Updated: 2013-04-14

When Atletico Madrid returned to Madrid from Catalonia, Dick's cold had been initially cured - he had nothing to do with it, it was nothing more than playing a little crazy in Australia, overwork led to a decline in physical fitness, and he obediently rested in bed for two days in the past two days, plus he took medicine, and the cold naturally got better quickly. [Full text reading. 】

Although the tip of his nose was still a little red, and his eyes were a little red, Dick still appeared in the training ground the next day in good spirits, but what he didn't know was that Marriner was a little depressed......

"Guys, it's just a draw...... Although we were opened by Real Mara for three points, we didn't have no chance! You've been in good form last time and I'm happy about that, so we can't afford to let up any more in the next games! I thought I couldn't motivate you with a cold, but now I want to tell you one thing, the real decisive battle has already begun! ”

"Twenty-one league games, a couple of Copa del Rey games, seven League Cups! In these thirty or so games, each of you has to concentrate your full attention and give it your all in every game! Don't think too much about anything else, how to prioritize and schedule the rhythm of the whole season, I'll do it! As long as I arrange for you to play, give me all my strength! Victory will be ours, and the final victory will be ours! We must finish all seven games in the UEFA Cup and win in the final! In the remaining games of the league, we have to grab all the points we can grab, Real Madrid are really strong now, but don't forget how we beat them 4-1 at home! Atletico right now is the strongest, sprint, from now on! ”

Dick's loud voice echoed on the training ground, and the morale of the Atletico Madrid players, who had been slightly depressed by the draw in the previous round, began to slowly recover......

"Don't worry, Boss, we'll do our best in all the next games!" Captain Aguilera spoke on behalf of the team: "This season we will aim for the league title and the UEFA Cup, at least we will work towards that! ”

When he said this, Aguilera had a firm look in his eyes, although he is the oldest player in the team in the Atletico academy and now, his only regret is that he did not play for Atletico Madrid in the season when Atletico Madrid won the treble, which is also a huge regret in his career......

Jardel is also shaking his fists, he joined Atletico Madrid for top-flight titles and European glory, and Dick's goal is what makes the Brazilian striker seem so excited.

Although the expressions of the two French internationals have not changed much, they are also as happy as Jardel Dick's goal - they have different purposes for joining Atletico, Makelele thinks that he will have a better chance of being selected for the French national team on a bigger stage like Atletico Madrid, and Thuram is moved by Dick's words and believes that Atletico Madrid is an ambitious team......

Belleron and Baraja were equally happy, they chose to stay at that time because they trusted Dick to bring something different to Atletico Madrid, of course, they were not the main force and core of Atletico Madrid before, but they were set up by Dick as the main force and core, Torres's eyes also shiled, even if he was not the main team, he was happy to be able to move towards this goal as a part of the team - because this is something he has dreamed of since he was a child!

Seeing that the morale of the team began to be mobilized by him, Dick waved his hand in satisfaction, and then asked Marriner to take the players to training, what he didn't notice was that Marriner's mood didn't seem to be very high today, although the training was still well arranged, but there was no usual vitality.

The others didn't notice this either, because Marriner had always been a rather dull person, and his silence didn't attract the attention of the others, they just felt that something wasn't quite right in today's training, why?

Dick didn't notice this, he just saw that the players didn't seem to be in particularly good shape in training, maybe because the winter break had just passed and the body had not yet adapted to the rhythm of the game, so after the morning training, he pulled Marriner and said a few words to him, asking him to reduce the team's training content a little bit and take an early holiday today.

Marriner went to the execution in silence - the afternoon training seemed much more relaxed, the atmosphere on the training ground began to become more lively, and when the training time was up, the players left the training ground one by one, ready to go home to rest for the next day's training.

Dick's cold wasn't quite healed – which was one of the reasons why he didn't notice something was wrong with Marriner, so after training he simply explained to Marriner and went home to rest.

Marriner has arranged some details in the locker room - he is indeed a competent head coach, and he has all the small things that Dick will not do and are too lazy to do, and he is like a nanny in the house, when he is there, you don't feel anything more, but if he is not there, you must feel that something is missing.

After arranging everything, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, Marriner drove home in his second-hand Mercedes, and when he walked into the living room, he sighed tiredly and lay down on the sofa.

