'I'm stupid, really, I just know that Dick might stay in this game for the Champions Cup, but I really didn't expect him to wear the team out at Anfield and beat us in this game. - Barcelona manager Alex Sacchi.

Of course, the above sentence is a joke, but when Barcelona manager Rexach got the starting line-up of Atletico Madrid, he did have the idea of something similar to the above paragraph.

"Atletico are going to finish us at home...... For this reason, they would rather let the main team appear tired in the Champions Cup! We can't let them get their way! Although Atletico Madrid are very strong, we have recovered this season! We're going to win this game! Because we are a new Barcelona, a Barcelona that can start to fight for the league title! ”

Barcelona's players nodded their heads, and at the beginning of this season, Barcelona did begin to rebuild - the landmark event was their captain, the No. 4 Guardiola created in the Cruyff era left Barcelona on a free transfer this summer, which means Barcelona's reorganization, and Saviola's arrival also means that Barcelona will gradually bring in some fresh blood.

In fact, historically, since last summer, Barcelona has gradually begun to reorganize, but they took a little detour in Riquelme, originally dismissed Rivaldo and introduced Riquelme in order to create a new team with Riquelme as the new core, but Riquelme did not adapt well to life in Barcelona, so that it was not until the introduction of Ronaldo that the real reconstruction began.

In order to rebuild a strong team, it is natural that the old and young left behind will be eliminated - this is a normal thing, even if Rivaldo was in excellent form at the time, he was also terminated, and after Laporta took over, Riquelme and Saviola, as the iconic introduction of former president Gaspart, were also loaned out until the end of their contract.

It's just that at this time, whether it is Rivaldo or Saviola, they will not know what kind of situation they will face next, they have performed well in the league this season, and the World Cup will be played after the end of the season, of course they hope to perform well and get the opportunity to participate in the World Cup, for every player, they will not let go of any World Cup opportunity.

Saviola has a lot of competitors in the national team, Argentina is now extremely competitive in the forward line, there are Barty, Crespo, Palermo, Cruz and other strong center forwards in the center position alone, although Saviola can also play as a second striker, but he also faces competition from Ortega, Lopes and others, and if he does not perform well in Barcelona, he may not be in the World Cup next year.

Although Rivaldo will not be selected for the World Cup according to reason, the situation faced by the Brazilian national team in this World Cup qualifier is too chaotic, several head coaches have been changed, and there are dozens of international players in and out of the national team, who dares to guarantee that the Brazilian national team will definitely enter the World Cup? Who can guarantee that Rivaldo will be selected for the World Cup? So even he has to perform well to fight for a place in the World Cup......

This is also the reason why Barcelona have done quite well since the start of the season.

Now, with the encouragement of Lexage, they still have a lot of fighting spirit to participate in this game.

When the players from both sides appeared in the stadium, the Atletico fans at the Calderón Stadium began to cheer for Atletico with constant shouts, and Atletico Madrid have recently returned to the top of the table through consecutive wins, and they are naturally happier - they are not thinking about what to play in the Champions League game next, whether there will be anything wrong with the main players in this game, they just want to see one victory after another.

"Atletico sent all their main players...... Originally, this is not a strange thing, but you must know that since the beginning of this season, except for the last round of the first stage of the Champions Cup, when he has qualified, in the other five league games before the start of the Champions Cup group stage, he has to rotate at least a few main players, even if it is to challenge Valencia away! However, in this game, Dick sent all the main forces! Is it because the opponent is Barcelona? If that's the case, Dick, the head coach, has a grudge mentality that is a bit too much......"

"Now Atletico are three points ahead of Barcelona and top of the league, so a draw would have been acceptable in this game, but Dick has sent all his main players and is ready to get all three points. Perhaps it was because he felt threatened by Barcelona, but it seems somewhat debatable that he will be in a very evenly balanced group of death when he is about to play in the second group stage of the Champions League. ”

"I kind of understand Dick, after all, Atletico have lost a lot of points in the league, although everyone is losing points, but if Atletico can beat their opponents in this game, Atletico will be able to lead Barcelona by as many as six points, and at the same time can consolidate their position in the standings. The Champions Cup group stage is important, but after all, it is a group stage, and there is no need to grab all the points, as long as you can finally qualify in this group, it will be a victory. Perhaps Dick had a strong sense of confidence in his team's performance in the Champions League that led him to make that decision. ”

In the voice of the commentator, the game kicked off - in the shouts of Atletico fans, the two sides fought in the midfield from the very beginning!

