Updated: 2013-04-22

In fact, it's impossible to think about the UEFA Cup final – with the whole Atletico squad flying to Germany, there are still plenty of Atletico players watching the weekend's Real Madrid game......

Dick didn't particularly limit them, Atletico Madrid arrived in Germany on Friday, and when they arrived, the disappointed Real Madrid had just left Germany - they lost 2-1 away to Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Champions League and failed to reach the final again, and this season seems to be an extremely disappointing season for them, they have lost the Champions League in a row in just one week, and the league seems to have little hope......

In this state, Real Madrid can perform well at the weekend, and that's hell. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

Real Madrid, who have been overdrawn too much on the road, have not improved in the next round of the league, and they have drawn 2-2 at home to Espanyol, which means that Atletico have a lead of seven points with four games remaining, which means that they only need five points in the next four games to win the league title!

After watching the game en masse, the Atletico players cheered – it's been a fantastic season for them, with the league title within reach and the UEFA Cup won't seem too much of a problem......

Dick looked at the players with a smile, after the draw at Real Madrid, the morale of the Atletico players started to get better, which is a good thing, and the players were able to focus more on the UEFA Cup without any distraction from the league, which is quite good for Atletico Madrid, because their opponents Liverpool are in the top four of the Premier League, there is no hope of winning the title, and their attention is also in the League Cup......

"Liverpool...... Dick remembered, this year seems to be the year when Liverpool won the five crowns, and now they have won the League Cup and the FA Cup, if they win the League Cup again, I am afraid that the five crowns will not be too much of a problem......

It's just that when it comes to Dick, it won't be so easy for Liverpool to replicate the glory of the five crowns...... Dick knows that Owen is in good form this season, but no matter how good he is, he is just a player, Liverpool's overall strength is not particularly outstanding, their success this season is partly due to luck, and partly because of Owen's excellent performance - Owen can win this year's European Ballon d'Or, a big reason is because of the huge role he played in these five championships!

And in the final, it was not Owen who played the biggest role, but the Scottish veteran McAllister - the details of the final in history, Dick still remembers the details of the final, the veteran who is considered to be retiring showed the most glorious scene of his career in this final, he scored a penalty in the game, assisted once with a free kick, directly assisted, and then forced the opposing defender to own a free kick in the final, allowing Liverpool to defeat Alaves 5-4 in extra time, While Atletico and Alaves are in completely different situations, McAllister has been in excellent form of late, which is something to be aware of.

The UEFA Cup final is very different from the usual league games, now Atletico can lose one or two games in the league, but in the UEFA Cup final, no matter how many games they have won before, if they lose this one, they will lose everything they have won before.

"The strongest thing about Liverpool is their forward line...... Owen is a top scorer, Heskey has excellent physicality and tactical significance, and the goals of both of them are a guarantee of victory for Liverpool...... Relatively speaking, they don't have a great wide range of players, with Murphy and McAllister likely to be their two wings, but both are capable of operating in the middle and they lack full-backs who can assist well...... They didn't defend badly, Barcelona kept two legs to clean sheets, it's not something that any team can do, and we didn't have a good game. ”

Dick told all the assistant coaches at the tactical meeting: "If you play offensively, their two forwards are a natural guarantee of defensive counter-attack, whether it's Irving's speed or Heskey's play, it's going to be a big problem, but we can't stop attacking, we've been a lot better defensively this season, but if we want to win, we can't afford not to think about offense...... Their defenders are strong, but the slower pace is a problem, including their midfielder Hamann. Attacking with agility and agility is a more appropriate approach to hitting the back of their backline...... Dominating the midfield and countering their movement with technique, Jardel drew as much attention as possible to their centre-backs and created chances for Vicente and Camoranesi on both wings, with their two full-backs Babel and Carragher not being very fast players, allowing the two wingers to use their pace and back row to tackle them...... Do you have any questions? ”

"If you control the midfield...... If the midfield concedes a goal, it looks dangerous. Marrina said after a moment's thought.

'Yes, especially their four midfielders are very good and very tackling...... So it's up to Belleron to play in midfield, and we don't need to worry about that, with the protection of Makelele and Baraja, even if Liverpool want to use this to score goals, it's not that easy. Dick replied with a smile.

