Chapter 214: Hard Mouth

When Torres smashed the ball into Liverpool's goal from the edge of the box, Dick jumped from the dugout with clenched fists!

It wasn't just this one goal that excited him!

But on the field, Torres can use his own brains to find the weak points in Liverpool's defense - you must know that when Dick sent him, he said that he would play behind him to look for opportunities, but he chose to appear in the weakest position because of the actual situation on the field - if a player does not change much in actual technical ability, he can have more ball intelligence, and his strength on the field will undoubtedly rise again!

Torres needs to gain experience, he needs to get stronger, he needs to improve his technique slowly – but when he gets smarter on the field, there's no doubt that he'll grow faster and his potential will increase a lot.

For example, his potential is fifty, and his current ability is twenty, so Torres, who has learned to think and play football with his brain, can play at the level of thirty with the strength of twenty, and when his potential is fully realized, it may not be just fifty, but a hundred!

This means that Dick can be a little bolder with Torres in the future, because he will be better able to avoid those injuries and allow himself to grow successfully - after sitting on the bench for so long, sitting next to Cruise for so long, Torres's growth is very different from history.

That's what Dick excites the most.

When Torres ran towards him, Dick showed a completely different excitement than usual, rushed over and hugged Torres, who was a little taller than him, and then shouted in his ear: "It's beautiful, Fernando!" This goal just now is so smart! That's right, you don't have the physicality of Jadel and Cruise, so you're going to have to play in a smarter way! Use your brain to watch for flaws in your opponent's defense and solve them! You have what it takes! ”

When Dick calmed down a little and let go of his hand, Torres covered his ears and said to Dick with a painful face: "Chief, your voice is too loud, my eardrums are about to be broken by you......"

Dick laughed happily, then rubbed Torres' hair, "Go on, boy, the game is going on." ”

Atletico's second goal was a pretty serious blow for Liverpool.

They tried to launch a counterattack in the next game, but Atletico Madrid used a soft knife to strip their fighting spirit little by little, constantly blocking their attacks in the midfield, Thuram followed Owen closely, making it difficult for him to receive the ball, Makelelele's run in the midfield continued to block Liverpool's passes, although Heskey was able to fight for a few headers, but it was useless, and every time Atletico Madrid's attack, it could kill a lot of time.

In the 84th minute, there was a gap in the Liverpool backfield that were desperate for an equaliser, and Belleron's exquisite through ball penetrated the Liverpool defence, cut diagonally into the box to form a one-on-one Jorgensen, and in the face of the attacking Dudek, he calmly shook Dudek and then smashed the ball into the empty net - the whole Anfield stadium was completely silent, and they knew that the victory of this game would not be theirs again......

At the final whistle, Atletico's players began to celebrate wildly, and the victory undoubtedly set a solid foundation for them to qualify, and a beautiful away win in such a complex group is undoubtedly a great start!

The difficult situation in this group can be seen in the other game - Galatasaray's players played extremely hot at their home stadium, and the crazy home atmosphere forced the referee to let go of some inconspicuous fouls by the Galatasaray players when awarding the penalty, and every slightly larger move of the Roma caused the Galatasaray players to confront them with a fight-like movement - in the opening two minutes, Totti brought down the opposing midfielder Ehan. Such a routine move led to a circle of angry Turkish players around the Roman prince, and Roma's performance began to look difficult in such an atmosphere, with Perez opening the scoring for Galatasaray in the first half, and if Emerson had it not been for Emerson's clever effort to find the ball in Mondragon before the break, Roma might have swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat at home in hell.

After this round of league games, Atletico Madrid topped the group with three points, Roma Galatasaray ranked second and third, and Liverpool finished bottom with zero points.

"The first win doesn't say anything...... The group is evenly matched, it is possible to win or lose, and there are five games to go and only if we play well in those five games will we be able to qualify. Win all? I haven't thought about this kind of thing, because in this group, it is basically impossible to win all of them, and even 12 points are not needed, and if you can get 10 points, you will definitely be able to qualify in this group, which is the most average group and the most difficult group. ”

Dick's last words in the post-match press conference were scoffed at by many - this group is indeed average, but will it be the most difficult group? How embarrassing is Group D for Deportivo La Coruna, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Arsenal?

