Dick was as arrogant as ever, but it seemed he had the capital to do so, as Atletico quickly showed their ability to do so at the start of the season, having already won the Spanish Super Cup and beating Mallorca in the first round of La Liga, who were also in the Champions League...... Although there is a strong opponent like Manchester United in this group, the other two opponents Olympiacos and Lille are not particularly outstanding teams, Olympiacos is not strong, although Lille is third in Ligue 1, but they do not have much experience in participating in the Champions Cup, for Atletico Madrid, as long as they play at a normal level in the group, there will be no big problem in qualifying from the group. ”

"Atletico Madrid will next welcome Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup. In recent years, Bayern has been the biggest sufferer of the Spanish team, last season they defeated Real Madrid and Valencia in a row, so that the hope of the La Liga team to defend the Champions Cup was dashed, and Atletico Madrid under the leadership of Dick does not seem to have played against the Bundesliga team, this time against Bayern, it can be said that Atletico Madrid in the Champions Cup before participating in a test, if they can perform well against Bayern, the Champions Cup, for them will not be a nightmare. ”

There are not many highlights of the draw for the group stage of the Champions Cup, in order to ensure the excitement of the second stage of the group stage, there was no strong team in the group stage, Bayern drew a sign, their opponents in the group stage are Spartak Moscow, Feyenoord and Spartak Prague, Real Madrid's signing is not too good, they are in a group with Roma, and Lokomotiv Moscow and Anderlecht in the same group, the other groups are basically strong and weak, and it is estimated that there will not be much upset.

So after the group stage draw ceremony, in addition to paying attention to the possible collision between Roma and Real Madrid, reporters are more concerned about the situation of Atletico Madrid and Manchester United in the same group, mainly because of Stam's transfer - now the outside world basically knows that the biggest reason for Stam to leave Manchester United is because he revealed some secrets in the Manchester United dressing room in his autobiography and angered Ferguson, and now he immediately met in the Champions Cup, Will Stam give Ferguson, who abandoned him, a good look? This is definitely a big highlight in the next Champions League group stage.

It is precisely because of this that the next European Super Cup has attracted the attention of many people, one is a young coach with a young personality who has risen rapidly in the past year or so, one is an old iron-fisted coach, one is Atletico Madrid, who made a strong recovery last season, and Bayern, which has been at the top level in Europe in the past few years, the collision of these two teams does have enough capital to attract everyone's attention!

August 30, Louis II Stadium!

For Bayern, Effenberg's injury absence will definitely be a huge loss, Heathfield sent a three, four, three strong attacking lineup in this game, the goalkeeper is captain Kahn, the German central defender Thiam, who has just joined from Stuttgart, and Robert Kovac and Link form a three-center back, the two wings of the midfield are sent to the French wing-backs of Sagnol and Lizarazu, the middle is Hargreaves and the two-way Swiss midfielder Sforza, and the forward line is Salihamidzic, Pizarro and Elber form a trident. Dick fielded a relatively safe four-to-five formation for this game, with Vicente on the bench, Jorgensen and Camoranesi on the wings, and Jadel advancing alone.

In the loud applause in the stands, Dick returned to his place and sat down, there are many celebrities in the stands in this game, Bayern's three major bosses Beckenbauer, Hoeness and Rummenigge all appeared in the stands, Bayern won the Champions Cup last season can be called the most glorious moment after their group of players won three consecutive championships, so for this European Super Cup, Bayern also attaches great importance to it.

Heathfield is arguably the most successful German manager in the entire nineties, with league titles and Champions Cups at Bayern and Borussia Dortmund, and the ability to win the Champions Cup at two different clubs is unique among German coaches, and even Beckenbauer, who has only won the World Cup as a player and manager, and the Champions Cup as a player, is enough to achieve Heathfield's status.

"Well, you're getting behind after all...... With the development of modern football, it is easy to throw away the once brilliant old coaches. Dick thought to himself as he shook hands with Heathfield.

Dick had basically judged before the game against Heathfield, especially since Effenberg was injured and could only let Sforza play in the playmaker position in the middle of the midfield.

The Swiss legend is also a very interesting guy, his most glorious years were spent in Kaiserslautern, after his debut from Zurich Grasshopper, he joined Kaiserslautern in 1993, and soon he showed excellent ability, in Kaiserslautern two seasons he helped the team to the second and fourth place in the Bundesliga, because of this, he was favored by Bayern, and then transferred to Bayern. It's just that leaving Kaiserslautern is a huge bad news for him and Kaiserslautern, although he has a lot of opportunities to play at Bayern, his performance can only be regarded as average, and after a season he transferred to the Serie A giants Inter Milan, but his performance that season can only be regarded as mediocre - even worse is Kaiserslautern, the season after he left, Kaiserslautern was relegated, and only returned to the Bundesliga the following year.