Several assistant coaches nodded, since the beginning of this season, the performance of Makelle and Baraja is obvious to all, Makelele's purposeful interception ability is quite good, many passes are cut off by him directly in the middle, it is not easy to do this, and Baraja relies on strong physique and diligent running to make Atletico Madrid's midfield tough, with the two of them, even if it is inferior to Liverpool in running and hardness, it will not be too bad.

"Irving's speed is a real problem, but we have Thuram." Dick said with a smile: "Thuram can target Ronaldo, and he won't have too many problems dealing with Owen, he is not afraid of Owen's speed." As for Husky, it would be enough for Marchena to deal with it. ”

"This guy has been in great form lately, and Marchena may not be able to keep an eye on him." Some coaches objected.

'You don't have to stare at him, you just have to interfere every time he shoots.' Dick replied: "Tell Marchena that this is what he has to play in this fight. ”

For Heskey, a striker who was hacked by British fans in later generations, Dick feels that he can also be divided into two, his goal rate is not high, but for a long time he can be reused by the head coach of the club and the national team, because his tactical value is greater than his goal value, and he can despise his shooting skills to the fullest, but he cannot ignore his huge role in the overall attack.

In terms of strength and height, it is difficult for Marchena to defend Husky, but as long as he is entangled, so that he cannot play much role in the attack, this is a good effect, as long as he cannot form support for Owen and others, or let him not play a fulcrum role in Liverpool's counterattack, then Husky can contribute very little, as for his scoring ability...... Dick really didn't like it.

"Tactics on the offensive side...... Jardel dropped back to draw out defenders and then created chances through to Vicente and Camoranesi on the wings, which was our basic tactic. Be careful when defending and don't give them too many set-pieces, McAllister and Murphy are excellent set-pieces and you can't give them too many chances...... Well, that's the tactic we're going to use in this game and we need to show that in the training sessions over the next few days. ”

Dick was more relaxed when the next tactical drill was decided - in the next few days, his main job was to watch the players train effectively, deduce some of the situations that might happen in the game with Marriner and others, make specific preparations, and then wait for the final to begin!

In the absence of any other competition, the UEFA Cup has also attracted the attention of most of the media and fans, the Champions League final will not start until two weeks later, and the major European leagues are basically over, the UEFA Cup has naturally become a hot topic in the near future, and the two teams participating in the final of the League Cup also have a lot to watch......

Atletico Madrid eliminated three Serie A teams in a row in the process of reaching the final, while Liverpool eliminated two Spanish teams in a row, if they can beat Atletico Madrid in the final, then Liverpool can be regarded as stepping on the corpse of all La Liga teams to the highest peak!

"The vengeance between Alaves and Barcelona is up to us...... We played the UEFA Cup to win the trophy and that was doomed from the start. Liverpool are a great team, but Atletico are even better, and I can't wait for the midweek game, which is destined to be a great season for Atletico, as Atletico will win the league title and the European competition for the first time in the same season! ”

Dick was confident in the interview, while Houllier was very low-key - he couldn't help but be low-key, because before coming to Germany, they had three players in their squad who were injured in training and would miss the final: striker Fowler, midfielder Borg and defender Traore, although they are not the main players, but they also have a huge impact on Liverpool's preparation - Traore is a versatile backfielder, can play left-back and central defender, once he is injured, Houllier can only send Carragher in the left-back position, And the substitute at left-back is only one in-form Zigger, Borg's injury is one less attacking midfielder, Fowler is no longer as good as it used to be, but he is still a strong addition to Liverpool's forward line, as soon as he is injured, if Owen and Heskey have any problems in the game, Houllier can only rely on the veteran Litmanen, although Smitchell and Diormed can also play forward, but their characteristics are not the kind of pure strikers......

These three players are important substitutes for Liverpool, and if they are unavailable, Houllier will have much less room for tactical set-up......

"The UEFA Cup is the last honour we can fight for, and we won't give up on this kind of competition...... We've got a couple of players injured, but our main team hasn't changed, Atletico are good, but we have to be more experienced than them, and we have to be more integrated, and we will win this game! ”