A 3-1 home win over Deportivo La Coruna put Atletico Madrid in first place with six goal difference and seven goals, and one place lower than them was the surprising Celta, who also got six goal difference in two league rounds, but they only scored six, so they were ranked below Atletico Madrid, and they didn't care much about this opponent Dick, even if such a team could once be ranked high, it would not be the object of the championship in the end, and it was always the most threatening to the league championship, or only those teams.

Real Madrid are in terrible form, after losing in the first round, they also failed to win in the second round, they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Malaga, and now they are second to last with only one point, Barcelona also suffered a draw, but because of the win in the first round, they are now in sixth place with four points, Valencia is also four points, and in the second round they were held to a draw away by Las Palmas, and the form does not seem particularly good.

After winning the match against Deportivo La Coruna, Atletico Madrid rested for a week before heading to Valencia to prepare for the third round against Valencia.

In the league against Valencia, Dick sent a standard defensive counterattack lineup, only Jadel stepped forward alone, surrounded by Jorgensen and Vicente, and in the midfield, he sent Baraja, Bonovic and Marchena who was pushed into the midfield to form a back three, the main backline has not changed, Dick also wants to use this game to continue to test his backline, after all, Atletico Madrid will face next, but the Champions League is strong.

The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Cruz continuing his excellent form, breaking through the goal of Canizares with a counter-attacking header in the second half, while Valencia scored a goal from Mista's goal in front of goal, and the two teams ended up in a 1-1 draw, and Dick was quite satisfied with the draw.

Atletico Madrid drawn, Celta and Alaves, the two teams that started with the same two consecutive wins, also suffered a draw, so Atletico Madrid still sat firmly in the first place in the league, but Dick's approach seems to have caused a lot of controversy, and many media began to attack Dick for being too inflated - even playing a team of Valencia's level, do you dare to hide the absolute main force of two midfielders, do you start to look down on La Liga teams after winning a league title?

After returning to Madrid, Dick did not answer these accusations - of course, he did not think that La Liga could win the league championship by playing casually, the reason why he hid Belleron and Makelele in this game, in addition to shifting the focus to the Champions Cup, the first thing is to test the ability of the back line to face pressure when the midfield protection is not enough - since the beginning of this season, Dick has used a lot of rotation in the frontcourt, whether it is the rotation of single striker and double striker, or the rotation of three good wingers in turn, He is experimenting with all kinds of possibilities, only at the back, Dick has not changed the combination of the two main central defenders, as long as there are no suspensions and injuries, he will not easily change the configuration of these two people, the reason is simple, he wants to quickly establish the tacit understanding of the two central defenders, and let them undergo more tests.

If these two central defenders are young players, Dick will not be so anxious, but both of them are veterans, there is no problem with experience, as long as they gradually adapt to it, they can form combat power in a very short period of time, which is the foundation of a team, whether it is playing offensive tactics or defensive tactics, excellent defense is a must.

As for the accusations of the media, Dick doesn't care, as long as the final winner belongs to him, then no matter what happens halfway, it won't affect Dick too much - he has this self-confidence and this ability.

However, Rodriguez's column has become more and more bad during this time, mainly because Barcelona has been struggling recently, they have only won one of the first three rounds of the league, Saviola can't save them, and Barcelona's own results are not very good, so they are not interested in attacking Dick - even if it is written, readers don't like to read it, poor Mr. Rodriguez is about to lose his job.

This is also the reason why Dick has never responded to Rodriguez, because he knows that if he and Rodriguez quarrel in the media, it will be useless, but will make the other party more and more famous - people's main business is responsible for arguing with you, you can't do nothing every day and quarrel with people, right? After all, it is also a technical job to rack your brains and go around the bend to ridicule each other when you quarrel.

So to deal with this kind of deliberate fault-finding, is to ignore it directly, just treat the other party as air, the most important thing is that in the next few years, Barcelona is not the opponent in the Atletico Madrid league, Barcelona fans are worried that the team's results are too late, how can they have time to see Dick's liveliness, so this column is destined to be a forgotten column.

To say that the editor-in-chief of the World Sports newspaper has a good vision, if Barcelona can ensure that they are strong in the past two years and become a team that wins the championship, then such a column used to disgust Dick will definitely be very popular, just as the column of the World Sports newspaper and the weekly sports newspaper attacking Real Madrid will be very popular, Real Madrid is Barcelona's feud, and Atletico Madrid can also be treated like this if it is a competitor of Barcelona.