His wife brought him a meal, and then gave him a strange look at her husband, who seemed a little sluggish - usually he is not like this, even if he is busy in the club, he will help him do this and that when he goes home, so this charming woman is quite satisfied with her husband, how to say that she is also a former professional player, and now she is an assistant coach who also earns a lot of money, is honest and honest, and never goes out to mess with flowers, such a man may not have much passion, but he is absolutely trustworthy- It's that the number of nightclubs has increased significantly in the past six months, and it's that Di who has brought him badly!

"What's wrong, Robert, are you tired today?"

After setting the meal, his wife came to Marina's side and touched Marina's forehead: "You're not sick, aren't you?" I thought your young manager had infected you with a cold. ”

"No, his cold is almost better, and he is very careful about his contact with us, and he doesn't want to pass it on to us."

Marriner replied weakly, and his strange appearance also caught his wife's attention.

"Then why are you listless? Is it a reason why training is too tiring? But you seem to be just directing training. ”

Marriner glanced at his wife angrily, and then sighed: "I just think that sometimes there is indeed a big gap between people, I think I still work hard, but this time I took the helm instead of Dick, and I found that I was really not the material to be the head coach...... If Dick had been in command of this game, we would have ...... No, it's sure to win! But what about my command? But they were only able to get a draw with all their hard work......"

"So he's the head coach, you're the assistant coach." His wife stroked his face: "But in my heart, you are the best, and he can't do without you, without you, there is no way for the players to train." ”

"There are many coaches who can train players, but there are not many managers who can lead the team to victory."

Marriner shook his head: "I just think about it and feel a little unwilling, I retired at the age of thirty-two, I started to study coaching courses before that, and after retiring, I studied for another three years, and then I worked as an assistant coach in the first team and the second team for five years, and the experience and practice are very rich, but it is still so difficult to coach the team." And what about Dick? It only took him two years to get his coaching certificate, and he only had half a year of coaching experience in the second team before leading the first team, but he was able to achieve such outstanding results...... Compared to him, I've spent the past few decades in vain. ”

Only then did the wife realize that her husband was so listless because he had been hit - but think about it, compared to Dick, Marina's coaching career for so many years can be described as mediocre......

"Why compare with him? He's him, you're you, and you don't have the ambition to be a head coach, so it's not good to be an assistant coach? And I think you're enjoying it now, too. ”

His wife's relief did not make Marina's mood better, because she said that Marriner understands that people's thinking is always very complicated, and some things are not solved if you know the reason, such as quarreling with people on the Internet, you know that you will lose if you are angry, but you often can't control yourself from being angry, because people's emotions are sometimes involuntary.

With such a depressed mood, Marriner did not have a good night's rest, and when he appeared in front of Dick and the rest of the coaching staff the next day, Dick and the others were taken aback......

"Robert, what's wrong with you, was you kicked out of bed by your sister-in-law last night and didn't sleep well?"

Dick's words caused a burst of laughter from the coaches, and Ortega even shouted: "I think he secretly ran out to the nightclub yesterday!" That's why I'm so tired! ”

In the face of the teasing of his colleagues, Marriner did not laugh and curse as usual—he was an unsmiling assistant coach in the eyes of the players, but he would not be so rigid in front of his colleagues, but today, he just waved his hand and replied: "I didn't have a good rest yesterday...... But I'm fine. ”

The others didn't think much else about his answer, but Dick frowned, although he and Marriner had known each other for a shorter time than the other assistant coaches, but because he often pulled Marriner to discuss some details of training - or to ask for advice, but Dick would never admit it - so he was more familiar with Marriner.

"There's something wrong with this guy." Dick thought to himself.

After Marriner and the other assistant coaches had arranged the details of today's training, Dick coughed dryly when he saw that the time for the training to start had not yet arrived, and then said, "Robert, come on, I have something to discuss with you about training...... Let's go and find a place where no one is. ”

Seeing Dick take Marriner away, the other assistant coaches all laughed, of course they knew that the so-called discussion training was definitely Dick's constant inquiry into details, and then Marina came to answer - but, Dick has a good face, and everyone on the earth knows that everyone eats under Dick, so if you can give face, you can give face.

What they don't know is that Dikla went to Marriner this time, not to discuss training, but Dick wanted to talk to Marriner - now Marriner is in charge of almost the entire team's training, and at this time, he can't drop the chain!