The old club didn't mix well, and he didn't mix well, so before the start of the 97-98 season, he returned to Kaiserslautern, and then he and Kaiserslautern created the most legendary scene in the history of the Bundesliga - winning the league championship as a promoted horse, creating the Kaiserslautern miracle that season! He also performed well in the next two seasons, helping Kaiserslautern to a fifth place in the Bundesliga for two consecutive years and reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup the following year, in which case he was once again eyed by Bayern, but despite joining Bayern and wearing the number 10 shirt that once belonged to Mateus, he was still only able to be a substitute for Effenberg, and his performance was mediocre.

Looking at his career so far, it is the process of being a fool in Kaiserslautern and other giants, but he is always unwilling to be lonely, he will go to the giants when he plays well, and Kaiserslautern will be Kaiserslautern if he doesn't play well - but every time he doesn't tear his face, every time Kaiserslautern will accept him with a broad mind......

"What a blockbuster of grievances and hatreds!" Dick sighed in his heart, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than to prove that Sforza is a star who needs other players to unite around him, he has this condition when Kaiserslautern is the core, he is the core of the midfield, everyone revolves around him, so that he can play his ability well, but in Inter Milan and Bayern, he will not have such conditions, and his performance will naturally decline - in fact, there are many such players, and it is more than enough to play a core in a small team, If he goes to a big team but can't make his due contribution as a role player, and his own strength is not enough for the giants to position him as the core to operate, the performance will naturally have such ups and downs.

Just like now, although Effenberg is not there, Sforza is replacing Effenberg's central midfield, but does he have the prestige and ability to make Bayern's stars attack around him? Apparently impossible! This is not what the manager can have if he gives him the core position and the No. 10 jersey, the reason why Belleron can become the core of the midfield under Dick is because he was the main midfield of Atletico Madrid before, and he played very well in the core next, so he can have such a position in the team, such conditions, Sforza does not exist.

So Dick is not worried about how much trouble his organization will cause, Bayern's lineup, on the surface, the defense on the side is weak, but Sagnol and Lizarazu are quite top fullbacks, Lizarazu is the world's top attacking left-back who can be compared with Robert Carlos, Sagnol also has quite good strength, and on their front line, in addition to Pizarro, Salihamidzic is also a player who can play all positions on the wing, and wants to create opportunities from the side, It's not that easy to do.

On the contrary, Bayern's midfield, which seems to have two midfielders in the middle and three central defenders, is a place that can be used - so Dick did not send Vicente, but Jorgensen, just to use his ability to cut inside and his foot skills to create opportunities, he and Camoranesi are both players who can play the middle and create pressure on Bayern's middle at any time!

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Atletico began to pass back and forth in the middle, ready to look for opportunities.

For Bayern, they have no habit of recycling, Heathfield led this Bayern team in the offensive ability is quite good, whether it is the wing or the middle of the offensive ability is very strong, the 99 Champions Cup final is to use the attack to suppress Manchester United, if not unlucky, they won the fourth Champions League without waiting until last season.

However, after all, three years have passed, and the powerful Bayern team has begun to gradually age, Babel and Tanat, who suppressed Manchester United's side on the side, have transferred away, Mateus went to the American Major League, which can be called the first midfield at that time, in the midfield golden triangle, the geek Basler has left, Effenberg is injured, and the tough guy Jeremes is also unable to play because of injury, and the position is replaced by teenager Hargreaves......

No matter how strong the team is, it will inevitably be eroded by the years, and this is the case with Bayern now.

When Bayern began to press in front, Atletico Madrid did not mess up, Belleron began to play his excellent scheduling ability in the midfield, and his passing organized Atletico Madrid's midfield very well, so that Bayern's pressing did not have much effect.

In the fourth minute, Belleron showed his excellent passing ability, he received a pass from Baraja, sent a beautiful 40-meter long pass, Vicente cut in at high speed, received the ball behind Sagnol, and then began to rush to Bayern's half, until he broke through to the edge of the penalty area, and then raised his foot to pass the ball into the penalty area!

Centre-back Thiam tackled the ball off the line before Jadel could catch it with a risky down-to-earth tackle that Atletico were awarded a corner.

The sighs of Atletico Madrid fans rang out from the stands, Thiam's tackle was quite beautiful, if he had been one step late, Jardel would have been able to occupy the favorable terrain, and in the penalty area to receive such a ground ball, Jardel has a hundred ways to get the ball into the door of Bayern, even if it is the great Kahn who keeps the goal!

However, Dick laughed, and through this attack, Dick knew that at least until Heathfield made a change, Atletico would have an absolute advantage!