Updated: 2013-04-18

"It's no secret that Atletico have risen this season...... The Madrid side began to make steady progress towards the 10th league title and the first UEFA Cup title in the club's history...... After extending their advantage to three points in the league, they relied on a powerful first-half header from Brazilian striker Jadel to beat Parma 1-0 at home in the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, a game in which Atletico were more like a Serie A team than Parma, and they were extremely patient throughout the game, while defending quite well, and finally relied on a set-piece opportunity to solve Parma...... It's a way to win that makes us feel horrified at times when it feels weird, and it's amazing to know that half of Atletico's players have joined this season, and Dirk has managed to run the team through a fantastic run in just a few months while maintaining results...... The young head coach used an extremely sophisticated approach to make the team complete the run-in, among the old players, he reused Belleron, let him serve as the core of the midfield, and then let the new players become the backbone of each line, with Belleron as the main force of the team to quickly take shape, and let the new recruits such as Jadel, Makelelele, Thuram and others become the backbone, is to make Atletico Madrid's play better and better with the run-in, and in the second half of the season, not only did they not fall behind because of lack of experience, On the contrary, it has played better and better! Their continuity is even better than that of Real Madrid...... If before we could only say that Atletico Madrid had the ability to become a disruptor in La Liga, then now we can only say that Atletico Madrid is now the most powerful contender in La Liga! ”

With a three-point lead in the league and another win in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, Atletico Madrid is now favored by quite a few people, and the odds for them to win the league have changed from eight to eight before the start of the season to one to five now, and after knocking out Inter Milan and beating Parma, their odds to win the League Cup have also risen to seven to one, which is higher than the odds of the league, because the chances of the cup are much greater than those of the league. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

After beating Parma at home, Dick was not complacent, a one-goal lead at home is not a very good result, and you have to be careful away from home, and more importantly, in the league, Atletico Madrid are about to have a difficult time......

On March 11, the 26th round of the league will be away to Deportivo La Coruna, and there will be a UEFA Cup away game against Parma in the middle, followed by a home game against Barcelona on March 18, followed by a FIFA break, and then on April 1, Atletico Madrid will go away to challenge Real Madrid - this period of time is a big hurdle for Atletico Madrid, if you can get through this difficult period, the next league opponents are not particularly strong opponents, then Atletico Madrid has a chance to win the league title, Naturally, it will be much bigger......

"These three games...... We can't afford to lose a game, but a draw is acceptable. Dick touched his chin and thought to himself, Atletico Madrid's current three-point lead is real, third-placed Deportivo La Coruna has only 51 points, a full five points behind Atletico Madrid, as long as this round of the league does not lose to the other side, then Deportivo La Coruna will be difficult to catch up.

However, in this game, Dick wanted to get a win - the reason is simple, his Atletico Madrid had lost at home to Deportivo La Coruna in the first leg, and he didn't want to be killed by his opponent in a season, even if it was a draw and a loss!

If you want to win the championship, you have to trample all your opponents under your feet, at least you can't lose to your opponents in both legs, even if the Riazor Stadium is a crazy home stadium, Dick has to find a way to win away from home!

If you don't have this pride, then you will face Barcelona and Real Madrid in a row, especially if you have to face Real Madrid at the Bernabeu after playing against Deportivo La Coruna and Barcelona in a row, and Atletico Madrid will not have any chance at all! If you accidentally lose three in a row or two in a row, the chips you worked so hard to win back may be exported in one or two!

If it was in the casino, Dick had won before, and he could choose not to gamble on the next few handfuls, he could take the money and leave and go to spend the day...... It's a pity that in the league, he can't be allowed not to continue gambling - this is like playing mahjong, saying that he will play thirty-eight hands, and he wants to run before he wins the money? Sorry, there are no rules!

Since you want to improve the demeanor of Atletico Madrid's strong team, you must go head-on in such a game, and if you lose to the opponent at home, you must have the pride to kill the opponent away from home! In this way, it can be regarded as a strong team, it doesn't care about the difference between home and away, and strive to win no matter what the situation is - the team led by must have such pride!

Of course, Deportivo La Coruna are not an easy team to play against, and their current form is gradually improving, and being able to stay in third place and keep up with the Madrid duo is enough to prove that they are still at the top of their game.

