"Dick looked very arrogant as always, but it seemed that he had the capital to do so, because after the start of the season, Atletico Madrid quickly showed its outstanding ability. They have already won the Spanish Super Cup and defeated four of them in the first round of La Liga. A scoreless victory over Mallorca, who also participated in the Champions League Although this group has strong opponents like Manchester United, the other two opponents, Olympiacos and Lille, are not particularly outstanding teams. Olympiacos's strength is not Although Lille is third in Ligue 1, they don¡¯t have much experience in Champions League competition. For Atletico Madrid, as long as they perform normally in the group, qualifying from the group will not be a big problem.¡±
"Next Atletico Madrid will welcome Bayern, the Bundesliga hegemon, in the European Super Cup. Bayern has been the Spanish team's biggest sufferer in recent years. Last season, they defeated Real Madrid and Valencia consecutively, allowing the Spanish team to defend the Champions League. The hope of Atletico Madrid has been dashed, and Atletico Madrid seems to have not played against a Bundesliga team under the leadership of Dick. This time facing Bayern can be said to be a test for Atletico Madrid before participating in the Champions League. If they can face it Bayern performed well and the Champions League will not be a nightmare for them."
There are not many highlights in the Champions League group stage draw. In order to ensure the excitement of the second stage of the group stage, there was no strong team gathering together in the group stage this time. Bayern drew a top draw, and their results in the group stage were The opponents are Spartak Moscow, Feyenoord and Sparta Prague. Real Madrid's draw is not very good. They are in a group with Roma. Also in the same group are Lokomotiv Moscow and Anderlecht. Others The teams are basically divided into strong and weak groups, and it is estimated that there will not be any major upsets.
Therefore, after the group stage draw ceremony, in addition to paying attention to the possible collision between Roma and Real Madrid, reporters were more concerned about Atletico Madrid and Manchester United being in the same group, mainly because of Stam's transfer. ¡ª¡ªNow the outside world basically knows that the biggest reason why Stam left Manchester United was because he revealed some secrets in the Manchester United locker room in his autobiography, which angered Ferguson. Now he met Stam in the Champions League immediately. Will Mu use his outstanding performance to give Ferguson, who abandoned him, a good look? This is definitely a highlight of the next Champions League group stage.
It is precisely because of this that the next European Super Cup has attracted the attention of many people. One is a young coach with a rapid rise in the past year or so, one is a veteran strong-fisted coach, and one is a coach who made a strong comeback after making a big splash last season. Atletico Madrid and Bayern, which have been at the top level in Europe in the past few years, the collision of these two teams is indeed enough to attract everyone's attention!
August 30th, Stade Louis II!
For Bayern, Effenberg's injury and absence will definitely be a huge loss. Hitzfeld sent a three-four-three strong offensive lineup in this game. The goalkeeper is captain Kahn, and the German central defender Ti, who has just joined from Stuttgart, Yam formed a three-centre back with Robert Kovac and Link. The two wings of the midfield were sent by the pair of French full-backs Sagnol and Lizarazu. In the center were Hargreaves and the two Swiss players who entered the palace. Sforza partners in the midfield, and Salihamidzic, Pizarro and Elber form a trident on the front line. Dick deployed a relatively safe 4-5 formation in this game, with Vicente on the bench, Jorgensen and Camoranesi forming the two wings, and Jardel advancing alone.
Amid loud applause from the stands, Dick returned to his seat and sat down. There were many celebrities in the stands for this game, including Bayern's top three bosses Beckenbauer, Hoeness and Rummenigge. Appearing in the stands, Bayern's Champions League victory last season was the most glorious moment for this group of players after they won three consecutive championships. Therefore, Bayern also attaches great importance to this European Super Cup.
Hitzfeld can be called the most successful head coach in Germany throughout the 1990s. He won the league championship and the Champions League with Bayern and Dortmund. He was able to win the Champions League with two different clubs. This is among German coaches. It can be regarded as the only one. Even Beckenbauer only won the World Cup as a player and head coach, and won the Champions League as a player. This is enough to achieve Hitzfield's status.
"But, you are about to fall behind after all The development of modern football can easily leave behind the once glorious old coach." Dick thought in his heart when shaking hands with Hitzfield.
In this game against Hitzfield, Dick basically judged it before the game, especially since Effenberg was injured. In the position of organizer in the middle of the midfield, Hitzfield could only let Sforza Appeared.
This legendary Swiss player is also a very interesting guy. His most glorious period was basically spent in Kaiserslautern. After debuting from Grasshopper Zurich, he joined Kaisers in 1993.Lauten, he soon showed his outstanding abilities. In his two seasons in Kaiserslautern, he helped the team to achieve second and fourth place in the Bundesliga. For this reason, he was Bayern took a fancy to him and then transferred to Bayern. However, leaving Kaiserslautern was a huge bad news for him and Kaiserslautern. Although he had many opportunities to play at Bayern, his performance was only It was considered average. After one season, he moved to Serie A giant Inter Milan, but his performance that season could only be considered mediocre - what was even worse was Kaiserslautern. The season after he left, Kaiserslautern Zeslautern was relegated and returned to the Bundesliga the following year.
