For Atletico, things have gone very smoothly so far.

Gaining an advantage in midfield, and then constantly pressing Manchester United's backline, it was under this pressure that Manchester United's backline made consecutive mistakes and omissions, allowing Atletico to extend their lead to two goals!

With those two goals in the lead, Dick is confident that victory in this game will be in his hands, and Atletico will have a psychological advantage in the Champions League by beating Manchester United twice in a row, at least in terms of experience and confidence, Atletico will be on the same page as those favourites!

Manchester United launched a fierce attack in the next game, trying to save the defeat, in the face of the attacking Manchester United, Dick while directing the team to defend, while making the team ready to counterattack at any time to expand the score, now at this time, the situation is very favorable to Atletico Madrid and Dick, the advantage of two goals can make him easily deal with all emergencies.

It turns out that when Atletico Madrid began to defend with all their might, with them and their perfect defensive system, it was not too easy to score their goals, and Stam showed an extremely strong desire to fight in this game, and he gave full play to his defensive ability, constantly clearing and stealing......

Stam's performance was in stark contrast to Brown's clumsy performance and Blanco's feeble response.

Manchester United fans in the stands began to have some mixed emotions, such an excellent central defender, but for some off-field reasons, became their opposites - Manchester United fans would not doubt Ferguson, but at this time, they couldn't help but wonder, if Ferguson had not sold Stam at that time, Manchester United would still be in this predicament?

They don't think about the overall interests of Manchester United like Alex Ferguson, they just see that in the current situation, United are really in trouble because of this strategy, and they find it frustrating.

As the clock ticked by, Atletico's counter-attack failed to score, but their defense also prevented United from scoring, and at this time, when Stam jumped high again to clear Beckham's cross, Stam who landed suddenly stumbled and fell.

After a fall, Stam quickly got to his feet and seemed to continue the game without any problems, but two minutes later, Stam fell to the ground without warning!

When he saw Stam fall to the ground without warning, Dick "chuckled" in his heart.

As a rule of thumb, if a player falls to the ground groaning in pain after a foul on the opponent, it may not be a big problem, but if he gets up after a fall and then suddenly falls to the ground again - this situation is often very serious!

So Dick immediately called Gamara on the bench - the opposing two strikers are point-grabbing types, and Gamarra's experience and consistency are needed to control the situation at the back - and after letting Gamara warm up, Dick began to wait for the team doctor to report.

"It's not good...... I can't see anything from the outside, but Japi can't stand up anymore, and I'm afraid I have to go to the hospital to find out the specific situation. ”

Dick's face sank after hearing the team doctor's words, and the result was indeed not good—most likely something else.

After motioning for the team doctor to take Stam directly to the hospital, Dick sent Gamarra, and now his goal has become the last bottom line - that is, he must win this game!

When Stam was taken to the hospital, Ferguson also looked this way, with a bit of concern on his face - after all, Stam was his favorite before, although Ferguson gave up on him because of some things, but seeing Stam like this, it is impossible not to have any concerned expression.

It's just that the game is still going on, and now is not the time to care about these things.

So Ferguson didn't come over to check on Stam's injury, and Dick didn't care about how serious Stam's injury was – that's what the doctors do, what they have to do, it's the game on the field.

After Stam's departure, Atletico began to give up the attack, all the players retreated to keep the win, and Manchester United's desperate attack only scored a goal in the little time left, Ruud van Nistelrooy received a pass from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and scored twice to salvage a point for Manchester United, and when the final whistle blew, Manchester United fans let out a sigh of disappointment, their team lost 2-3 at home to Atletico Madrid, and were beaten twice by Atletico Madrid in the group stage!

Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, have reached 10 points after winning this game, and with Lille and Olympiacos drawing 1-1 on the other pitch, Atletico Madrid have basically qualified for the group - unless Atletico Madrid loses the next two rounds, and Lille beats Atletico Madrid and Manchester United in a row, and Manchester United beats Olympiacos and loses to Lille, there will be such an extreme situation, in fact, this situation is almost impossible to happen......

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Dick did not cheer and walked towards Ferguson.

