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Volume 1: Become Famous in One Move Chapter 206: Strength is King

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    In the Atletico Madrid team that went to Manchester, there were a total of 18 players, excluding the coach, team doctor, etc., but only 17 came back.

    The news that Stam stayed in Manchester to recuperate quickly spread, and the exact news of his injury also spread. For a twenty-nine-year-old veteran, three months of rest is long enough.  If he's not lucky, maybe he won't return to his previous form!

    "Spending so much money to buy a 29-year-old veteran is a risky move in itself. Now it seems that Dick is not lucky enough. I hope Stam can return to his previous form after recovering from injury, otherwise they will  The investment in Stam was really a loss.¡±

    Many media have commented that Dick turned a deaf ear to this statement. This is true in itself, but Dick does not think that this investment will be a loss. After all, Stam can still maintain the top level for at least two or three years.  State, historically he performed extremely well when he moved to AC Milan at the age of 33.

    Although he is injured now, Dick believes that in three months, he will have an equally outstanding Stam.

    ??Besides, if Atletico Madrid¡¯s purchase of Stam is a risk, then wouldn¡¯t Real Madrid¡¯s spending more than 60 million US dollars to buy the 29-year-old Zidane also be considered a risk?  No one can explain this kind of thing clearly. Dick's headache now is just how to minimize the loss of Stam's absence in the next game.

    Stam was injured and Marchena returned to the main lineup again. However, Atletico Madrid's overall strength will definitely suffer some damage.

    In the next round of the league, Atletico Madrid faced Athletic Bilbao at home. In the end, they stopped their winning streak in this game and were tied one to one by Athletic Bilbao at home. In this  In the game, Dick once again rotated part of the main lineup, and it was not unfair to be tied in the end. The only gain was that Jardel, who was in excellent form, scored again and continued to lead the La Liga scorer list.

    After being tied, Atletico Madrid fell from the first position in the standings to second place, and was overtaken by Deportivo by one point. However, they still suppressed other teams. The previous winning streak had already allowed Atletico Madrid to  Having regained the feeling of being in the league, a draw won't affect them too much.

    After encountering this draw, Atletico Madrid welcomed Lille at home in midweek. Dick gave a fatal order before the start of the game. He must defeat his opponent. Not only must he qualify one round in advance, but he must also lock in one round in advance.  First place in the group!

    Amid the cheers of 50,000 fans at the Calderon Stadium, despite Lille's stubborn resistance, Atletico Madrid still won the game. Jorgensen, who came on as a substitute in the second half, opened the scoring for the team.  After equalizing the score, Jardel's third goal in a week helped Atletico Madrid win the game. Atletico Madrid defeated Lille 2-1 and won four consecutive games in the group stage, one round ahead of the competition.  Won first place in the group!

    After winning this game, Atletico Madrid's points reached 13 points. Although Manchester United defeated Olympiacos with three goals at home and qualified for the group ahead of schedule, it was four points behind Atletico Madrid and could only settle for second place.

    Dick is very happy to be able to qualify for the group stage one round in advance. This allows the substitutes in the last round to get a chance to play, and the main players can also rest for a while to prepare for the next group matches of the second stage of the League, King's Cup and Champions League.  the match of.

    Of course, it is still unknown what kind of group the horse racing will be divided into in the second stage.

    However, as the first place in the group, Atletico Madrid should be assigned to a relatively good group.

    Perhaps out of relief, Atletico Madrid encountered Waterloo in the next round of the league. They unexpectedly lost to Alaves 0-1 away from home - their advantage in this game was not actually small.  , however, Alaves relied on excellent defense and did not concede the ball. Instead, he counterattacked and won with a header from Argentine defender Coloccini, who was on loan from AC Milan - Coloccini in this game  He was the best player in the game. While his defensive performance was eye-catching, he also showed excellent offensive status. After receiving a corner kick from his teammate, he jumped in front of Marchena and headed the ball into the dead center of the goal.

    To a certain extent, Atletico Madrid's defeat can be regarded as paying the price for Stam's injury. Although Marchena performed very hard, his air defense ability was worse than Stam's. In addition, Atletico Madrid  Sporting's defense has become accustomed to the sense of stability brought by Stam, and they now have to slowly adapt to Marchena's presence.

    In this regard, Dick did not put any pressure on Marchena. No matter how many players he rotated, he would not rotate two central defenders. Firstly, because the central defender position does not consume too much physical energy, and secondly, he wanted to ensure the defense line.  stable.

    The good thing is that Atletico Madrid can ignore it next??Relax, the last round of the Champions League group stage is just a formality for them.

    In the away game against Olympiakos, Dick used substitute players in all other positions except for Marchena and Stam to partner as central defenders. In this game, Marchena's performance was obviously due to the previous consecutive  He recovered a lot after playing the game. He performed very well in the game and blocked the opponent's offense. Atletico Madrid finally drew 0-0 with the opponent in the away game and lifted its head from the group with an unbeaten record of four wins and two draws.  After qualifying, Manchester United also drew with Lille. In the end, Lille won the third place in the group and qualified for the UEFA Cup, while Olympiacos went home.

