The fans of Atletico Madrid celebrated wildly for two days. In their opinion, there will be no problem for Atletico Madrid to win the Champions League. Although Leverkusen has performed very well this season, we can't even win against Real Madrid.
After killing him, can't he still kill Leverkusen?
The media believes that this season's Champions League is a dark horse game. To a large extent, Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen can be regarded as dark horses. Although Atletico Madrid was the La Liga champion last season, however
They are participating in the Champions League after four years. They are considered a new team. Although Leverkusen has performed quite well in recent years, they have only been in the top eight in the championship. Generally speaking, they have qualified in the group stage.
No, it’s also a dark horse!
A contest between two dark horses - it all depends on who is darker.
Although there are no top giants participating in the finals, the appeal of this season's Champions League finals is not weak at all. The reason is that both sides have players with charisma, and they have defeated countless strong teams along the way to advance.
How could such attraction be weak?
Although Atletico Madrid only eliminated Real Madrid in the knockout round before entering the final, they met Manchester United first, then Roma and Liverpool in the two group matches. The gold content was not bad at all. Leverkusen even came from an absolutely dead group.
He fought his way out and then eliminated two Premier League teams, Liverpool and Manchester United, before reaching the final. This level is also very outstanding.
While Atletico Madrid fans were celebrating, Dick began to prepare for the thirty-seventh round of the league.
Tenerife is the newly promoted team in La Liga this season. They are currently ranked at the bottom - with 35 points, but they still have a chance of relegation. Above them are Zaragoza with 36 points and Zaragoza with 39 points.
Mallorca and Las Palmas, Villarreal with 40 points and Osasuna with 41 points, it is not that they have no chance of relegation. If they can win both games in the next games, they will
There is still a chance to successfully avoid relegation...
"Whether they want to avoid relegation or not, they have to be killed by us."
Dick said calmly: "If we win this game, we will have ten days to prepare for the Champions League final. Otherwise, we will still be in the league with only four days until the Champions League final."
Attack with all our strength... Let's not give Valencia any chance to dream. Let's get rid of Tenerife and win the league championship one round ahead of schedule! We have given up many games before, and we have even failed to win in the league for four consecutive rounds.
, this allows Valencia to still maintain hope! Now let us tell Valencia that their so-called hope is just because we don’t have time to care about them for the time being. As long as we take action, they will not have any
hope!"
But Valencia obviously didn't think so.
To catch up to the current three points from a maximum of fourteen points is undoubtedly a very morale-boosting thing for Valencia. Benitez also seems to have sufficient confidence: "Now we are only one point behind."
Even if we ended the season with a tie, it would still be an honor for us to lose, because we have achieved such results in such a bad situation! Atletico Madrid's situation is not particularly favorable now. They have just finished an extremely overdraft game.
It is difficult to recover from the game with only three days of rest. If they still cannot win this game, then they will be in a dilemma, that is, the choice between the last round and the Champions League final - you know, the final round and the Champions League final
There are only four days between the Champions League finals!"
Finally, he concluded: "We have great hope of winning the championship, and we will prove it next."
Because Atletico Madrid participated in the Champions League, their game was postponed for one day. The first game was Valencia's away game against Malaga. Valencia's performance in this game was quite outstanding.
Relying on the goals of Angulo and Rufete, they won the away game 2-0 cleanly, reaching 72 points, tying Atletico Madrid's score!
Benitez used actions to prove that there was nothing wrong with his words, because now Valencia has tied the score. If Atletico Madrid cannot win the next game, then the final round
, they must win to guarantee the league championship!
And they had just played a difficult game, and then they faced a team that was about to be relegated. This situation was quite unfavorable for Atletico Madrid.
What's even more interesting is that on this day, Leverkusen, who were also going to participate in the Champions League final, lost their second game in the league. With a five-point lead, Dortmund almost overtook them by one point.
The league championship that has been won is already on the verge of losing!
Leverkusen is Atletico Madrid's opponent in the Champions League final! They are very similar. They had sufficient advantages in the league before, but due to the distraction of the Champions League, the advantage was reduced to a negligible level. Now Leverkusen has
It’s hard to win the league championship, what about Atletico Madrid?
"Let us tell everyone now that Atletico Madrid is strong not only because of its main lineup!" Dick snapped his fingers before setting off and said to all the players confidently.
In this game, Dick sent out a mixed lineup of half main team and half substitute team.
Goalkeeper Molina, defenders Hector, Thuram, Stam and David, midfielders Makelele, Baraja, Jorgensen and Camoranesi, forward partners Cruz and Torres.
