, Liverpool is not an easy opponent to deal with, not to mention that this game is not good for Liverpool.
It is also a battle of revenge - but Dick is determined to kill Barcelona in this game and reduce one opponent to win the championship!
There are still four games to be played in the Champions League after the year. Atletico Madrid can not be too disturbed by the Champions League before the year, but focus more energy on the league and take advantage of the chaos to gain more points.
Previously, the focus was on the Champions League. That was because Atletico Madrid was participating in the Champions League for the first time and had to pay more attention to it. Now that it has accumulated some experience, it is time to focus on the league.
Winning the La Liga championship in his first full coaching season made Dick pay more attention to the league championship.
Why is Mourinho so awesome? It’s not because he led two different teams to win the Champions League. You know, although this kind of thing is awesome, it’s not that no one has done it, at least Heathfield.
He has led Dortmund and Bayern to win the Champions League. There are also such existences in history. There are even powerful coaches like Del Bosque who have won two Champions Leagues, two leagues, the World Cup and two European Cups. However,
In people's subconscious, they still admit that Mourinho was the best head coach of that era.
It is because he is the first head coach in history to win the championship of the three major leagues - the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga, let alone the Portuguese League. He is responsible for four leagues, three of which are recognized as the best leagues.
The league championship, such an achievement is unprecedented!
This has also created Mourinho's status. The Champions League championship is brilliant, but winning the Champions League also depends on some luck. Only the league championship is the achievement that can best prove the strength of a head coach.
What's more, based on the grudge between Dick and Barcelona, Barcelona's results at the beginning of the season seem to be very good. Dick is also worried about whether history will change and whether Barcelona will be salty this season without the involvement of the Champions League.
If the fish turns over and wins a league championship, if this is the case, Dick’s previous prediction that “Barcelona will not have a chance to win any significant championship within at least three or four years” will probably come to nothing...
"Killing Barcelona, defeating a threatening opponent, and reporting a personal grudge at the same time, I won't let this happen."
Dick still remembers that last season, Barcelona used all-out defense to allow Atletico Madrid to get only one draw at home, which made Dick have to use embarrassing defensive tactics to draw with Real Madrid in order to ensure that he will win at home.
Advantages in the league.
Although Dick's harsh words after that game made everyone in Barcelona unable to stand down, Dick would not swallow this tone easily. He would defeat Barcelona at home and make Barcelona's hope of turning around become even slimmer.
Some!
"Barcelona's performance since the beginning of this season is good, not because they have recovered their strength, but because several of their important players are in good condition."
Dick said at the tactical meeting: "Kluivert has now scored five goals in the league, and Saviola has not adapted to the new players entering La Liga. Six goals in the 12th round of the league is already
Good data, Rivaldo also has three goals...the three of them are the guarantee for Barcelona to score points, and Luis Enrique's performance during this period is also quite good. Although Barcelona does not have many good players now, one
Each of them started to perform well, maybe because the World Cup is coming soon. Their performance is very stable, which is very different from before."
At this point, Dick laughed: "But as I said before, Barcelona's outstanding results are due to the outstanding performance of these stars, not because they have no problems as a whole... players who can score goals
Too many, lack of good organizers in the midfield, Guardiola has left, Xavi has not been able to take over well, so Barcelona's offense is organized more by Rivaldo in the frontcourt, but he is a scoring ability
An attacking midfielder who is stronger than his organizational skills, or he is basically a forward! Using a forward as the core of the offense... Hehe, I personally despise this approach anyway, because no matter how good the forward is, his position is relatively high.
, unable to observe the surrounding situation, but Rivaldo’s role is too important, and Rexach has no other organizing midfielder available, so he can only be used. For this situation, it is much easier to deal with.”
Dick has never denied that Rivaldo is a top superstar, and he is in his best condition now. His performance in the next World Cup was surprisingly good. Although he was terminated by Barcelona after the World Cup, that was not the case.
It's not a matter of his strength, it's just that Barcelona wants to rebuild. This idea is correct and has nothing to do with his strength.
However, in such an environment, Rivaldo can only rely more on his personal strength to exert his abilities, but cannot bring the team to a higher level. To deal with such a Barcelona team, Dick has many good ways.
"Ruben, you have only one task in this game. Follow Rivaldo. I don't ask you to keep a close eye on him. Just reduce the number of times he gets the ball. Claude, your
The task is to sweep the front of the penalty area and protect the entire front of the penalty area! Do you understand? This is your task! As for the rest, the cooperation between Kluivert and Saviola needs to be a little careful, but don’t worry too much, they
His performance is not very stable.”
"The next step is to attack... Defense has always been Barcelona's weakness, and this weakness still exists now. Frank De Boer is solid, but his height is a flaw. Patrick Anderson is good in head-on confrontation, but his turns are slow.
Ergi is old, Gabri has limited strength, not to mention they have never had a decent goalkeeper, Reina is still young, and Bonano has too many problems. As long as we control Rivaldo, we will continue to attack their backs.
If the defense puts pressure on us, then victory must belong to us!”
Dick is full of confidence, and Atletico Madrid players are also full of confidence, because before facing Barcelona, Atletico Madrid players had enough rest time, and the previous games did not consume them too much energy. They recharged their energy.
Just for this game, if Dick wants to save his energy for the next Champions League, then this game is hard to say, but when Dick puts aside the interference of the Champions League and wants to win this game with all his strength, he will immediately win.
The confidence to compete up and down is really extraordinary!
After all, after last year's outstanding performance, Atletico Madrid already has enough confidence in the league. You must know that as soon as Dick took office, Barcelona suffered several hardships in the season of putting out fires. Last season, Atletico Madrid was in the away game again.
After defeating Barcelona, Atletico Madrid players now have a huge psychological advantage over Barcelona.
"We are in a good situation now, but it is not something we can be proud of. We have to keep going. Two weeks ago we lost in Madrid? That game has nothing to do with this game. We will try to win this one.
For competition.”
Before the game started, Barcelona head coach Rexach said something low-key.
"As long as Barcelona doesn't hold on at the Calderon Stadium like last season... Now we are ranked first again, and we will not give up this position easily. Champions League? After all, it is the group stage, our focus now
As for the league, the Champions League and so on, we can wait until this game is over."
Dick told the truth this time, but many media and reporters felt that this guy was lying again - he only cares about the league now? Don't be kidding. At the beginning of the season, it was relatively easy to face the first group stage.
In such an environment, Dick often stayed in the league for the sake of the Champions League. Now the second stage of the group stage is much more difficult than the previous group stages. You would actually give up the Champions League? Who are you kidding!
