There were not many Atletico Madrid fans who came to Westfalen, with a total of 3,000 people coming. Dortmund also showed its friendly match style, with a total of 3,000 tickets allocated to Atletico Madrid fans. It happens to occupy a stand - in fact, this is also a matter of course. Tickets for the Champions League are somewhat more expensive than tickets for Bundesliga games. Dortmund is reluctant to let fans spend too much. It happens that although the two clubs have nothing before There was a dispute, but because of Dick, it was normal to be friendly, so Dortmund was very generous in providing tickets.
This is a pretty weird Champions League game.
There is no doubt about the importance of this game, but the atmosphere before the game started was very friendly. First, the Dortmund fans collectively sang the Dortmund team song, and then the Atletico Madrid fans sang the Atletico Madrid team song, and then the Dortmund fans started Singing their own songs in support of Dick, Atletico Madrid fans soon sang songs they had written for Dick...
"It's a strange scene, but it doesn't seem out of place when it comes to Dick. Atletico Madrid fans are still grateful and miss Dick. It's no secret. Dortmund fans also support Dick in their club. Although this game is a confrontation between the two sides, at this point, they have found common ground."
When coming out of the player tunnel, Dick greeted the Atletico Madrid players he knew one by one, Molina, Marchena, Stam, Capdevila, Makelele, Belleron, Vicente, Jorgensen, Torres...
Among the eleven players in Atletico Madrid's starting lineup, nine were introduced or promoted by him at Atletico Madrid. Only right back Contra and forward Moreno are not very familiar to him - interestingly, these two The players all became famous in Alaves, and then after failing to go to AC Milan, they joined Atletico Madrid at the same time.
Patting Torres on the shoulder, Dick smiled and said: "I can't wish you a good performance...but I still hope you do a little better, and don't overdraw yourself too much, do you understand?" "
Torres pursed his lips and nodded heavily. He always understood what Dick meant, so he did not choose to leave after Dick left. He wanted to be at Atletico Madrid, waiting for Dick to come back...
After the two sides shook hands, the game officially kicked off.
Dortmund, playing at home, launched an attack from the beginning of the game. In this game, Dick sent his usual 451, goalkeeper Lehmann, defenders Dede and Alves on the Brazilian wings, and the center backs were Warnes and Mei. Zelder's German combination consists of three defensive midfielders, Kyle, Frings and Rosicky, who has returned from injury. Rosicky has missed many games. In the last round of the league, Dick did not send him to play for insurance reasons. Midfielders Rivaldo and Okocha, forward Kavinaj.
Cavinagy is now Dortmund's top scorer. He scored a total of eight goals in the Champions League group stage. He is the hero of Dortmund's qualifying. Now no one considers him a new player anymore, even Manchester United. He will also focus on guarding Cavinagy.
The person responsible for defending Cavinagy is Marchena. After Thuram's transfer and departure, he became the main force of Atletico Madrid's defense and used his outstanding performance to suppress Coloccini. This game allowed He is also very suitable to mark Kavinagy, with Stam responsible for filling in.
In the past time, Dortmund's offense was basically based on the right wing, because they have quite a few good players on the right wing. However, in this game, Dick's fine-tuning of Dortmund's offense was to focus on the left wing.
, the reason is simple, he feels that Contra is easier to deal with than Capdevila.
Contra's most outstanding years were during his years at Alaves. At that time, he was regarded as the first right back in La Liga and a full-back comparable to Carlos. However, after joining AC Milan, his performance
It was very bad. Now that I have returned to La Liga and joined Atletico Madrid, my performance is very different from before.
In the past, he relied on offense to make a living. Now his offensive ability is not as good as before, but his defense is as bad as ever. His performance this season has made Atletico Madrid fans miss Hector extremely. Although Hector is never conspicuous on the court,
He is a very reliable full-back. In this position, reliability is often very important.
Therefore, many times in the league, Aragones still needs the old captain Aguilera to come to the rescue. However, in this game, he still sent Contra. In the away game, it is also his idea to use offense to gain an advantage.
, and Dick took advantage of this and focused on attacking the opponent's right side!
Dede himself is also a full-back with excellent assist ability. He is not as fast as Alves, but he is more mature than Alves, and he is also very skilled in cooperating with his teammates. On this side, there is Kyle
Responsible for defense, he frequently pushed forward from the beginning of the game, and then tried to open up the situation for Dortmund through his own offense.
In addition, Rivaldo's wandering has attracted the attention of Makelele and others, and Contra will basically be directly exposed to Dede's forward penetration.
Contra was injured when he was in Milan, and that injury was also a turning point in his performance. When Dede went forward to assist, he used his body more to break through. Contra began to suffer repeatedly, and in the opening minutes
Dede passed the ball after two breakthroughs on the wing. If it weren't for Stam's solid defense and continuous clearances, maybe Cavinaji would have been able to find a good opportunity in the penalty area!