He rotated the top forward Jader and the playmaker Belleron. There is no doubt that this is a quite bold move.
"Maybe Dick will pay the price for his self-confidence... But in the past two years, it seems that he has never paid such a price. Let's see, ninety minutes later, he will win the league championship trophy.
It won’t be Atletico Madrid!”
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands supported Dick and Atletico Madrid wholeheartedly. They kept shouting loudly, hoping to see the team score the first goal and then win the game!
What they want is victory, not a draw, not a defeat!
What gave them reassurance was Dick's gesture of victory after he came on the field - as long as Dick gestures like this, Atletico Madrid will definitely win - this is a piece of cake for Atletico Madrid fans.
A deep-rooted belief!
However, this belief seems to have been challenged in this game.
When the first half progressed to the 23rd minute, Tenerife's top scorer, local forward Mariani, received a pass from his teammate at the front of the penalty area, and then immediately took a shot from the front of the penalty area and hit the ball.
Into the blind spot of the goal!
Hundreds of fans from Tenerife who came from afar immediately burst into loud cheers!
The desperate fight of the relegation team is indeed quite ferocious!
When the cheers in the stands fell silent, Dick's expression was stern and unmoved, but he continued to make a firm offensive gesture!
Don't be anxious, believe in our strength! We will definitely be able to win, because we have defeated so many giants before, will we capsize in our home court?
We beat Tenerife away from home! Now it's at home! At the glorious Calderon Stadium! How could we not win!
Under Dick's command, Atletico Madrid players quickly stabilized their position and then launched a fierce attack!
Under the desperate defense of the Tenerife players, Atletico Madrid still equalized the score before the end of the first half! Jorgensen dribbled the ball from the wing and passed two Tenerife defenders, and then in the chaos
The ball was passed into the penalty area, and Cruz appeared at the front point in time. He faced the rolling ball and fired a clean volley, hitting the ball into the dead corner of the goal. One-on-one! Atletico Madrid equalized.
Got the score!
With this goal, the hearts of Atletico Madrid players were settled, and the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans were also settled!
With such emotions, in the 71st minute of the second half of the game, a goal appeared that made all Atletico Madrid fans shout wildly!
Baraja took the ball from the backcourt, Cruz headed the ball from the front of the penalty area, and Torres, who advanced in time, grabbed the ball in front of the opponent's defender, then raised his foot and shot the ball immediately, and scored the ball into Tenerife's goal!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Fernando Torres! Beautiful goal! Maybe a very important goal, helping Atletico Madrid win the league championship! He is worthy of Atletico Madrid's future captain and team flag! His performance now is getting better and better
The better, as long as he can continue this performance, sooner or later he will become Atletico Madrid's number one player and can become a presence on par with Raul!"
"Dick's training of Torres can be said to be not eager for quick success at all. He gives him opportunities but does not overdraw his abilities! Such a dedicated approach is indeed the best training for Torres! Many people may criticize Dick for only focusing on buying stars.
However, don't forget that both Baraja and Beleron reached their peak under him.
, as well as the young Vicente and the outstanding Torres! You must know that it is not easy to maintain a balance between cultivating young players and achieving results, but Dick has achieved it. He is a well-deserved horse player.
The best head coach in the history of the competition! No one can do a better job than him!"
After Old Hill in the box finished cheering, although his face was flushed and his breathing was short of breath, he still looked very happy, and then looked at the two shareholders beside him: "How about it, some people still doubt that I let Dick enter management.
Something about the layer?”
Cerezo smiled bitterly: "There will be no more...With him, Atletico Madrid will be even better!"
While several club executives were chatting, countless Atletico Madrid fans had already cheered. Now that they are ahead, their last worry has disappeared. For Atletico Madrid, being able to take the lead means that they
Can win this game!
Dick began to make substitutions. He first replaced Torres with Marchena, and then replaced Camoranesi with Hagi. Atletico Madrid firmly controlled the midfield in the next game, constantly
Destroying the opponent's fighting spirit - at this time, countless Valencia fans have turned off their TV sets in disappointment. They know that their team will no longer be able to win the league championship this season!
Finally, when the referee blows the whistle to end the game, this season's La Liga championship belongs to Atletico Madrid and Dick!
Atletico Madrid defends its La Liga title for the second time in its history!
Dick stood up from the coaching bench with his hands raised, enjoying everyone's cheers and admiration - then, only the Champions League final remained!
