"The second group stage of the Champions Cup has been played for five rounds...... For the group stage of the Champions Cup, at this point, the situation should gradually become clearer. For example, in Group A, Manchester United and Bayern Munich met in the first round and drew in the first round, and then they performed very well, winning two and drawing one against the other two opponents in the group, and then in the fifth round they were very tacit and drew again, becoming the qualifying team in this group. Real Madrid in Group C are in a league of the two, winning five straight games in the first five rounds, with Panathinaikos, Porto and Sparta Prague fighting for second place in the group. Group D, known as the Group of Death, is a bit more complicated, now Deportivo has 10 points, Bayer Leverkusen is seven, these two teams will go head-to-head in the final round, Arsenal are now also on seven points, Juventus are at the bottom with a surprising four, and if they can beat Arsenal in the final round, Deportivo will beat Bayer Leverkusen, then they will be able to miraculously qualify! Deportivo La Coruna have won two in a row against Arsenal and they have already qualified early, and the last round is the time to save their strength, so this group is effectively Leverkusen, Arsenal and Juventus fighting for the last qualifying spot! Now, let's talk about the last group of the Champions Cup, and the most bizarre one......"

"When the Champions Cup reaches the fifth round, basically the points of the group leader are already very high, for example, Real Madrid is now an amazing total victory, 15 points! Deportivo La Coruna and Manchester United also have points of 10 and 9 points...... But when we look at Atletico's points in Group C, we should be surprised, because Atletico only have seven points! Is it because they're not the first in the group? No, they are top of the group because the other teams have lower points than them......"

"Roma and Galatasaray both drew five in a row in the group stage of the Champions League! After winning the first round, Atletico also drew all the next four games, while Liverpool drew the next four league games after losing in the first round! In the final round, Atletico Madrid will travel to Galatasaray and Liverpool will host Roma! Whoever wins, the winning team advances to the knockout round, and the loser is eliminated...... Oh no, if Atletico lose to Galatasaray and then Liverpool win against Roma, Atletico will be able to rely on their record advantage against Liverpool to qualify. If all matches are drawn, then it will be Atletico Madrid and ...... who will advance Oh, and that's a bit of a problem because Roma and Galatasaray will both have six points, with a 1-1 draw and zero goal difference in both games...... Well, the next step is to look at the number of goals, they all scored five! If the final round of matches were all 0-0, it would be a surprising situation! Let's go interview the members of the UEFA Competition Committee......"

"The answer is out, if this extreme situation occurs, then it will be Roma who will advance! Because Roma have only received one red card in the first five league games, while Galatasaray has received two! Even if Roma has a player who gets a red card in the last round, then the number of yellow cards will be compared, and Galatasaray is far ahead! ”

The complex environment of this group surprised everyone, countless media and TV stations began to analyze the various situations in the final round, in general, Atletico still have an advantage, the victory at Anfield Stadium made them only need a draw in the last round to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Liverpool is in the worst situation, they must beat Roma in the last round, and Atletico Madrid cannot lose yet, otherwise Galatasaray will beat Atletico Madrid to reach eight points, Although Liverpool and Atletico Madrid are on the same seven points, Atletico have the advantage in terms of winning and losing each other.

Of course, Atletico doesn't mean they can rest easy, if they lose to Galatasaray and Roma beat Liverpool, then they will be out of the Champions League and will not even have a chance to qualify for the UEFA Cup!

"Well, Robert, I really admire you."

Dick turned the glass in his hand and said to Marriner with a grin.

Marriner was ashamed: "Don't say it, Di, I'm ashamed now...... Such a good situation almost ended in my hands, and if it weren't for the fact that they always ended up drawing with each other, we might have finished bottom of the group by now. ”

That's true, because although Atletico Madrid can get one point in every game, if the opponents are divided between each other, one game is three points! If the combination is a little stranger, it is not uncommon for Atletico to finish bottom of the group with an unbeaten record.