    Interestingly, Atletico Madrid double defeated Manchester United and Lille in the group stage, but drew with Olympiacos consecutively. However, Olympiacos only got three points in the group stage, and two of them came from Atletico Madrid.  From this point of view, Atletico Madrid's performance is indeed not stable enough, and it does not perform as well as an established team like Manchester United

    After playing the away game, Dick asked Marchena to lead the team back to Madrid, and he flew to Lausanne, Switzerland, to participate in the draw ceremony of the second phase of the Champions League group stage.

    "It's really troublesomethe first stage group stage, the second stage group stage, the draw for the quarter-finals, the draw for the semi-finals. Now in this Champions League, in addition to playing so many games in a season, there are also so many draws.  No wonder it was reformed within two years. Although there is a lot of money to be made, such intensive competitions and frequent draws can really make people feel tired. "

    On the plane flying to Switzerland, Dick was thinking in his mind. At the same time, he was also wondering which teams in the group Jockey Club would be divided into. Among the teams that qualified this time, there were three teams in La Liga, except  In addition to Mallorca being rushed to play in the UEFA Cup, Deportivo La Coru?a and Real Madrid have both qualified in the group. Atletico Madrid will not be in the same group with them, and Manchester United and Atletico Madrid have played against each other in the first group stage, so  They will not be grouped together. In other words, there are only twelve other teams that can be in the same group as Atletico Madrid.

    Liverpool and Arsenal in England, Juventus and Roma in Italy, Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, Porto and Boavista in Portugal, Nantes in France, Galatasaray in Turkey, and Paris Saint-Germain in Greece.  Natsinaikos and Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic.

    The strong opponents are nothing more than the six teams from England, Italy and Germany. None of them are easy opponents to deal with, and six of them are slightly weaker, and Roma, Arsenal and Leverkusen are all in the group.  For second place, if Atletico Madrid is placed in a group with a strong first team, and then one of the second teams from these three groups is matched up, then this group will be very difficult. If you are unlucky,  If the two second-placed teams in the group come from these three teamstsk, tsk, tsk, that would be a standard group of death

    Roma is now at its strongest, although Batty's form has begun to decline. Arsenal has historically won the Premier League this season, while Leverkusen is in excellent form and has a state and performance this season.  The unbelievable Barak is not easy to fight no matter who he encounters.

    And those who are ranked first in the group are not easy targets to deal with. The cruelty of the second stage of the group stage is here, because the teams that can appear at the draw are all teams that have stood out after fierce battles!  If the next step is to play the knockout round, you may be able to defeat the opponent through luck. However, in the second stage of the group stage, the characteristics of the group stage have reduced the element of luck to almost a minimum. Only strength, absolute strength, can complete the task.  The result of qualifying the group!

    With Arsenal¡¯s strength, they have not been able to reach the knockout rounds of the Champions League until now, which is enough to prove the cruelty of the current two-leg group stage of the Champions League!

    Of course, compared with when the Champions League had not yet expanded, it was only divided into six groups, and then the cruel competition between the first place in the six groups and the second place in the two best groups entered the knockout quarter-finals. The current two-round group stage  It's pretty simple.

    When Dick entered the lottery ceremony, the other head coaches looked at Dick differently.

    Before, Dick was just a young head coach who had achieved certain results. Although his results in winning the UEFA Cup and La Liga championship last season were outstanding enough, he still lacked the foundation - the so-called foundation, for the coach, means that he won the championship.  quantity!  You must know that there is no shortage of amazing head coaches in the world who quickly achieve outstanding results as soon as they coach the team. However, if there is no long-term performance foundation, they will be quickly forgotten, just like Germany later.  Like Shang, he reached the Champions League final as soon as he coached Monaco and was in the limelight for a while. However, after failing to achieve any results, he was quickly forgotten. When people were discussing how good Mourinho was,  , completely forgot about it, at 0In the Champions League in the 3-04 season, Deschamps was no less popular than Mourinho.

    It¡¯s just that after that year, Mourinho quickly became the top head coach with a series of outstanding results at Chelsea, and then became a god with the same success at Inter Milan and Real Madrid. What about Deschamps?  The most memorable achievement is leading the relegated Juventus back to Serie A, which is naturally different!

    After the start of this season, Dick led Atletico Madrid to continue to perform well, making his position more and more stable. Winning the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup may still be said to be luck, but in the Champions League group  A double win over Manchester United in the game was an amazing achievement. While performing well in the Champions League, he was also able to remain competitive enough in the league. All of this was enough for Dick to gain the respect of more people!

    In this circle, strength is king!  As a player, it is an outstanding personal performance, and as a head coach, it is excellent coaching ability!  With such strength, you won¡¯t have to worry about having nowhere to go no matter what!
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