It's a pity that although Barcelona's goal in recent years is to compete for the championship, it does not have the ability to compete for the championship, no matter what manager is changed or who is bought!

Ignoring the clamor of the media, Dick began to prepare for the game against Olympiacos, which was the first time Atletico Madrid returned to the Champions Cup after a gap of four years, the last time, that is, in the 96-97 season of the Champions Cup, Atletico Madrid and the Champions Cup champion Dortmund in the group stage, they lost 0-1 at home to Dortmund in the group stage, but defeated the opponent 2-1 away from home, and finally qualified hand in hand with the opponent, but unfortunately, They met Ajax in the quarter-finals, where they lost 3-2 at home to reach the quarter-finals despite a 1-1 draw at home, which was also Atletico's last Champions Cup match so far, and neither of them had a chance after that.

Atletico Madrid, who returned to the Champions League after four years, are already starting to feel unfamiliar with the atmosphere of the Champions Cup.

Olympiacos is not a particularly good team, but their experience in the Champions League is exceptional, and they will not miss the European Champions League almost every year, so Dick is quite serious about this game.

On 19 September, Atletico Madrid fans poured into the Calderón Stadium to see Atletico's first Champions Cup win in four years!

Ninety minutes later, the Atletico fans walked out of the Calderón Stadium with disappointed expressions.

Originally, they had a very good start to this game, in the 22nd minute, Vicente intercepted Jardel's pass in the penalty area, and then hit the ball into the corner of the goal, and then they maintained their lead until the 80th minute, but the situation on the field changed, first substitute Ghana international Afrikue shot was saved by Molina, Greek international Giannakopolos equalized, only two minutes later, Karrumbu, who had played for Real Madrid, passed, Giovanni, who played for Barcelona, passed the ball selflessly after receiving the ball, and Avery Cue made up for the empty goalkeeper to overtake the score!

Thankfully, Belleron avoided Atletico's home defeat by receiving a pass from Camoranesi in the box just before the break – and even after earning their first Champions League point in four years, Atletico fans who are used to winning still can't hide their disappointment.

"We didn't have enough experience and we paid for it." Dick's expression was also solemn after the game, this game should not have suffered a draw, because in this game, Atletico Madrid had the advantage both before and after the lead, but perhaps because of nervousness, they wasted too many chances in the next game, and at the end of the eighty minutes they relaxed again, and then they were punished, and were overtaken by Olympiacos with two goals in a row, if it weren't for Belleron scoring a beautiful goal before the end, Even a draw for Atletico Madrid may be difficult to get.

"Luckily, it's just a group game...... For us, the group stage of the Champions Cup has just begun. A point is much better than a loss, and we'll get used to the Champions League. If you want to grow, you have to pay a price, and that's true for Atletico and for me. It's just that the group stage will give us a lot of chances, and with five games to go, we won't miss any chances. ”

The next round of the Champions League group stage kicks off in a week's time, with Atletico continuing to play at home, but this time against Manchester United, who beat Ligue 1 side Lille 1-0 at home thanks to David Beckham's late goal, are provisionally top of the group.

And this game will also be the first time in Atletico Madrid's history to play Manchester United!

Atletico's morale seemed to have taken a toll after the first round of the Champions League group stage, as they were held to a surprise 0-0 draw at home to Malaga in the league at the weekend, with Málaga having a brilliant defence that left Atletico helpless throughout the game, while Dick seemed to be fully focused on the Champions League and was not able to make too nice adjustments.

After two consecutive draws in the league, Atletico Madrid slipped from the top position of the league for the first time, being surpassed by Celta de Vigo with ten points, Deportivo La Coruna, Real Betis and Villarreal with nine points, Valencia and Barcelona also tied Atletico Madrid in points, Atletico Madrid is now only fifth - in just one week, Atletico Madrid, who seemed to be in excellent form before, and seemed to have the ability to attack the league title and the Champions Cup at the same time, has reached the point of storm!

"That's why I often say that the league is all illusory at the beginning, just like when you go into a casino, how much you win at the beginning is virtual, the key is how much you have left in your pocket when you walk out of the casino...... We paid a bit of a price and we understand how difficult we are going to be this season, and now is the time for us to move towards it! ”