When Dick appeared at the Calderon Stadium, he was greeted by a storm of applause from Atletico Madrid fans.
Although there is a continuous drizzle in the sky, such rain cannot extinguish the enthusiasm of Atletico Madrid fans!
The overwhelming applause from the 54,000 Atletico Madrid fans made this stadium, which had just been rated a five-star stadium by UEFA, seem to start to tremble slightly. All the Atletico Madrid fans were cheering Dick's name.
There were banners everywhere in the stands, all greeting Dick - the greeting here is not an antonym, but a genuine greeting with goodwill.
Little Hill's face in the box was terrifyingly gloomy. Cerezo and Abasolo, who were sitting on the side, looked at each other with uncontrollable ridicule and sarcasm in their eyes.
What a pity. Dick would have been the most powerful ally of the Hill family, but this little idiot actually drove him away. Now the chairman is Abasolo, and Cerezo has become a front with him. Little Hill
Although he is the largest shareholder, can he do a lot of things? He has to pay a large part of the transfer fee and a large part of the expenses. Not a single Atletico Madrid fan likes him...
It just depends on when Hill begins to lose control of the situation. That's when he kicks Hill away and truly takes control of Atletico Madrid!
Dick's eyes were a little moist.
Although he usually seems a bit careless, the nearly three years he spent at Atletico Madrid did leave a mark in his coaching career. The fact that Atletico Madrid fans miss him so much also makes him feel...
Strongly moved.
He opened his hands and waved to the stands one by one. Every time his hand passed a stand, the fans cheered from the stands. It wasn't until he had waved through every stand that Dick straightened his clothes.
, sat down on the visiting team’s coaching bench.
As if there was a tacit understanding, when Dick sat down, the Atletico Madrid fans sat down neatly and quickly put away the banners greeting Dick. At that moment, the Calderon Stadium once again became that
Hell for the visiting team!
"It is very touching that Atletico Madrid fans miss Dick, but it is not difficult to understand this. After all, he is the most successful head coach in Atletico Madrid's history. His departure is not because he wants to leave, but because he has
For other reasons... Well, let's talk about the starting lineups of both sides in this game. From a certain point of view, the starting lineups of both sides started to become very strange. In the first round, Atletico Madrid was 4,42.
, Dortmund is 4-5-1, but in this game Atletico Madrid returned to the 4-5-1 tactics they were used to when Dick was here, but Dortmund started to play 4-4-2... Atletico Madrid's starting goalkeeper is Molina, the defender
Capdevila, Aguilera, Coloccini and Stam, Marchena appeared in the defensive midfielder position, partnering with Makelele and Belleron as three defensive midfielders and two attacking midfielders
It was Vicente and Jorgensen, with Torres as the forward forward. Moreno's performance in the first round was not very good. He was not even included in the squad for this game. The two forwards on the bench were Cruz and Injury.
Jardel, who has just returned from his recovery! And Dortmund sent out a 442 formation, with Lehmann as the goalkeeper, Dede and Alves on the wings of the defense, Ismail and Warnes as the center backs, and Metzelder because
The game was suspended due to the accumulation of yellow cards. In the midfield, Kyle and Rosicky served as double midfielders, Frings was the right midfielder, and Rivaldo was the left midfielder. Of course, this midfielder was on paper, but in fact during the game
, Frings is more like an offensive and defensive midfielder, while Rivaldo is an attacking midfielder. The strike partners are Olic and Kawinaji, and the Nigerian attacking midfielder Okocha is on the bench! It seems that in
In the away game, Dick also plans to use offense to solve the opponent. After all, if the draw results in a draw, it will be very detrimental to them. They must strengthen their offense in the away game..."
"Atletico Madrid is one of two La Liga teams to enter the knockout stages this season, with Deportivo La Coruna and Real Madrid both eliminated in the second group stage, while Valencia was also eliminated by Inter Milan yesterday.
Out of the quarter-finals, if Atletico Madrid cannot enter the semi-finals, then at least two teams have reached the semi-finals in the past three seasons. Once, three teams entered the semi-finals, and they won the Champions League twice.
No team from La Liga will enter the semi-finals of the Champions League! Does this mean that La Liga’s dominance of the Champions League has begun to stop?”
"In fact, La Liga's dominance has not declined this season. Valencia's loss to Inter Milan was quite unjust. They almost suppressed Inter Milan in both rounds, and ultimately lost because of fewer away goals. Deportivo
Runia was narrowly eliminated in the last round. From this perspective, Dick's departure has caused considerable losses to La Liga. He has already eliminated Real Madrid. If he can also eliminate Atletico Madrid... maybe
The entire La Liga will regret him leaving La Liga!"
In the comments of the commentators, the first half of the game has already begun. In the rain, Atletico Madrid, playing at home, quickly launched an attack!
