Updated: 2013-04-15

On February 11, in the 22nd round of the league, Atletico Madrid challenged Valencia away. [No pop-ups. 】

In the first half of the season, Atletico Madrid had a big win over Valencia at home, Atletico Madrid won against strong teams this season, Valencia Real Madrid Barcelona lost at their feet, but they seemed to lose too many points on other teams, so they did not have much advantage, Valencia's recent situation is not very good, their points have been overtaken by the relieved Barcelona, slipped to fifth place, behind Atletico Madrid to eleven points.

However, Dick knows that even if a team like Valencia is not in good shape, they are also a difficult team to beat, and the big win in the first half of the season is also a big reason, because their team still lacks run-in, so they were seized by themselves, and now at this time, facing Valencia with the run-in, Atletico Madrid wants to get three points in Mestalla, but it is not easy.

And five days later, Atletico Madrid will welcome Inter Milan, and the game against Valencia is played on Saturday, so that there is enough rest, it is precisely because of the five-day rest that Dick wants to try to win this game as well, continue to follow Real Madrid or take advantage of Real Madrid's distraction from the more important Champions Cup, seize the opportunity to surpass them - Real Madrid is now unbeaten in 12 rounds, they have won 11 games in 12 league games, and it is also time for the form to start to decline, At this time, Atletico Madrid can't relax!

So in this week, Dick began to get very busy, he was constantly observing Valencia's current state - Valencia's current squad has been fixed on the four-four-two, goalkeeper Canizares is the absolute main force, and Ayala has also begun to officially integrate into the team at the back, he and Pellegrino, Angnoma and Carboni's defense has officially become the top defense in La Liga, although in the previous league they lost to Deportivo La Coruna, Real Madrid and Barcelona in a very tragic succession, However, they have basically only conceded one goal in each game, and the defensive performance is still quite good.

The four-man midfield has also begun to become fixed, with Albelda quickly growing into a barrier to the backline, Aymar, who joined in the winter, has become their attacking midfielder and has performed well, Mendieta and Keely have also started to show their form from last season, and the combination of these four may be a little weaker defensively but much stronger in attack.

Plus Juan with dexterity up front? Sanchez and the powerful center Kalou, Valencia's current main lineup is not particularly famous, and the stars are not enough, but they are all standard strengths, and such a team is quite difficult to beat.

After three defeats in a row, they regained their confidence with a hard-fought win over Mallorca in the last round, and the game against Atletico Madrid is the final game of their devil's schedule, and they will also face the Champions League - this is something Dick can capitalize on.

The Champions Cup is played a little earlier than the UEFA Cup match, and the Valencia Champions Cup match is on Tuesday, a full two days before Atletico's UEFA Cup match, which means that Atletico can afford to spend in this game, while Valencia cannot afford to spend in the game......

Recently, Dick has also accumulated three status investigation cards in his hand, one for each of the elementary, intermediate, and senior levels, and Dick plans to use up an intermediate one this time to see how lucky he is.

It didn't take long for him to know the recent form of his eight players.

Molina and Héctor are in good shape, it seems that one is the captain and the other is the main force has improved their state a lot, Belleron's state is normal, Jardel's state is also normal, but Vicente's state is good, and the success rate of the goal card is as high as 93%!

The other three shown were all substitutes, with Sandy in a slump, Marchena in good form and Mora in average form......

"Well, this kid is in good shape, it seems that he can give him a chance......"

Gamarra's performance this season is also quite stable, there are not too many outstanding places, and there is no obvious decline in form, but in the case of Thuram is also a relatively solid defender, he and Gamara play together, it is a bit of a waste of Thuram's strength, if Marchena's form and performance can be better, he and Thuram are partners, but it is also a way to improve the team's strength.

In terms of characteristics, Marchena is an excellent physical central defender, young and courageous, brave and fearless, and Thuram often played that kind of solid central defender when he was in Parma, because Cannavaro, who is partnered with him, is a brave type, often flying to clear or pounce, Thuram is quite well protected by his side - Cannavaro later transferred to Inter Milan and performed averagely, and there is also a big reason because there is no defender like Thuram around to help, whether it is Materazzi or Córdoba, are all brave central defenders of the same type as him, even if three people play together, it is a little awkward - this really can't blame Cooper for not using people, his vision is still accurate, because what he asked Moratti at that time was Nesta, a solid central defender like Nesta and the two brave central defenders of Inter Milan can complement each other, but for various reasons, Nesta was snatched away by AC Milan, in order to supplement the backline, Inter Milan made the wrong decision to buy Cannavaro, So much so that it affected the results later.