His old club didn't do well, and he himself didn't do well, so before the start of the 1997-98 season, he returned to Kaiserslautern, and then he and Kaiserslautern created the most legendary game in Bundesliga history. One scene - winning the league championship as a newly promoted team and creating the Kaiserslautern miracle that season! He performed equally well in the next two seasons, helping Kaiserslautern finish fifth in the Bundesliga for two consecutive years and reach the quarterfinals in the Champions League the following year. In this case, he was once again Bayern took a fancy to him, but even though he put on the No. 10 jersey that once belonged to Matthaus after joining Bayern, he was still only able to become Effenberg's substitute, and his performance was average.
Looking at his career so far, it is a process of being awesome in Kaiserslautern and being stupid in other wealthy clubs. However, he is always unwilling to be lonely. If he plays well, he will go to wealthy clubs. If he does not play well, he will end up in Kaiserslautern. ¡ª¡ªBut every time, Kaiserslautern would not break up with each other, and Kaiserslautern would accept him with a broad mind
"What a blockbuster scene of love and hatred!" Dick sighed in his heart. In fact, to put it bluntly, it just proved that Sforza is a star who needs other players to unite around him. When he was in Kaiserslautern With this condition, he is the core of the midfield, and everyone revolves around him, allowing him to fully demonstrate his abilities. However, in Inter Milan and Bayern, he will not have such conditions, and his performance will naturally decline - -In fact, there are many such players. It is more than enough to play the core of a small team. However, when he goes to a big team, he cannot make his due contribution as a role player, and his own strength is not enough for the giants to position him as the core. When it comes to operation, the performance will naturally have such ups and downs.
Just like now, although Effenberg is away, Sforza has replaced Effenberg in the core midfield position, but does he have the prestige and ability to allow Bayern's stars to attack around him? Obviously impossible! This is not something that the head coach can have by giving him the core position and the No. 10 jersey. The reason why Belleron can become the core of the midfielder under Dick is because he was the main midfielder of Atletico Madrid before, and he will play The core player must play well to be able to have such a status in the team. Such conditions do not exist for Sforza.
So Dick is not worried about how much trouble his organization will cause. Bayern's lineup is superficially weak in defense on the wing. However, Sagnol and Lizarazu are both very top full-backs. Lizarazu He is the world's top offensive left back who can be compared with Robert Carlos. Sagnol also has excellent strength. On their front line, in addition to Pizarro, Salihamid Qi is also a player who can play in all positions on the wing. It is not easy to create opportunities from the wing.
On the contrary, Bayern's center, which seems to have two central midfielders and three central defenders, is a place that can be exploited - so Dick did not send Vicente, but sent Jorgensen, just to Using his ability to cut inside and his skills with his feet to create opportunities, he and Camoranesi are both players who can hit the midfield and put pressure on Bayern's center at any time!
When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Atletico Madrid began to pass the ball back and forth in the middle, preparing to look for opportunities.
For Bayern, they do not have the habit of recycling. The Bayern led by Hitzfeld is quite good in offensive ability. It has strong offensive ability in both wing and center. In the 1999 Champions League final, it used offense to defeat Manchester United. Suppressing the whole game, if it weren't for bad luck, they wouldn't have to wait until last season to win their fourth Champions League title.
However, after all, three years have passed, and the powerful Bayern team has begun to gradually age. Babel and Tanat, who suppressed Manchester United's wingers on the wing, have transferred and left, and Matthaus went to study in the United States. In the golden triangle of the midfield, which was the top midfielder in the league at the time, the weirdo Baszler had left, Effenberg was injured, and tough guy Jerry Mays was also unable to play due to injury, and his position was taken by the young player Hargreaves. replace¡¡
No matter how strong a team is, it will inevitably be eroded by time. This is the case with Bayern now.
When Bayern began to press in the frontcourt, Atletico Madrid did not mess up their position. Belleron began to show his excellent scheduling ability in the midfield, and his passes were well organized.Without Atletico Madrid's midfielder, Bayern's pressing did not have much effect.
In the fourth minute, Belleron showed his excellent passing ability. After receiving the pass from Baraja, he sent a beautiful 40-meter pass. Vicente intervened at high speed and passed Sani. Orr received the ball from behind, and then began to rush towards Bayern's half. It was not until he broke through to the edge of the penalty area that he raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area!
Central defender Thiam used a risky tackle to grab the ball out of the baseline before Jardel could catch it, and Atletico Madrid won a corner kick.
Atletico Madrid fans sighed in the stands. Thiam's tackle was quite beautiful. If he had been a step later, Jardel would have been able to occupy a favorable position and receive such a ground ball in the penalty area. Jardel Del has a hundred ways to score the ball into Bayern's gate, even if the goalkeeper is the great Kahn!
However, Dick laughed. Through this attack, Dick knew that at least until Heathfield made changes, Atletico Madrid would have an absolute advantage!