Mourinho did not believe in Van Gaal's judgment, but he had no choice - Van Gaal was undoubtedly a famous coach with outstanding achievements, but he was also famous for his stubbornness and arrogance. Mourinho
It cannot influence his thoughts. As Mourinho himself said, under Van Gaal, although he was an assistant coach, he was actually doing a translation job. Van Gaal gave all his power to
He is in control, and he is the only one who has the final say on the team.
So Mourinho can only keep his worries in his heart.
So at the Calderon Stadium on April 25, Van Gaal was a little surprised when he got the Atletico Madrid lineup two hours before the game - almost all the main players were on the court, including the outstanding performance as a substitute in the previous round.
Juninho - he replaced Léard in the attacking midfield position.
Barcelona, on the other hand, hid Figo and Rivaldo for the league, with Kluivert and Dani partnering up front, and sent Guardiola, Cocu, Litmanen and Ronald De Boer in the midfield.
The defense is relatively complete, with Reiziger and Sergi on the wings, Frank DeBoer and Abelardo as center backs, and Hesper as goalkeeper.
"We are actually missing the two core players Figo and Rivaldo? Damn it, these two goal cards were in vain!"
While Van Gaal was surprised, Dick was also regretting it in the locker room. In his opinion, Barcelona's strength would be greatly reduced without Rivaldo and Figo. Even if they don't use goal cards and status cards, they still have a chance to win.
Victory, in this case, the two precious goal cards are indeed wasted...
"Forget it, now that you've used it, don't regret it." Dick quickly let go of this. He has always been a person who can afford to take things and let them go.
When he looked up and saw that the players were all looking at him strangely, Dick thought quickly and immediately took advantage of the news.
"I just got Barcelona's playing list... It's strange that their vice-captain Figo and top star Rivaldo did not play. What does this mean?"
Because Barcelona's roster was only announced two hours before the game, Atletico Madrid players only knew Barcelona's roster now. When they heard that players like Rivaldo and Figo were not playing, they first
I was overjoyed, but then became curious - are these two heavyweight players injured?
"No, they are not injured and they seem to be in good condition... yet Van Gaal put them on the bench. Why?" Dick had a strange smile on his face.
Many players thought of a possibility, and their faces began to look ugly.
"Yes, they think these two main players can beat us even if they don't play... This is not that they don't value the King's Cup. They have already reached the semi-finals. Will Barcelona, which is striving to win the Triple Crown, give up such a game? Just
However, they feel that Atletico Madrid is very poor now and will be relegated soon. They probably won't have any ideas. We can just beat them to the ground. Let's let our number one star and vice-captain take a rest.
, there are more important Champions League and league games waiting for us to play..."
Dick vividly imitated Van Gaal's English with a Dutch accent. If it were used on a talk show, it would probably make people roll on the floor with laughter. However, at this time, Atletico Madrid players could not laugh at all.
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Damn, you actually look down on us so much!
"Have you seen it? In the eyes of most people, the current Atletico Madrid is no longer the Atletico Madrid that won the double championship three years ago... We have not been able to win any honors for three years, and we dare not face any opponent.
We lost, and now we have fallen into the relegation zone... Actually, we don't blame others for looking down on us. The world of football is like this. If you don't perform well, no matter how brilliant you were in the past, you will be laughed at by many people... Faced with this
What to do with ridicule?”
Hearing Dick's shout, the players all raised their heads and looked at Dick.
Dick raised his right hand high, then swung it down fiercely, making a slap in the face: "Use our performance to slap them! Defeat them! Kill them! Let them kneel in front of us and be honest.
They said: 'We were wrong! We shouldn't underestimate you!' Of course, to do this, we need to go out on the field and surprise those guys!"
Dick successfully aroused the emotions of the players. Atletico Madrid's players are not just prostitutes. They are all top-notch players, and almost none of them are less famous. Although Hill is messing around,
But after all, he spent so much money to go out and brought in top-notch players. Now that he was incited by Dick, and they were really depressed this season, he was immediately mobilized by Dick.
My own emotions...
Looking at the players walking out of the locker room with murderous intent, Dick knew that Barcelona might be in trouble in this game...
For this game, he did not hesitate to use up nearly half of the cards in his hand - two goal cards, one status bonus card for his own team, and one status decline card for the opposing team, plus Barcelona's own main players.
The Atletico Madrid players are united. If they don't win a big victory in this game, he will quit being the head coach!