After two consecutive high-level performances, the after-effects of Dick's hard work in those two games began to kick in, and the Atletico players were clearly in a bit of form in the weekend's away game against Zaragoza, and despite Jadel's goal for Atletico before the break, Atletico still lost 2-1 away to Zaragoza - a defeat that was entirely due to the decline in the players' form, Dick said: "It's normal for us to have a drop in form after we have won two games that are so important…… The players are a little tired, but they will recover soon, which is a normal thing, didn't you see Deportivo lose as well? Even Barcelona and Valencia, who only played in the UEFA Cup, have lost and we are still top of the league, so there's nothing to worry about, and then you'll see an equally good Atletico side. ”

When a reporter asked him why Real Madrid also participated in the Champions Cup, but beat Rayo Vallecano by three goals in this round of the league, Dick said lightly: "Real Madrid? Real Madrid are not our opponents in the league at the moment. While the defeat has closed the gap between them and us by three points, given that they are still six points away from us, I am not considering the level of threat from the teams outside the sixth. ”

This strong rhetoric made everyone feel helpless, it is a fact that Real Madrid is getting better and better, and they will definitely become a strong contender for the league title, but Dick's words are also a fact......

Does he really think that Real Madrid can no longer be a match for Atletico? If this is the case, Bosque is happy, he is not afraid that Dick will look down on Real Madrid, because those who look down on Real Madrid will definitely swallow the bitter fruit next - but did Dick really think so? Bosque doesn't think Dick will be frivolous to this point, maybe his personality is indeed a little frivolous, but in terms of coaching the team, he is a very terrible existence, such a low-level mistake, he will not make such a low-level mistake - the reason why he said such a thing at the press conference is just that Dick does not like to be blamed by others after a loss, he will always come up with some reason to excuse himself, but in the end, he can always win, can win the championship. So even if he cheats, others will not take him seriously......

The following week is the Copa del Rey, which gives Dick and his players a respite, as Atletico face a Group A side in the third division of the Copa del Rey in the second round of the Copa del Rey and it is unknown how they managed to make it through the first round of the Copa del Rey with a large number of La Liga teams......

Dick didn't bother to prepare for this game, he just arranged all the substitutes to prepare for the game, and then began to prepare for the weekend league - just lost one game in the league, and the next goal is only one, that is, victory - although he seems to be very confident in his words, but Dick still values the fact that Real Madrid has gradually caught up.

No matter from which point of view, Real Madrid has been the strongest team in the world in recent years, and their results in the league have been very poor since the run-in problem this season, but they have gradually eased up now, and their competitiveness in the league will definitely become extremely strong!

Dick knows that no matter how good Barcelona is at the beginning of the season, their excellent performance cannot be sustained, and Real Madrid will slowly recover from the performance at the beginning of the season, which is determined by their own reasons.

The first round of the Champions League has been won and a solid foundation has been laid, and now is the time to put more energy into the league.

Atletico beat the third-division side 3-1 on the road, with Fernando Torres and Kros playing half the game each, while the long-lost Correa played the whole game, scoring a goal in the game, Cruise also scored a goal, and with a goal from Hageh, Atletico advanced to the third round of the Copa del Rey.

For this game, even Atletico Madrid fans don't care much, it's normal to win, if they lose, maybe they will pay attention to this game - you must know that Atletico Madrid's substitute players are also capable of playing the main team in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga, because Atletico Madrid's own financial resources are not small, and they are also not very attractive, and Dick often consciously lets them play together, and there is no problem with cooperation, facing a third division team that is already close to the amateur team, If you can't win, that's a real problem.

The system of the Spanish professional league is different from that of England and Italy, La Liga is below La Liga, La B is below La C, and then below is the regional amateur league, and La C teams are divided into four groups, each group has twenty teams - most of these groups are professional, but there are also many semi-professional and semi-amateur teams, after all, England claims to have the most professional clubs, but it is only four levels of professional leagues, and there is only one group of about 20 teams in the second and third divisions, The three divisions in Spain can already include basically all professional teams.

When Atletico's substitutes returned from the away game, Atletico ushered in the fifteenth round of the league.