Dick nodded slightly, his judgment was not wrong, with Thuram's physical fitness and defensive skills, defending Owen's speed forward is also quite good, maybe Owen can get rid of him by forcing a breakthrough with speed after getting the ball, but in such a confrontation, Thuram's defensive awareness and eyesight are enough to erase Owen's little speed advantage over him.

Thinking of this, Dick became a little proud, and it was definitely a wise move to let Marchena become the main force halfway through - not that Marchena's role was greater than that of Gamarra, but if Gamara was delayed on the field, Thuram's strength could not be fully exerted, Marchena was on the field, he was able to help Thuram share part of the role of marking, Thuram was able to fully exert his strength, and in this regard, Atletico Madrid's defense has been invisibly strengthened a lot, such as this game, If it is Gamarra, then Thuram can only mark Husky, then Owen has no one to defend, and now Marchena can entangle Husky, Thuram can better mark Owen, and it will be a pretty good addition to Atletico Madrid's defense.

He nodded with satisfaction here, Houllier frowned slightly, Liverpool's offense is better than their defense, although they have a lot of defensive giants in the backfield, but four defenders who can play central defenders form a back line, which is never so complete, if it weren't for Traore's injury, the attack on the left side may be better, coupled with the long-term injury of Norwegian defender Hagen, the right side can only use Babbel, a veteran who is more suitable for the middle- Although Babbel once supported Bayern's right side in the Champions Cup final when he was at Bayern, after all, the current Babbel is not the Babbel of that time.

There are certain flaws in the defense, if the proud attack can't be organized very smoothly, Liverpool's trouble is a bit big - although the attack after the opening is only a trial, but it can also be seen that Atletico Madrid has a deep understanding of Liverpool's attacking model, when Hyypia made a long pass at the back, Marchena entangled Hesky, and Thuram focused his attention on Owen - without prior drills, no matter how good they are, it is impossible to arrange it so reasonably in an instant, Because the positions of Owen and Husky are not fixed, the two often switch positions back and forth on the court, and although Husky is not very good at his feet, his tactical execution ability is still very strong.

However, Liverpool's attacking methods are certainly not the only one, and Houllier believes that his team can still score goals, as long as they concede fewer goals than Atletico.

Belleron stopped the ball at his feet, and at this time, the Atletico Madrid strikers who had just pressed up had not retreated, and Belleron did not waste the opportunity, and passed the ball directly to Camoranesi on the right.

Camoranesi received the ball in the run, saw that Vicente on the left side had been inserted at high speed, and immediately raised his foot to make a wide range of transfers, this long pass was slightly larger, Vicente continued to accelerate before catching the ball in the air that was about to go out of the sideline, seeing that Babel was about to press, Vicente immediately raised his foot to send the ball to the front of the penalty area......

Under the attack of the opponent's two tall central defenders, although Jadel grabbed the first landing point, he could not control the landing point well, and the second landing point was controlled by Hyypia, and Atletico Madrid's attack was also in vain.

'Both sides were attacking after a quick midfield pass...... This style of play is nothing for Liverpool, but as a La Liga team, Atletico Madrid seems to be a little irrational if they use this tactic......"

"Atletico Madrid's counterattack power is very good, this year under the command of Dick, Atletico Madrid often use quick counterattacks in the game to break through the opponent's door, and their positional offensive ability is not bad, the first attack after the opening does not say anything...... Let's see if they can push solidly in midfield. ”

The commentators have expressed their views on each attack after the opening of the two sides, Liverpool's attack is a typical English attack, straightforwardly passing the ball to the front, and Atletico Madrid's counterattack is also their accustomed tactic, Belleron quickly found the front court after taking the ball, and then several players in the front court scored goals through continuous cooperation, and their attacks were successfully intercepted by the other side, at least proving that both sides have done enough work in the pre-game preparation.

Hyypia passed the ball to Carragher on the left, Carragher took the ball and observed it, and saw that there was no chance, so he passed the ball to Hamann who retreated in the middle, Jadel pressed up from behind, Hamann did not stop the ball, but passed the ball back, Huntez took the ball and distributed it to Hyypia, and Hyypia passed straight to Gerrard in front......

Seeing that Liverpool started to pass back and forth in the backfield, Dick laughed slightly, letting Liverpool pass back and forth is a more beneficial thing for Atletico Madrid, because Liverpool's players' foot skills are not top-notch, such a back and forth pass They are likely to make mistakes, and a steal in front of the court will also be a very good practice for Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's main offensive means in this game is to start from the midfield and then play behind, the details can be improvised, but this general direction will not move.

Gerrard took the ball and dribbled forward, and Atletico Madrid did not have players to rush him at the first time, but just stared at Murphy and McAllister on the wings, and most of Liverpool's front-court cooperation attack was initiated by these two people.

