'We were a bit passive at the beginning of the first half, but we turned the tide very quickly – I'm very happy with your performance. Now the situation is obvious, Liverpool have no way to use our positional warfare and quick return defense, because they lack the offensive and defensive means in positional warfare! They don't have a striker with great dribbling ability, and they don't have a passer who can make a lethal pass, and if they can't play a counter-attack, then they don't have much to rely on in positional battles! When we fail to attack, the first time in the front court to interfere and intercept, and then back to defense, the back court to quickly return to defense! Don't give them any chance to attack quickly and force them to fight positional battles! We counter-attack quickly when we have the opportunity to counter-attack, but our most important attacking tactics are to control the midfield and press their backline and then hit their centre-backs with the last pass, which may be very inefficient, but one success is enough to kill! Feel free to play boldly according to my arrangement, and other emergencies are my task, and I will adjust in time...... Do you understand? ”

Atletico Madrid's players nodded their heads, they fully believed this - in fact, Dick's most outstanding ability in more than a year is his on-the-spot command ability, Atletico Madrid had many games in the first half, but finally succeeded in the turnaround under his adjustment - on the contrary, his buying eye is not particularly eye-catching, because although he bought some unfamous powerhouses, but the most eye-catching is the kind of top superstar, it can only be said that he is very stable and accurate, but there is no special outstanding.

So the Atletico players are convinced that Dick will make timely adjustments.

The second half of the game started quickly, Atletico Madrid did not make any substitutions - they had already made one in the first half, Camoranesi seems to be injured not lightly, this is the second main player that Atletico Madrid has lost this season, and the better thing is that Jorgensen is not bad, and can largely make up for the impact of Camoranesi's absence - it is not clear how long Dick will rest.

Liverpool replaced Murphy with veteran McAllister, and it is clear that Houllier also sees that the problems facing Liverpool now cannot be solved, and only by letting McAllister play and use his experience and possession to control the situation on the field will he become no longer passive in such a confrontation - he does not want Liverpool to drag down Atletico with a quick attack, but because they really can't do this, so they can only use a more conservative way.

Another point is that McAllister's free-kick ability is very good, whether it is a pass assist or a direct free-kick is of a very high standard, and in this regard, Liverpool can also take some chances, it is also a way to win the game with a sword.

Seeing McCollister on the field, Dick frowned slightly, this is indeed a bit troublesome, but the trouble is the free kick, last season Liverpool almost stunned Atletico Madrid with a free kick, this season Dick is no longer afraid of the opponent's set-piece high-altitude tactics, but Stam's injury has made Atletico's high-altitude ball defense ability drop a lot again, in the face of Liverpool's high-altitude bombing, but to suffer a loss.

But soon Dick shook his head, there must be set-piece opportunities, and there must be good attacks, as long as Atletico can control the situation in the midfield, Liverpool's attacks will be pitiful, and it will not cause too many problems for Atletico Madrid's defense.

Now the key is how to score more goals when the midfield is dominant, and that is the key.

At the start of the second half, Atletico began to attack by dominating the midfield - compared to the first half, their attack was more patient, more organized and more ...... Dawdling......

If Atletico Madrid's attack in the first half would have started as soon as they found an attacking opportunity back and forth, then now they just don't see an absolute chance to risk attacking, and almost don't give Liverpool a chance to get the ball, although Liverpool's players press quite fiercely in the half, and rarely get the ball at the feet of Atletico Madrid players.

This kind of attack made Liverpool very irritable, but five minutes into the second half, Atletico Madrid's sudden acceleration of an attack made all Liverpudders break out in a cold sweat!

Almost the same way as the goal in the first half, Belleron received a pass from Vicente and suddenly went straight into the penalty area, and Jadel, who was inserted, volleyed in the first time, Dudek reacted in time and fell to the ground to block the ball with his foot, Carragher immediately cleared the ball with a big foot, and Liverpool escaped!

Soon Liverpool launched an attack, they quickly passed the ball from midfield to the feet of Owen, who forced a breakthrough with the ball and burst into the box under Thuram's interference and fired a shot that went slightly wide of the far post.

Dick breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Thuram also noticed this problem, after all, in the League Cup final last season, he was almost knocked out by Liverpool's group of tall men, and Thuram was also apprehensive, so he mainly interfered when defending, and almost did not foul, which may give Owen some chances, but it is much better than being constantly bombed by Liverpool.

"If you fight behind you, you can't rely on Jadel alone."