"Dick is still like this. If the opponent has a weak point, then he will pursue him fiercely." Aragones shook his head, but he was not worried about this. He was also very fond of Dick's character.
Understand, or in other words, he sent Contra in this game just to set a trap for Dick.
Dede's forward assists are nothing more than long shots and crosses. Aragones has already made proper arrangements for these two points, and Rivaldo is not a player who moves on the wing, so he has to deal with him
It's still in the middle, so Aragones doesn't think there will be too many problems on the right. When Dortmund's offense is concentrated on the right, Atletico Madrid will form a counterattack through this side!
The main offensive force at the beginning was Jorgensen.
After resisting Dortmund's attack, Atletico Madrid began to counterattack. Jorgensen caught the gap after Dede's assist, and then he received Belleron's accurate ball.
Despite Er's entanglement, he continued to dribble the ball forward, and then distributed the ball to the middle. Belleron, who inserted in the back row, met the ball and took a long shot!
The ball roared towards Dortmund's gate, but Rosicky appeared on the flight path of the ball and blocked the ball with his body. The ball rolled out and was caught by Frings, who immediately passed it straight to the front.
Okocha, Dortmund launched a counterattack.
Okocha's dribbling speed was not fast, but he was not hindered because Makelele's attention was on Rivaldo, and he did not dare to leave Rivaldo to defend Okocha, as that might
The threat will be greater.
Capdevila was forced to change positions to defend Okocha, but Okocha had the ball at his feet, and then passed the ball to Frings who stepped in. After receiving the ball, Frings created a gap.
He suddenly took off his foot and shot a long shot 28 meters away from the goal!
Frings's long-range shots are very distinctive. Many of his long-range shots will hit the ground, but if they are not shot high, they are often the kind of erratic fairy shots that make the goalkeeper miserable!
Now this long shot is a magic kick. The ball first flew to the left side of the goal in a slight arc. When Molina had already made a judgment, it turned to the right side of the goal!
Amid the exclamations of the Atletico fans, the ball flew past Molina's hand and then missed the goal post and flew out of the bottom line!
"What a risk! Atletico Madrid escaped! Frings's condition seems to be very good. Atletico Madrid's defensive ability in the middle has dropped a lot compared to last season. After all, there is no player like Baraja who can sprint forward and backward.
Once Belleron wants to go forward and attack, only Makelele will be left to defend. If there is no big problem against other teams, Dortmund always has two attacking midfielders to cooperate when facing the attack.
, No matter how strong Makelele is, he cannot fight against two attacking midfielders at the same time. This is not due to strength, but because he cannot be distracted and use two things..."
Dortmund's attack caused Atletico Madrid to break into a cold sweat, and Aragones also frowned - it seems that Dick did not fall into his trap. In addition to focusing on Atletico Madrid's right wing, they also played in the middle.
A lot of offensive methods were also arranged.
Thinking of this, Aragones made a gesture to signal the team to launch a counterattack - they can't play too conservatively in the away game. Atletico Madrid doesn't have much confidence in not conceding goals in the away game. After all, their defense is weak.
On the contrary, using offense to suppress Dortmund and try to create initiative in the away game is not necessarily a bad approach.
After receiving instructions from Aragones, Atletico Madrid began to attack in the away game - their offense was still very good. After the single forward became a double forward, Atletico Madrid's frontcourt offense became more flexible. Torres and
Moreno is a flexible forward, and the cooperation between them is also good. With the addition of two technical wingers, the current Atletico Madrid offense is more delicate and pervasive than the previous Atletico Madrid led by Dick.
Some.
Dortmund started to defend - it is impossible for Dick to be unaware of this. If he faced the Atletico Madrid team he led before, Dick would not let the team easily switch to defense, because that team
Atletico Madrid is very capable when facing intensive defense. Jardel and Cruz are both powerful tools to break the formation. Coupled with Baraja's long shot and Belleron's dispatch, intensive defense will not be a big problem.
, however, the current Atletico Madrid is more refined, but their impact is weaker. This is why their performance in the league is not as good as in previous years, because they always face intensive defense, but they do not have a good way to deal with intensive defense.
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When they started to attack, they began to feel the strength of Dortmund's defense.
The three defensive midfielders gave them no good way to penetrate into the penalty area. The two central defenders were not afraid of the opponent's crosses. It was not easy to break through and cut inside from the wing. Moreno was drowned in the penalty area.
Here, Torres occasionally gets the ball and has little room to perform.
In the end, Atletico Madrid's attack could only end in failure. After passing the ball back and forth for a long time, they failed to find a good chance to score. In the end, they could only rely on Belleron to advance and complete a long shot. The ball
But it missed the baseline from the far post.
Dick nodded, then stood up and made a pressing gesture - Dortmund should start to counterattack!
