The second match between the two sides is not immediately after this Champions Cup match, with a league game to play in the weekend between the two games......

'We have three games left in the league and we are six points ahead, which means we only need to win one of the next three league games, because the two games between Valencia and us, we played them one to one away and 0-0 at home, so we have the advantage of winning and losing each other. Although our advantage has been reduced a lot, we still have a huge advantage! We worked so hard before, and when we were in poor form, we were so many points ahead of them, and we needed to play a role at this time! Winning the first 10 rounds is the same as winning the last round, so we can afford to give up this game. Osasuna is not a particularly strong team, so tell the players not to worry, even if they lose, it will be enough for us to win the next game. Dick said to all the coaches about the tactical arrangements within the team.

No one disagrees with his words, and it is clear that the Champions Cup is more important at this time, and with the quality of Atletico, they face the next three opponents, Osasuna. Tenerife and Real Sociedad, even if they send out substitutes in every game, have the ability to get at least three points and let the main players prepare well for the Champions Cup, which is understandable to everyone.

The main players can understand because they have more important tasks to do, and the substitutes can understand because this is the time when they can make a difference!

Real Madrid and Valencia began to join forces to put pressure on Atletico Madrid, because their common enemy at this time was Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid had almost lost the hope of winning the title, because they were seven points behind Atletico Madrid, and there was almost no hope of winning the title, at this time they naturally did not mind Valencia causing enough trouble for Atletico Madrid, and Valencia also hoped that Atletico Madrid would give them hope of catching up when they were distracted from the Champions League game.

'I don't think Atletico can be too confident because they won't be able to get a win in the last three rounds. You have to know that their focus has now completely shifted to the Champions Cup, otherwise we would not have been able to close the seven-point gap with them. In the last three league games, we aim to win all of them and wait for Atletico to make mistakes. ”

Benitez took the lead in the media and Bosque was quick to follow suit: "I think Atletico should give up the next league game, their advantage is too big, and they don't have any advantage in the Champions League. We almost can't win the league anymore, so in the Champions Cup we can put more effort into it. ”

Dick was very unimpressed by the advance momentum of the other two head coaches: "I will do my best to play the Champions Cup, the league, even if we send all the substitutes, it will not be very difficult to win a game." Valencia are in a worse situation than we are, because even if they win them all, we only need to win one game and the league title will be ours, maybe they didn't expect it? Their fate is in our hands and we have two games to give up. Even if we lose the next two rounds of the league because we are distracted by the Champions League, there is a four-day break between the final round and the final, so we can adjust to our condition. As for how to do it, I don't have to worry about Benitez and Bosque to worry about me, and I am now sure that I am fighting on two fronts. I survived such a difficult situation in the middle of the season, leading our players to qualify for the Champions League group stage and extending the lead to 13 points. If you think that this small situation can be difficult, then you are a little naïve......"

Dick's understatement response, many people think that he is overconfident and is likely to make a big mistake, but Atletico Madrid's fans trust Dick extremely - the reason is very simple, so many advantages have been accumulated before, which are used to squander at the last moment! It's like making so much money when you're young, isn't it just so that you can live without worries when you're older.

So it's not a big deal to give up a game or two now, even if we lose the next two games in a row, we will definitely be able to win the last round!

Dick made Valencia's win a complete win a requirement at the outset, but stressed that we only need one win to be enough, which makes Atletico supporters want to see a win for Atletico, not a defeat for Valencia, so they don't care if Valencia wins every game or not, as long as Atletico wins one game - is this a difficult thing? Atletico fans don't think so......

In this mood, when Dick went away with most of the substitutes and some of the young players promoted by the youth team, no one worried about them, even if in the end Atletico Madrid lost 2-3 away to Osasuna, and Valencia beat Espanyol 2-1 at home, closing the gap behind Atletico Madrid to three points, Atletico fans still don't worry - what do you have to struggle, we only need to win one game, you will be dumbfounded!

Dick didn't say anything about this defeat, and immediately after the loss, he led the Atletico players back to Madrid to prepare for the next Champions League semi-finals!

In an early game, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 at home to Manchester United, and with the achievement of a 2-2 draw away from Manchester United in the first leg, they relied on the advantage of one more away goal to surprisingly eliminate Manchester United and reach the final of the Champions League in history!