And Cannavaro, who was mediocre at Inter Milan, began to perform well again after moving to Juventus - for the simple reason that at Juventus, his partner was changed to Thuram - just this difference, and then he and Thuram Buffon formed the world's strongest defensive iron triangle!

So in fact, Thuram is the one who is more important than Cannavaro, Cannavaro has been this type until he is thirty years old, until he is thirty years old, his physical fitness declines and his experience rises, and he begins to gradually transform into the experienced captain, and he also cooperated with Materazzi in the national team and finally helped the Italian national team win the World Cup.

From this point of view, it is not inappropriate to let Thuram be a smoking-marking central defender in front of him, and let Gamara lag behind, but it is a bit of a waste of Thuram's talent.

So Dick plans to give it a try and let Thuram and Marchena partner in the central defense, even if Marchena is far inferior to Cannavaro, but he can let Thuram play his full strength and talent, so that the comparison is more beneficial to Atletico Madrid, after all, Gamarra is not young, and Marchena is still young.

In this game alone, Marchena's starter is also better than Gamarra's starter, because if he starts, he can mark the opponent's high school striker Kalou, even if the strength and height are not too different, Thuram can be freed up to protect the backline, so as not to cause too much lethality by the dexterous Sanchez, and after Thuram is liberated, his role is not only this, but also can more effectively support the overall strength of the entire backline!

The defensive problem was solved, and on offense, Dick needed to think a little more.

On the surface, Valencia's midfielder is a single midfielder, and it will be better to attack from this aspect, after all, Albelda alone can't solve all the problems, but if Dick really wants to focus on attacking the middle, it will definitely hit the head - because in fact, Mendieta and Keely are not the kind of traditional wingers, and their defensive ability is not bad, although Aimar's defensive ability is not good, the two of them will take on more defensive responsibilities and protect Albelda's side, So Valencia's lineup looks like a four-four-two, but in fact it is a lineup similar to four-three-one-two, but the position of Keely and Mendieta is quite active, and the range of activities is also quite large - that is, now Mendieta and Keehly are at their peak, with excellent form and strong tactical execution ability, so that Valencia's results in this season continue to be maintained.

The middle lane actually doesn't work, and it is not so easy for Jadel to deal with Ayala and Pellegrino, so Dick naturally set his sights on Vicente - the first time they met, it was Vicente who solved Valencia with his speed, and now he is in such good form in this game, and it is the right thing to do to press a treasure on him.

Although guarding Valencia's side is Angnoma, an experienced French midfielder, but after all, he is not young, and he is very big, he has a considerable injury in speed, if Vicente can be given more balls behind him, let him run, the thin Vicente can use his speed and dexterity to make Angnoma eat a big deflated!

"There are nine goal cards, a lot, just use them...... Dick thought to himself.

He used two cards in both games against Real Madrid and Barcelona, and then after the revision, he used two in the experiment, and now there are nine left, Dick feels that he is a model of shrewd management - and the point is that in the final analysis, he values the league more, and he has not used a goal card in a more accidental game like the UEFA Cup, because he knows that the league is the foundation, and for Atletico Madrid fans, although they envy the style of their rivals in Europe, they value the league more!

I've won the league nine times, and another one will be in double figures! It has successfully become a team alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona! Atletico fans are hungry for league titles – and in fact Dick is no different, and if a team with only nine league titles wins wins their tenth league title, he will be able to write a strong mark on the team's history no matter what.

Ordinary games are to accumulate experience and confidence, and such an important game must be won to accumulate their own capital - so he used a goal card against Barcelona, a goal card against Real Madrid, and now at this critical moment, in the face of a strong opponent like Valencia, he also has to use a goal card to ensure the winning rate!

And what is different from before is that he now uses goal cards, which seem to be more technical - according to the state of the players, according to the characteristics of the opponent, design targeted tactics, and then use goal cards to improve the success rate...... Hehe, this is much more exciting than simply waiting for the goal to appear after using a goal card!

After all, the uncertainty of football is the most attractive thing - Dick is not exempt from vulgarity, in his bones, he is still a fan, otherwise he would not have had such a bad taste of making history before.