Baraja followed Rivaldo's side closely from the start, while Makelele sat in the midfield to intercept back and forth, and with the defense solid, Atletico seized every opportunity to attack from the start, trying to open a gap in Barcelona's relatively weak defense.

For this tactic, Atletico Madrid is now very familiar with it, whether it is playing Deportivo La Coruna or Manchester United, Atletico Madrid is using this kind of solid midfield to reduce the pressure caused by the opponent's offensive line, and then continue to use the attack to press the opponent's relatively weak defense line to achieve an overall advantage - these three teams have some problems in the back line for various reasons, Deportivo La Coruna is because the central defender is aging, Manchester United is Stam left and has not been able to make up for the defects, as for Barcelona, their back line is an old problem, It's just that their midfield control ability was relatively strong before, and such defects were not too easy to catch, but now Guardiola is gone, Xavi is still a little tender, and Atletico Madrid is far better than their opponents in terms of midfield control, so they can naturally easily gain control of the midfield, and then tear apart the opponent's defense with continuous attacks!

When the Atletico Madrid players launched a fierce attack on Barcelona on the field, Rexage looked at the Atletico Madrid players who had an absolute advantage in the midfield with some surprise, and a thought flashed in his heart - Atletico Madrid has become so strong?

To be honest, after passing the baptism of the two-legged match with Manchester United, the strength and self-confidence of the Atletico Madrid players have indeed been improved enough, especially in the cooperation of the midfield, and the four-man Manchester United midfielder who can suppress the full play of the four-man Manchester United midfield, Atletico Madrid's strength has indeed increased a lot, but now there can be such a situation on the field, not because Atletico Madrid is too strong, but because Barcelona's midfield has been weakened a lot!

If it was Barcelona before, the midfield had Guardiola's scheduling, Cocu's protection, and the wings Rivaldo and Figo as shoulders, such a lineup would not be worse than the current Atletico Madrid in terms of balance or other aspects, or even better, but now that Guardiola is leaving, Xavi will need time to replace his role, and only Cocu's protection is left around him, Rivaldo is more focused on attacking, Luis Enrique is also a wide attacker, Saviola and Kluivert are active in the frontcourtWhat else can Barcelona's midfielders do?

Just rely on Xavi and Cocu, one old and one young, and Atletico Madrid's wolf-like midfield? It's too hard for them!

After the midfield was dominated by Atletico Madrid, the shortcomings in Barcelona's back line were very, very obvious, especially when Puyol did not play due to injury, Barcelona's defense began to become extremely difficult.

Although Puyol is now basically fixed at left-back, replacing Sergi, who is starting to get a little old, but he is a great help to the Barcelona backline, his courage and fighting spirit can always bring vitality to the Barcelona backline, and now that he is gone, the Barcelona backline is a mediocre Gabri, three old guys, plus a Bonano who can become a bomb at any time......

The biggest weakness of the Argentine national team is the goalkeeper position, whether it is Bonano or Boggs, their performance is very unstable, Bonano now has no absolute main position in Barcelona, but after Hesp left, Barcelona has never found a trustworthy goalkeeper, people have changed a lot, but there are few good goalkeepers.

In the twenty-third minute, it was a low-level mistake by Bonano that led to the loss of the ball - Vicente crossed from the side, Bonano attacked to take the ball but got out of his hand, the ball just fell to Jardel's side, Jardel almost reflexively raised his foot and poked, and the ball flew into the door of Barcelona!

The stands were thunderous, seeing Atletico Madrid leading Barcelona at home, Atletico Madrid's fans were naturally very happy, and Dick also showed a smile on the sidelines - his approach was not wrong, rather than letting the substitutes entangle with Barcelona, it was better to make a thunderous blow and completely kill the other party, one is to improve morale, the other is to determine the advantage, Barcelona now looks strong, but it is a paper tiger, full of flaws and dead holes, as long as you catch one, the seemingly huge Barcelona will fall with a bang!

Rexage shook his head helplessly on the field, this season's Barcelona goalkeeper did not let him worry, the earliest main goalkeeper was Boggs, but Boggs was beaten into the cold palace after a few mistakes, last season once became the main goalkeeper of the Frenchman Dietroul became the starter, but Dietroul although there were not many mistakes but limited ability, and then became the main goalkeeper of the young player Reina, Reina played okay, but made two mistakes in the century derby caused the team to lose and was sent into the cold palace, Boggs is the main goalkeeper again, and the last league game was okay, but this game started to make mistakes again!

The goalkeeper is unreliable, how can this game be played?