When the players from both sides appeared on the court, the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands cheered. They had been close to despair before, but the young head coach who had been protested and boycotted by many Atletico Madrid fans as soon as he came on stage.
Leading the team to two consecutive victories, Atletico Madrid's hope of relegation has once again dawned. At this time, even the most die-hard "Kiko Guards" have adopted a silent attitude. The world is huge, and relegation is the biggest. This
Even if they wanted to be dissatisfied with Dick, they would probably be despised by their friends...
On the premise of relegation, everything can be given up, let alone just a player? No matter how famous Kiko is and how much he contributes, he has not allowed Atletico Madrid to escape the danger of relegation, but this young head coach has brought
Possibility of relegation!
So at today's game, the whole audience cheered for Dick, and all the fans who didn't like Dick remained silent.
"In just two games, Dick has conquered the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans! This is a miracle and a matter of course. I think any Atletico Madrid fan who has watched the last few games will know why he has won the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans in just two games.
After the game, Dick went from having no one cheering to being cheered by the whole stadium! Before Dick appeared, almost all Atletico Madrid people were in despair. It was he, the 21-year-old Chinese head coach, who gave
The Atletico man brought hope! From seven points behind the relegation zone to two points in just two games! Accept the cheers, Dick, you deserve it!"
Bones's loud shouts resonated with many Atletico Madrid fans. As a standard Atletico Madrid fan, Bones's confessional explanation is almost the mentality of many Atletico Madrid fans. Indeed, in Di
Before Dick appeared, because Antic, who had successfully put out the fire before, failed to save Atletico Madrid, which was on the verge of extinction, many fans were actually desperate. However, at this time, Dick came out of the blue and won directly.
Kiko, who has a very high reputation, quickly integrated his combat power amidst the roar of anger, and then used two wins to stabilize Atletico Madrid's situation - which immediately made Bonays and quite a few Atletico Madrid
Sports fans become Dick's crazy fans!
Although most other fans are not so outrageous, they also feel that Dick has indeed created a lot of achievements now. In any case, he has contributed to Atletico Madrid!
So when Dick walked out of the tunnel, he heard the cheers for him from the stands.
"Di! Di! Di!"
Maybe many Atletico Madrid fans couldn't pronounce Dick's last name correctly, but they kept shouting loudly in this somewhat awkward language, just to express one meaning to Dick - we
Support you, well done!
Dick was also a little surprised when he heard such uniform shouts from the stands.
He turned his head and glanced at Marriner, who shrugged: "Two wins are enough to make them like you. If we can successfully avoid relegation, then you will be completely liked by them!"
"It's not enough to avoid relegation, Robert!"
Dick grinned at Marriner. It was obvious that the cheers from the stands gave Dick a great sense of vanity. He opened his arms and made a "V" gesture to the stands.
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In the past, when he gestured like this, he usually received overwhelming boos from the stands. Many people felt that it was stupid for the team to gesture with the victory sign at this time. Others looked at Di purely because Kiko could not play.
Ke was unhappy, but at this time, most Atletico Madrid fans began to get excited - "Look, Di made the victory sign again! We will definitely win! Defeat Barcelona and we will enter the final of the King's Cup."
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"The opponent has hidden two main players. Will we be in trouble in the next league game..." Some people are also worried.
However, their worries were immediately stopped by the people around them: "What are you afraid of? Can those relegation teams still win? There are still four rounds of leagues. We will definitely be able to successfully avoid relegation, and we will also win the King's Cup! Next
We want to reappear in the European competition next season!"
Such an attitude that is almost blindly optimistic may not be appropriate in the eyes of many people. After all, their current situation is not very good. However, for the Atletico Madrid people who are still in the slump, they need all kinds of optimism to keep them going.
Get comfort yourself.
Now many Atletico Madrid fans have gone from one extreme to the other, that is, from extreme pessimism about the team to extreme optimism about Dick - I can't tell whether this is good or bad, but for Dick
As for Ke himself, he really hopes that the fans will be extremely superstitious about him - as long as he can keep winning!
At least at the end of this season, during the period of fighting the fire, Dick also wants to keep winning. Only by keeping winning can he achieve the goal he wants.
When the Atletico Madrid building was about to collapse, he emerged from nowhere, turned the tide, won one victory after another, and then led the team to successfully avoid relegation. At the same time, he also won the King's Cup championship and a ticket to the European competition next season... Only
Only such a gorgeous appearance can be worthy of my identity and status as a great head coach! When I become famous, this miraculous fire-fighting will leave a deep mark on my coaching career.
