The confrontation with the reporters once again ended in a resounding victory for Dick.

"And such a strong person!" Many reporters left the press conference with such an exclamation, and they were eye-opening, Dick is indeed the most brazen and eloquent person in Spanish football......

What is a strong word, buddy, this is called reasonable!

Dick left the press conference with disdain, he was always a person with a goal, and when he moved forward for this goal, as long as it was within the rules, he could use anything, and he would not feel guilty about using it - besides, I haven't done this kind of high-profile first and then pretending to be a grandson in the game, and the second time I was fooled, you are stupid!

After a mental disdain for the journalists, Dick left the Bernabeu with his players like a winner, and then they had a day off before preparing for the UEFA Cup – on Thursday, Calderón, Atletico Madrid will host Roma, who are top of Serie A this season – and their strongest opponents in the UEFA Cup so far this season!

Before the third round, the two opponents that Atletico Madrid met were quite average, Dick either used all the substitutes to solve the opponent or killed the opponent at home, the opponent of the third round Porto was greatly injured after the lack of Jardel, the opponent of the fourth round Inter Milan was at its weakest, and the opponent of the fifth round Parma also fell because of the departure of Thuram and Crespo, the two core players of the former and the last, only Roma is the strongest Rome in the last ten years!

Under the leadership of Capello, their performance in Serie A this season is the top, the combination of Batistuta and Montella in the front line is extremely fierce, there are top players like "Big Stupid Goose" Delvicchio and experienced veterans like Balbo on the bench, the midfield has Prince Roma Totti, Brazilian international Emerson, Italy international Tomasi and Zanetti, and there are also strong substitutes such as Japanese international Hidetoshi Nakata and Brazilian Assunsan on the bench. The two wings of Cafu and Candela, the goalkeeper position looks a little weaker, but Antonioli and Lupatelli are also strong goalkeepers, and with such a lineup, it is not too rare to win the Serie A title this season.

There are famous coaches, local cores, new superstars eager to win championships, mature stars, and rookies in the growth period - this season's Roma is indeed in a relatively perfect situation, so Capello, who was fired in Real Madrid because his playing style was too conservative, plays the most gorgeous football in Rome, the wings Cafu and Candela fly together, Emerson Tomasi Zanetti's three back midfielders are solid, Totti threads the needle in the frontcourt, plus the dexterous small plane Montella on the front line and the domineering God of War Batistuta, It really gives Capello such confidence to play gorgeous football!

But are they really invulnerable? Not necessarily.

They have lost two games in the league so far, against two teams from Milan, if a 2-3 defeat to AC Milan is relatively normal, then the first half of the season 0-2 away to Inter Milan in the trough, but a good example, that game Inter Milan only used one tactic, that is tenacious defense plus set-pieces and counter-attacks, in the nineteenth minute Hakan Suker used a set-piece to score a goal, in the second half Recoba used a counterattack opportunity to lay the victory, these two points, That's where Dick can take advantage of it.

Roma's defense is not bad, but it is a bit of a problem - their two fullbacks are good at attacking, the most trustworthy of the central defenders is the Argentine rock Samuel, but Samuel is not a very good central defender, although the height of 1.82 meters makes him not suffer in the fight for the top of the ball, but in the face of 1.9 meters Hakan Suker, but he suffered a big loss in height, and the ball was Suker on Samuel's head - in, in the other central defenders, Although Aldair is a meritorious player of Rome, but he is old after all, he is now almost thirty-six years old, he has been very weak in confrontation, and the other central defender is Zebina from France, he is a top central defender in terms of physical fitness, but after Blanco, Desailly, Leboeuf, Thuram, the new French central defender, whether it is Zebina, Gala, Mex...... They are both extremely physical centre-backs, but they all have a common problem - frizz and instability, which is a big taboo for central defenders, so the French national team has never stabilized their backline since the last Thuram withdrew from the national team, and a backline that is prone to convulsions is not enough to support a strong national team.

The back three can largely make up for this shortcoming, and the two tireless midfielders Tomasi and Zanetti can bring a lot of help to their defence, but these two people are also not very tall, and set-pieces will be a place where Atletico can take advantage of, Atletico have a lot of tall players, and they have always been very tight on set-pieces, which is a point that can be used.