Bayer Leverkusen is arguably the biggest dark horse in this Champions Cup - of course, if Atletico also make it to the final, then who is the biggest dark horse will have to fight......

After admiring Bayer Leverkusen's excellent performance this season, everyone quickly set their eyes on the second Champions League semi-final, where the two teams from Madrid will fight to the death to reach the final of the Champions League!

For most Spanish fans, their idea is very simple - the championship of this Champions Cup will belong to the La Liga team, just a Bayer Leverkusen, whether it is against Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid, it is impossible to win, La Liga is a civil war, but externally, they are equally good!

In practice, though, it can also be problematic for the team that competes in the Champions League final, and if they lose the final, they will be seen as an insider...... Of course, no one is thinking about this yet, all they want is to beat this city rival and reach the final of the Champions Cup!

'There were some changes to Real Madrid's starting line-up...... Pavon did not play and Ergra returned to play in central defence to partner Hierro, with it was clear that Bosque wanted to change the more fragile problem in the centre-back position. Cambiasso played as a lone midfielder, Solari on the left and Figo on the right, Zidane stepped forward, and Morientes and Raul partnered up front...... Well, it's a standard four-four-two diamond midfielder, this midfielder may be a little worse than Manchester United's midfield in terms of defense, but it's much better in attack and control, so we've got to give it all in this game, understand? Juan, like in the last game, can be a little bit higher up and bully their only midfielder, and we can still attack their midfield, because now they have a much weaker defense in the middle of the midfield than in the last game. ”

Removing a midfielder and bringing in a wide attacker is clear that Bosque is stepping up his attack, and at the same time, Atletico Madrid's veteran Solari is also to make Solari, who is more familiar with Atletico Madrid's players, a surprise soldier. However, Bosque may have miscalculated this point, because the Atletico Madrid team when Solari was there, basically did not have a few main players on the field now, he was familiar with Belleron and Baraja in the middle, Capdevilla was a left-back who would not play against him, and he was on the right back Héctor and right forward Camoranesi, in fact, Solari was not familiar at all......

However, Dick will not underestimate Solari, this wide player is actually quite good, but in Real Madrid can only appear on the field as a substitute player, although there are many wonderful performances, but it is difficult to really become the main force of Real Madrid.

But Solari is a player with excellent skills and imagination, and his scoring ability is also excellent, which Dick knows quite well, although he has only coached Solari for six games, but in the usual training, Solari shows little skill and imagination, not even much worse than Belleron, but he does not have the overall picture like Belleron, and cannot become the core of the midfield like Belleron.

'We may have some problems defensively but we don't need to keep a goal in the game. Even if it's just for a draw, we don't have to trade it for a 0-0 draw, that's not our style. Let's try to attack and score, score one, we don't have to be afraid of anything, score two, if you want to be afraid, it will become Real Madrid! Do you understand! ”

"Got it!" The Atletico players replied in unison.

Dick did not make any adjustments in personnel in this game, the season has played so far, there is actually very little room for adjustment, Bosque's adjustment in this game is actually more forced, he is overstretched in the central defender position, so that he can only let the more reliable Elgra to play central defender, after he Elgra plays central defender, the only one that can be used in the back position is Cambiaso, in order to reduce the defensive pressure in the midfield, so Solari became the starter, strengthening the attack to reduce the pressure on the backline. Compared with Real Madrid's lineup, Atletico Madrid's lineup is more balanced. He wouldn't choose to change the formation himself because he didn't have to.

There were more than 70,000 Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium and only 4,000 Atletico Madrid fans, who occupied a phalanx and cheered hard to support their team. This is arguably the most important match of the season so far, and whoever can get the final win will reach the Champions League final!

Atletico Madrid fans are already going crazy about the chance to participate in the Champions Cup final, because although they are far inferior to Real Madrid in the number of league titles, they have also reached double digits, but what about the Champions Cup? Real Madrid have won the Champions Cup eight times, and Atletico Madrid has not won one, as the weaker side of the city's rivals, Atletico fans are really embarrassed.

Even if it can only be obtained once, it can make Atletico Madrid a real opponent that Real Madrid really values, and it can also allow them to establish their status as a giant! They are desperate to win the trophy this season!