Although there is one less forward and one more defensive midfielder, it does not mean that Atletico Madrid will treat this game defensively. Returning to the four-and-five formation is not unfamiliar to Atletico Madrid players at all, and as
Contra and Moreno both missed the chance to start. Except for the young Coloccini, all of Atletico Madrid's starting eleven have played under Dick, and they are all very familiar with the four-five-one tactics.
Being familiar with it, playing such a tactic would be no problem for Atletico Madrid.
Although it was raining, the Calderon lawn was in good condition and it would not have much impact. With enough protection around him, Belleron once again showed his top ability to control the midfield.
From the beginning of the game, he created opportunities for Atletico Madrid players through his passing.
Under the attack of Frings and Rosicky, Belleron still passed a wonderful transfer ball with the instep of his outside foot. Jorgensen stepped in from the right and received Belleron's pass.
Then under Dede's defense, he still dribbled the ball at an angle, and then quickly passed with his right foot. The ball drew an arc and flew straight to the penalty area. Although Torres was shorter than Warnes and Ismail,
, however, his agility and flexibility gave him the upper hand. When Ismail was about to head the ball to clear the siege, he was the first to swing his head six meters in front of the goal!
Amidst the exclamations of the audience, this header passed Lehmann's hand, but missed the crossbar and flew out of the baseline. Ismael's interference at the critical moment made Torres' header missing. Torres
He got up from the ground, shook his head slightly, then turned around and ran out of Dortmund's penalty area.
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands clapped their hands, while Dick nodded slightly from the audience - Torres did not appear to be very remorseful, proving that this guy's mentality has begun to mature - he was showing off with surprising
Rapid growth!
Dick consciously suppressed him for two years before. After two years of dormancy, Torres became the main force this season, and then quickly showed his top level!
Thinking of this, Dick suddenly came to his senses - Damn it, this kid is not my player now, why should I praise him? It seems that the atmosphere of Calderon Stadium has affected him...
So he immediately stood up and made a gesture to the court.
Don't be affected by the opponent's attack, use the attack to suppress them, and then kill them!
Yes, in the away game, the overall tactics set by Dick are still focused on offense. At home and the opponent is one to one, then we must not be conservative in the away game. Don't think that just one goal is enough for us.
Yes, there are plenty of opportunities - you must know that Atletico Madrid's technical level and midfield control ability are better than Dortmund. If you do this, Aragones probably won't mind using such lukewarm tactics to achieve a zero-to-zero!
Only by playing high and high, impacting and attacking back and forth, and dragging the game to the point of scoring goals, will Dortmund's chances of winning appear to be greater. After all, they have no shortage of good scorers! If they score a goal, they will have no chance of winning.
Innate advantages, scoring two goals will give them an even greater advantage!
Dortmund quickly launched a counterattack. Rosicky passed the ball to Frings, who quickly passed it to Rivaldo. Rivaldo completed a pass when he touched the ball, and the ball passed through the air.
Atletico Madrid's defense line, Olic inserted at high speed, forming a single sword!
However, at this time, Olic seemed to be a little nervous and missed this opportunity. When he stopped the ball, he stopped a little wider. When he tried to chase again, Stam was already stuck in front of him.
, Molina struck out in time and got the ball.
Olic shook his head, and then ran back. Dick also shook his head. Olic should be more calm, but this season he is training Cavinagi more. The number of Olic appearances
Not many. When he suddenly gets such an opportunity, it is inevitable that he will feel uncomfortable. I just hope that his discomfort will not last too long and he can return to his own state quickly, otherwise this game will be a bit troublesome...
After the failure of this attack, the two sides began to have some struggles in the midfield. Unlike Bayern, Dortmund now had some advantages in confrontation and running, but lacked some technical content-the total destruction
It is easier than building. After some pressing, they intercepted the ball and then quickly launched an attack. After Rivaldo got the ball, he was knocked down by Marchena. Dortmund got a goal 30 meters away.
Taking the free kick, Rivaldo did not choose to shoot it himself, but passed the ball diagonally forward. Frings followed up with a long shot!
Faced with this powerful long-range shot, Molina did not dare to neglect. He saw the direction of the ball and punched it out with a single punch. The landing point of the ball was controlled by Makelele, and he quickly passed the ball to
Beleron.
Dortmund's players began to defend like a tide. Atletico Madrid saw that there was no chance for a fast break, so they began to attack slowly. After Torres pulled out of the penalty area, he received a pass from Belleron and then distributed the ball, inserting from the left.
Vicente took a long shot directly, and the ball missed the far post.
"Both sides played very fast at the beginning of the game. I don't know if this was Dick's request... Playing fast like this will increase the number of mistakes made by both sides. If one side scores a goal, the game may become more complicated.
It looks better..."
"This momentum is more beneficial to Dortmund. They don't care about losing another one. As long as they score one, they can make up for the disadvantage... What does Aragones think? Atletico Madrid does not seem to want to control the situation on the field, but to fight with them.
Dortmund's tempo led to an attack, which was not wise."
Dick glanced at Aragones on the home team's coaching bench with some surprise - this old guy is quite confident... But I like this attitude!