Dick let Hasselbaink go in the summer without much retention, not because he had any prejudice against the Dutch, but because he personally preferred this kind of powerful center forward, destroying the city, or whether a center forward like Jadel was more powerful and able to play a lot of good tactics based on him, which Dick thought was quite important.

A pure goalscorer may make a team relegated, but it can't make a team stronger, if there is another center forward to cooperate, it may be able to bring it up, but Dick has chosen a single striker tactic according to Atletico's now, then a center forward is more valuable than a goalscorer, and now in the set-piece, this kind of goalscorer will naturally show his value.

In the previous Serie A game, Roma beat Inter Milan 3-2 at home, but that game was a thrilling game, Roma's defenders could not withstand Vieri's rampage, and he scored twice to take the lead, if it wasn't for Montero's 86th-minute stunner, Roma might have suffered a defeat at home or a draw - the fear of such a powerful center forward is also a characteristic of Roma this season.

As it happens, Dick doesn't have a shortage of such a powerful center at hand.

The tactics against Real Madrid in the last round, in fact, only took him three days to arrange, the previous FIFA match day for so long, he was basically studying the state and tactics of Rome, set-pieces, counterattacks, will be his biggest weapon against Rome!

And now at this time, it's an opportunity to use the status survey card.

The result made him feel very satisfied, the two center forwards are in good shape, although Jardel's goals have dropped in recent times, only one goal has been scored in seven league games, but he has done a lot of assists and involvement, it can be said that he sacrificed his own goals to give other players more opportunities, under such suppression, his desire to score goals has reached a peak, and Cruise has been in a stable state, and has always been able to score goals on the bench recently, It is also at the point of rising state......

Seeing the state of these two strikers, Dick has some bottom in his heart.

'We've reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and we're certainly not going to give up. It was a big test for us to play home and then away in a row, we were not lucky, from the second round onwards we played home first and then away in every round, but we made it all the way to the semi-finals. This poor schedule is not going to stop us and we will definitely be able to win the home game with our attack and give us a better chance of reaching the final. Roma are very strong in attack, but we are no worse than them in attack. They scored 47 league goals in 24 rounds, and we scored 57 goals in 27 rounds! More goals than they do! We're going to give the fans a goal feast at the Calderón Stadium! ”

In an interview before the game, Dick swore that many Spanish reporters pouted - fuck, if I believe you are a pig again! This guy, the more impassioned he says before the game, the easier it is to be a shrunken turtle in the game, can you have something new?

However, they remained silent, after all, Atletico Madrid's opponent is Roma, a team from other leagues, and they can't be guilty of being a "Western traitor" to make the Italians curry......

However, Capello obviously will not be fooled like this, he has coached in Spain for a year, he does not know Spanish, he usually pays attention to the affairs of Spanish football, Atletico Madrid's outstanding performance in the last year will naturally fall into his eyes, and he also knows how Dick played everyone in the last round of Madrid derby......

"Do you want us to think that Atletico will press up and attack and then play against them? And then counter-attacking us defensively? This tactic is too childish. Capello thought with some disdain, this young man is estimated to be this kind of ghost idea that will make other teams in Spain fooled, but to play tactics, the Italian coach is an expert, and he wants to use this to hide from me? No kidding.

Since Dick wanted to play, Capello felt that he didn't mind playing with him, so after coming to Madrid, Capello first expressed his nostalgia for the city of Madrid, and then said that although he was fired by Real Madrid for no reason at that time, he had already laid a brand on Real Madrid.

"I will let the Chinese know that Roma is the best attacking team on the continent right now!" Don't think that a little bit of the three-legged cat's attacking level will be able to compete with Roma...... Yes, Atletico Madrid have scored more goals than Roma on an average goal per game, but let's not forget that we play in Serie A, the best defended league in the world! Ronaldo can score 34 goals in a season in La Liga, but only 25 goals in a season at the peak of Italy! In terms of the quality of the goals, one goal in Serie A is worth five goals in La Liga...... Who's better offensive, I don't need to say any more, right? ”

In the face of Capello's counterattack, Dick immediately began to shout: "Then let's see who is better on the field!" Now La Liga is the top league, and that old distinction no longer exists! ”