Of course, Atletico will not let Gerrard drive straight with the ball like this, this guy's long-range shot is excellent, which Atletico players also know in their hearts, so when Gerrard dribbled the ball past the top of the arc in the center circle, Belleron met it.

Belleron did not intend to have a physical confrontation with the opponent, but kept blocking in front of Gerrard, so that he could not shoot directly with his feet without scruples, which made Gerrard a little difficult, his small skills are very average, although the basic skills are okay, but it is still a little difficult for him to dribble through a player who has not been close to him.

Seeing Murphy retreat from the side to answer, Gerrard immediately raised his foot to pass the ball to him, Murphy just received the ball, Héctor quickly pressed over, Murphy flicked the ball to the side, then dodged a gap, and then quickly shot at the edge of the penalty area!

The long-range shot was good, but it was hit right by a hasty shot, and Molina curled his elbow and jaw tightly, keeping the ball firmly in his arms.

Seeing that Liverpool's players are quickly returning to defense, Molina is not in a hurry to throw the ball out, La Liga teams play Premier League teams, they must be patient, use their technical advantages, and not bump into each other - although after Houllier took over, the technical content of Liverpool's squad has increased a lot, but compared with Atletico Madrid, which is basically Spanish and South American players, they are still slightly inferior in terms of fighting skills.

Seeing that the Liverpool players were almost gone, Molina tossed the ball to Capdevilla, who began to dribble along the left flank, and he was not hindered at first, but as he approached the centre circle, Liverpool's resistance began to rage.

Seeing McCollister pounce on him, Capdevilla immediately raised his foot and passed the ball to Vicente who received it in front, and then he stepped forward, Vicente pushed the ball horizontally to Belleron in the middle, Belleron sent a diagonal pass directly without stopping the ball, Capdevilla in front of him received the pass and forced a breakthrough in the face of Babbel's defense, and then raised his foot to cross when the ball was about to go out of the bottom line!

With Jardel, Atletico's attacking style on the flanks is actually relatively simple, with crosses after breakthroughs and crosses from a 45-degree angle...... With such a high point in the box, the quality of the cross is often very good.

However, when facing Liverpool, Jardel couldn't easily grab the landing point, and the opponent's two central defenders, one close to defend and one to pay attention to the position, made him not be able to jump comfortably, but his interference also made Hyypia's final clearance not be able to top much power, and the ball flew directly to the front of the penalty area.

Belleron and Hamann rushed to the landing point of the ball at the same time, Belleron was inferior to Hamann in physical confrontation, but he was a little faster than Haman, after rushing to the landing point of the ball first, Belleron raised his foot to the side of the ball, and poked the ball out, and Camoranesi, who rushed over on the right, immediately met the ball that rolled out!

The long-range shot flew towards the Liverpool goal, and Carragher, who was flying to block, was a step slow, but Westerved in front of the goal reacted very quickly, quickly fell to the ground, and blocked the ball with one hand, and Huntez, who was in the position, immediately cleared the ball with a big foot.

Dick shook his head off the field, but he also had the bottom in his heart, this kind of attack is still effective, Liverpool's defenders are excellent in front of the defense, but the reaction and lateral movement ability is a little lacking, whether it is a sudden shot after a quick pass in the front court, or a ball in the midfield straight behind him, this style of play is absolutely right, as long as you keep playing, you don't have to worry about no goals!

The next game began to fall into entanglement, Liverpool wanted to use a fast-paced attack to drag down Atletico Madrid, after all, they had to be more adaptable to the fast-paced game, and Atletico Madrid was unmoved, the most important thing is that the speed of the back line was slow, so that Liverpool did not dare to launch a crazy rush in the front, they could only quickly retreat after the attack to prevent Atletico Madrid's counterattack, Atletico Madrid was able to smoothly pass the ball to the midfield to organize the attack, back and forth, and create opportunities through passing and cutting.

"Well, it's a standard English football vs. Spanish football match...... Houllier announced when he took charge of Liverpool that he wanted to build a new Liverpool with better technology and a more French flavor, and Dick turned Atletico Madrid into a team with excellent defense, more balanced attack and defense, and good at quick counterattacks, but in this game, they have resumed the team's tradition, Liverpool played a concise and clear long pass and flew on both wings, and Atletico Madrid began to play ground advancement, I have to say that this is a very interesting phenomenon, Was it the original tactics that the two managers found most suitable after a series of experiments, or was it because of the special arrangements made for this game? ”

Dick watched the game carefully on the sidelines, Liverpool played this game surprisingly fast, you must know that Houllier's transformation of Liverpool is quite successful, Liverpool's current technical flow attack has played very well, but this game may be because Atletico Madrid's midfield defense is very good, maybe Liverpool wants to play Atletico Madrid by surprise, they are basically quickly through the midfield and then to the two strikers to deliver cannonballs.

"Can such a simple tactic break through our gates......" Dick thought with some disdain in his heart.