Against such a defending champion, it will be very difficult to beat them away from home, and at least it will take Dictor to die a few brain cells to achieve it - you must know that they have played 12 league games at home this season, and the record is quite good nine wins and three draws, and strong teams such as Valencia and Barcelona have also lost at their home stadiums, and only Mallorca, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid can get a draw, and they have won a total of 14 games so far this season. Nine of them have been home wins, and although it cannot be said that they are away bugs after losing five games on the road, the nickname of the home dragon is quite in line with them.

"A Coruña...... They are a strong opponent, but they don't have enough bench depth after all...... So far, they have no potential to tap, and the main lineup is also very depleted, and it is not impossible to deal with it. ”

Dick was a little proud when he said this, you must know that several important substitutes in the history of Deportivo this season are from Atletico Madrid, Molina, Capdevilla and Belleron all chose to transfer after Atletico Madrid's relegation, and joined Deportivo La Coruna, although they were not able to become the main team this season, but in the future they played an extremely important role in Deportivo La Coruna, Molina later became Deportivo La Coruna's main goalkeeper, Capdevilla also became Deportivo Deportivo as Romero aged, while Belleron became the heart of Deportivo after De Giamina's brain began to go awry...... Although the lack of a transfer in the summer did not cause any problems for Deportivo La Coruna's main squad this season, it made Deportivo LaCoruna, who was already not a strong foundation, look stretched thin in terms of substitutes.

It's already the second half of the season, and Deportivo has a lot of veterans, such as Romero, Donato, and Forlan are all players who are not young, and Donato is close to forty years old. Despite their fierce forward firepower, Tristan has scored eleven goals in the league since Mackay's injury, Pandiani has seven goals, and two of them account for more than a third of Deportivo La Coruna's league goals, but in midfield, Forlan and Scaloni are not too young, can they always provide enough firepower for the team? Dejaminha is also starting to slowly become unstable, and Deportivo LaCoruna's midfield can not help the forward line too much......

"In this game, we have to compete with them."

Speaking in the pre-match tactical meeting, Dick said: "You can play a little more conservatively, reduce the space in the box and let their two strikers not get too many chances...... The midfielders consume them with running! Entangle Dejaminha and make him more unstable, running to bring down their two wings, and then constantly hitting a few of their old guys with counterattacks! Romero's left side is a place to be exploited, and his running ability is not as good as it used to be, Mauro? Silva is not young, the middle is also a place to be used, and in the box, Jadel, I don't think you can lose to the thirty-nine-year-old Donato...... Even if Nebet could help him, it wouldn't help much, as for their right side...... Vicente, just pester that guy, that's the win. ”

Vicente nodded silently, he didn't think Dick looked down on him, but because the current Deportivo right-back Pablo is the best right-back in Spain, and the current Pablo is the top right-back, but a serious injury ruined him before the 02 World Cup - some Chinese fans have made wonderful comments about this in later generations - Pablo? Before he was injured, he was at the level of Mai Kong, and after he was injured, he became Sun Jihai......

Of course, this is not to underestimate Sun Jihai, but to say that Pablo was able to show a very top level at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends before he was injured, which can be regarded as both offensive and defensive, and after the injury, he gradually began to become a little mediocre, he is a good right-back, but he is definitely not a top-level right-back......

In the face of Pablo in his prime, Vicente was able to entangle his opponent with his speed and impact, which is a heavy responsibility in itself.

Against Deportivo La Coruna, Dick's strategy is actually not complicated, one is dragging, through a wide range of runs and fast-paced attacks to make Deportivo veterans have physical problems, one is to attack, and the opponent scores goals, through more goals to beat the opponent away, the rest of the one, is to rely on Atletico Madrid's recent better form than Deportivo La Coruna - although they have won three consecutive victories before, but in the last two rounds of the league, they first drew with Real Madrid at home, A 2-1 defeat away to Mallorca and a Champions League quarter-final before they were distracted from the Champions League game against Leeds United in April, all of which will allow Atletico to perform better in this game, leaving Deportivo players with more worries in the game......

"No team can double my team in the league, no matter what, I have to win this game!"

Dick said to himself in his heart that the home loss to Deportivo La Coruna was that the team was not in good shape and had not yet run in, but now, Atletico Madrid is in excellent form, and there will be no problem in running in, and facing a series of difficult schedules, then this game must be won, which is related to the final result of the season!