'Was it a mistake to try to make Manchester United's midfield control better?' Ferguson shook Dick's hand, but asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"Any reform will inevitably have pain at the beginning, not to mention that Manchester United's midfield has been in operation for so long, and if you want to tear it apart, there will naturally be all kinds of discomforts." Dick replied: "Atletico can have that kind of control, I just go with the flow because La Liga teams have this kind of conditions and environment. I also wanted to make Atletico's midfield cleaner and more impactful, but over the course of the year I was just able to do that on the counter-attack. ”

Ferguson nodded slightly, then laughed: "Help me greet Jappy...... Hopefully he'll be able to make a comeback soon. You can't be so bad against us when you're playing against other teams. ”

"I hope so." Dick nodded, Stam's injury was a standard accident, there was no need to resent the Manchester United players, and in fact, no one wanted to deliberately foul Stam.

'I'm very happy to win today's game and it's always exciting to win at a stadium like Old Trafford. The recent run of three wins in a row has essentially secured us the right to qualify, which is a great win and a sign that Atletico Madrid have officially entered the ranks of teams that have also performed well in the Champions League...... Okay, I'm done with that, I'm going to visit Stam in the hospital now, hopefully his injury won't be too serious, that's it, thank you. ”

After sitting down at the press conference, Dick immediately said a long sentence, then left the press conference with a "thank you" and quickly left the press conference, his actions stunned all the reporters present - what was going on? Say a few words and leave? Say a few more words, hero......

According to UEFA rules, the Champions Cup is a game of this level, unless the head coach has a personal physical problem after the game, or there is some irresistible factor, it is present at the press conference, Dick appeared on the scene, but the requirement to receive at least ten minutes of questioning He directly broke this rule, but he gave a good reason, that is, to go to the hospital to check the condition of the injured player, which gave UEFA a problem, no punishment, no justification, punishment, and it seems a little too impersonal......

So in the end, UEFA had to give Dick a warning not to do so in the future, which of course is a later story.

Dick, who rushed to Manchester's best local hospital, got bad news.

Stam didn't hurt his knee, not his ankle, not his ligaments, not a muscle strain — he had a weird injury, a crack in his pelvis that could heal and didn't require surgery, but he needed to rest for a long time......

"How long do you want to rest?" Dick asked the doctor.

"About three months...... This place is not fun, and if it continues to be damaged, it may have a big impact on his future life, so it is best not to participate in the competition until he is healed. The doctor replied.

Dick covered his forehead, it's already October, at least three months, that is to say, don't expect Stam to play before next year, finally Stam and Thuram's tacit understanding has been established, and Atletico Madrid's entire backline has begun to improve, Stam's injury, his back line may have to be re-formed!

Marchena has just played a little bit in the position of the back, and now I am afraid that he will return to the backline, after all, Sandy is not young, and Gamara is not suitable to play the main team again, only by using Marchena and Thuram can make Atletico Madrid's defense as strong as possible.

"Recuperate, Jappy, it's only three months, and in the second half of the season, you can be the best addition for us."

Dick pretended to be relaxed and comforted Stam: "Although it is a very unfortunate thing that you are injured, the only fortunate thing is that we don't have too strong opponents in the future, you have helped us through the most difficult moments before!" Then we will go all out in the league and the second stage of the group stage will not affect us! When you're back in shape, it's time for us to sprint towards the Champions Cup knockout rounds! ”

Listening to Dick's comfort, Stam could only smile bitterly, saying lightly, the second stage of the group stage is much more difficult than the first stage of the group stage! You must know that although the cruelty of the group stage is less than that of the knockout stage, the teams that can participate in the second stage of the Champions Cup are the teams that have gone through a round of brutal fighting and elimination in the group stage! This time, there was no group of death in the first stage of the group stage, but in the second stage of the group stage, almost every group will be a group of death in the true sense! Without their own Atletico, can they still be as indestructible defensively as they are now?

And the injury in this game against Manchester United made a tough guy like Stamm start to sigh, is it really fate? Left Manchester United and then did well against Manchester United and then got injured...... In the dark, there seems to be an invisible hand manipulating all this.

Seeing that Stam was a little depressed, Dick didn't say anything, for a tough guy like Stam, this injury can't beat him, after all, he is almost twenty-nine years old, and the injuries on his body will not be too few, although this injury will have to rest for a long time, but after all, there will not be too many sequelae, which is also a great luck in misfortune.

"Jappi, you should stay in Manchester to recuperate during this time, after all, you are familiar with this place, and moving around will not do you any good for your injuries." Dick finally said: "We are in Madrid, waiting for your return." ”