Dick looked up at the roof of Anfield, thought for a moment, and then turned to call Torres.

"Fernando, go warm up and get ready to play."

Dick shouted to the bench, and Torres looked up, then quickly stood up, took off his coat, and rushed out to warm up.

Ready to send Torres on the court instead of putting Cruise on the field, Dick certainly has his considerations, Torres is more flexible than Cruise, although the ability to grab points is not as experienced as Cruise, but his scoring ability is also good, and when he is on the field, when the attention of Liverpool's central defenders is on Jardel, he can play a great lethal role.

Soon, Torres finished the warm-up, Dick nodded, he had been paying attention to Torres's warm-up just now, just worried that he would be overexcited and hastily warmed up and go on the field - this approach is often an inexplicable cause of injury for young players!

Although Torres seemed excited, he meticulously completed the warm-up - such a calm Torres is the object that Dick can reuse in the future.

"Replace Vicente when you come on the pitch...... Play to your agility and look for opportunities at the back of their line. You don't have to worry about passing, Juan will take care of it, you just have to be in the right place at the right time...... Liverpool's two centre-backs are very capable of going head-to-head and Jardel will help you attract their attention, seize gaps and break down their doors! Do you understand? ”

Torres nodded vigorously, of course he knew what Dick's tactical arrangement meant - it meant that he would focus on attacking - Belleron was the heart of Atletico's midfield, but he would pass the ball for Torres in time, and Jadel was Atletico's top scorer, but he would help Torres attract the attention of the opposing central defenders...... Such an environment to reuse Torres is evident in Dick's importance to him.

This is also the reason why Torres did not have any dissatisfaction because he did not have many opportunities to play, he knew that he was still young, and if he kept playing in the main team, he could have a huge impact on the future, he was constantly accumulating his strength, strengthening his body, ready to succeed in the future - Jadel and Cruise are not young, more than ten years older than him, and the future will always be his.

When the fourth official on the sidelines played the substitution card, Vicente went off the field out of breath, and he also played awkwardly in this game, after all, he is a speedy winger who needs space to sprint, and Atletico Madrid's current step-by-step tactics do not have much room to sprint.

After high-fives with Torres, Vicente ran off the pitch, and Dick greeted him, shook Vicente's hand, and said, "Get some rest...... It's not a good game for you, but there's always a time for you to play. ”

Vicente laughed, of course he knew that, so he wasn't upset that Dick had taken him off the pitch, and Dick was always used to letting players play in the best possible conditions, and Vicente knew that.

What's more, from a La B team to a La Liga champion team, from the main team of La Liga to the main team of La Liga champions and then into the national team, all of this was brought to him by Dick, and in a way, Dick also has the grace of knowing him.

Sitting down in his place, Dick looked up and continued to observe the game.

After Torres came on the field, Atletico Madrid's attack began to appear more delicate - Torres's speed is far less than Vicente's, but his technique and running ability are better than Vicente, with him on the field, Atletico Madrid's frontcourt attack began to become more fluid, the ball continued to pass under the feet of several people in the front, looking for holes in Liverpool's defense.

For Torres's play, Liverpool is naturally vigilant, you must know that in last season's League Cup final, Torres also came off the bench and performed well, scoring a very crucial goal, in that goal he quickly stepped forward to get rid of Liverpool's defenders and then shot to score, the protection of the penalty area, Liverpool began to be more tight.

Torres was running on the pitch and was also thinking about how to attack - Liverpool are now heavily protected in the box, and it is not easy for him to score after receiving the ball behind the backline, but does he have to be in the box to score?

Liverpool's defense in the penalty area is tighter, nothing more than recovering deeper, not giving themselves space to get forward to receive the ball, and their defensive midfielders are often very forward because of Belleron's position is relatively deep, so isn't the front of the penalty area a blank space?

With that in mind, Torres was five minutes after coming on as a substitute and the entire Anfield stadium was silent!

After making a series of passes with Jardel and Belleron, Torres ran to the edge of the penalty area, at this time Jardel's forward pressure suppressed the two Liverpool central defenders into the box, and Belleron's pass was passed to Torres' feet in time!

After taking the ball sideways, Torres picked up his right foot and resolutely shot from the edge of the penalty area!

The ball flew to the ground in the far corner of the net and then swooped into the Liverpool door before Dudek's hand reached for it!

The shouts and cheers of the entire Anfield stadium came to an abrupt end!

Torres's lightning strike gave Atletico the lead on the field!