"Needless to say, what didn't happen." Dick shook his head: "I'm a person who only pays attention to the result, not the process, in fact, in these games when I can't command the team, you have kept Atletico Madrid's vitality to the greatest extent, restrained other teams, and made the situation in this group extremely chaotic!" Chaos is good, chaos is chaotic, we can profit from chaos! Now we are in the best situation! You're unlucky enough for the players to come back, but there have been injuries all the time, and you're great to be able to do that, Robert. ”

Dick's words are really not to comfort Marriner, there are not many injuries in Atletico during this time, Belleron, Jardel, Vicente, Capdevilla have all been injured, although they are all small injuries that can be healed after a day or two, and it has also brought a lot of trouble to Atletico Madrid's arrangement, plus Dick can't command on the sidelines, although he can give some instructions through some small actions, but the timeliness of such command is not very high, and sometimes the opportunity is fleeting!

And now, there is still a lot of good news for Atletico Madrid, with the return of Camoranesi from injury two weeks ago, and Stam also returned from injury a week ago, the return of this top central defender will undoubtedly make Atletico's defense more excellent, extremely powerful, although a veteran like him has a gap period, but he is a defender after all, it is much easier to find a feeling than a striker, he started in the last round of the league, played 70 minutes, performed well, these injuries have returned, Let Atletico's strength begin to become extremely strong again!

"The media are saying that we only need a draw to qualify for the group, but that's not enough." Dick said to Marriner: "Galatasaray's team, in terms of the strength of the players, is not particularly good, but their hard work and tenacious fighting spirit are very troublesome! As much as I hate this team, I have to admit that they are tough and tough opponents, and if we go away and report a draw to qualify, the end result could be miserable! Although Liverpool will be fighting to beat Roma at home, we can't put our hopes of qualification on anyone else! This is the most stupid act, only by taking everything into our own hands can we better fight for victory! If we can only advance by relying on the efforts of others, then even if we enter the knockout round, we will not go too far, don't forget that we are facing in the knockout round, all of which have been brutally tested in the group stage twice, and there is no half-baked team! ”

"You're right, Di, sometimes, performance is more important than promotion." Marriner nodded.

"That's true." Dick laughed.

The next day at the training ground, Dick called all the players over.

"It's been a long time, do you miss me?" Dick looked at the players and said with a smile on his face.

The Atletico players are a little crying and laughing, it's been a long time, don't we meet on the training ground every day? I still run to a nightclub when I have nothing to do......

But they also know what Dick means, what they haven't seen for a long time, in fact, it is nothing more than that he has missed three games in the Champions Cup, and in the three Champions Cup games, the Atletico players can't see that thin and confident figure in the coach's box!

"I'm going back to you guys in the next game...... Regarding the final round of the Champions Cup, I don't think I need to analyze anything, because the newspapers, TV stations...... They have already analyzed too much! Yes, we only need a draw in the final round to qualify for the knockout rounds, and even if we lose, as long as Liverpool can beat or draw with Roma, we can still qualify...... But is that what we want? ”

Dick looked around at the players, his eyes blazing: "Maybe in the eyes of many people, as long as we can qualify, it is enough, because after the promotion, all of us will be on the same starting line, and then we will have to fight...... This kind of thinking can't be said to be wrong, after all, the result comes first. But...... I don't think so! ”

"I'm sure we won't have too much of a problem with our victory, I'm sure we'll qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup, but I won't forget that last year, at our home stadium, Galatasaray didn't win the game in that way! In that game, we were obviously very good! But because they scared the referee, we could only fight for a draw in the game...... I will never forget that I was suspended for three games in order to fight for the environment we deserve! ”

"That's not right! This kind of willingness to scare others for the sake of victory and to treat others with rough actions is not right to make a profit! This is not how the world should be! Football games shouldn't be like this! So we want to show everyone what a football game should be like with a dignified victory! How things should be! Let's make things the way they should be! ”

"What should a football game look like? It should be a trick for each other, the players are fighting the field, there can be fouls, but there should be no rough action of intentional injury! If everyone takes for granted that it is natural to scare the opponent with a ferocious approach and make a profit, then we will use our actions to show everyone what the game should look like! ”

Dick's voice was not loud, but every word, every word, every sentence, hit the hearts of the Atletico players.

Beat Galatasaray to qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League as the undisputed group winners, and let everyone know what Atletico Madrid football is and what football is right!

Before leading the team to Turkey, Dick held a press conference, at which he simply said a word.

"Guys, I'm back!"