"Today is the first leg of Atletico's Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid! Before that, people had been looking forward to this game for a long time...... Atletico are playing in the Champions Cup for the first time in four years, and under the leadership of young coach Dick, they have been in excellent form in the Champions League this season! After coming out of both groups, they beat Panathinaikos to reach the semi-finals of the Champions Cup for the first time since 1974! For Atletico, this is enough to make them extremely proud! Their opponents, Real Madrid, have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in each of the last four seasons, which is also quite impressive, although Real Madrid have been placed in a relatively easy group in the group stage this season, but they have met strong opponents Bayern Munich in the knockout round! They beat Bayern Munich over two legs to reach the semi-finals, and with seven points behind Atletico Madrid in the league, they will have to perform even better in the Champions League if they are to have a decent result this season. ”

In an interview before the game, Real Madrid's French superstar Zinedine Zidane said that he would do his best to win the Champions League for Real Madrid, as he is the only one who has not been able to win the trophy now. And Atletico Madrid's head coach Dick said in an interview that although it may be a pity that a superstar like Zidane can't win the Champions Cup, regret is beautiful, and superstars like Baggio and Ronaldo have also not won the Champions Cup, but it does not prevent them from becoming greater. ”

The war of words before the start of the game was also a routine, Dick's mean words made Zidane very angry, although he appeared very polite in the interview, but those who knew him well knew that when he was expressionless, even slightly laughing, he was already very annoyed......

Dick is not used to him, although Dick also admits that Zidane is one of the greatest stars of the past decade, and there is a lack of this Champions Cup championship in the honor, if he can't get it, it's a pity, but even if it's a pity, he has no reason to give up his chance to win the championship for the sake of the perfection of his opponent.

Champions, it doesn't feel too much at any time.

April 24 soon came.

This match is also the first match of the Champions League semi-finals, the next day is Manchester United's home game against Bayer Leverkusen, and then on May 1, it will be Manchester United's away game against Bayer Leverkusen, and the next day is Atletico Madrid's game at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid.

In other words, in this little over a week, the teams participating in the final of this season's Champions Cup will be shown in front of everyone.

Two La Liga teams, one Premier League team, one Bundesliga team, except for the Serie A team's surprising decline this season, the other three major leagues of the four major leagues have swept the final four of the entire Champions Cup.

Countless Atletico Madrid fans rushed to the Calderon Stadium, which can accommodate 51,000 fans, and in addition to the 3,000 away tickets allocated to Real Madrid fans, the remaining 48,000 tickets were snapped up by Atletico Madrid fans early, while countless Atletico Madrid fans outside the stadium are expecting their team to beat Real Madrid at home and lay a solid foundation for the second leg.

"Real Madrid's starting point today was their usual four-four-two, or four-five-one, and Morientes didn't play, maybe Bosque wanted him to be a surprise man...... Raul came forward alone, Guti, Zinedine Zidane and Figo formed the midfield, and Real Madrid were going to fight us in midfield to make up for the shortcomings in their backline. But we can't be worse than them in this regard, let's fight with them in midfield, and then take advantage of the opportunity and finish them! ”

Dick waved his fist in the dressing room and told the players that Atletico Madrid had beaten Real Madrid twice in the league this season, but in those two games, the first Real Madrid lacked Robert Carlos and Figo, and the second game was that they were eager to attack and win Atletico Madrid, so that they were counter-attacked by Atletico Madrid in the case of risky attack, strictly speaking, the victory of those two games was more determined off the field, and now, Real Madrid has nothing to lose on the off-field factor.

"It's probably the strongest Real Madrid we've ever faced...... But let's not be afraid, because we're strong too. Control the midfield, and compare them to the efficiency of the attack! Not to Morentes, Guti is certainly a good move to strengthen the control of the midfield, but it also reduces their scoring ability in the penalty area a lot, and the central defenders can boldly go up and don't give them too many chances! If we can control the midfield, then as long as we keep attacking, we will definitely be able to score enough goals! ”

Amid the deafening cheers of the fans, the players of both sides appeared, and the commentator tried his best not to drown out his voice in the shouts of the scene: "The players of both sides are out!" In this game, Madrid's two teams coincidentally sent a four-five-one formation, Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is goalkeeper Molina, defenders Héctor, Capdevilla, Thuram and Stam, and in the midfield, Makellele, Baraja, Belleron, Vicente and Camoranesi form the midfield, and Jadel is a man in the front! The seven substitutes were goalkeeper Alvaro Moura, defenders Marchena, Aguilera and David, midfielder Jorgensen and forwards Cruise and Jardel. Real Madrid goalkeeper is Casillas, defenders Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Hierro and Pavon, midfielders Elguera and Cambiasso partner in the back, Zidane, Guti and Figo in front of him, and Raul is one in front! On the bench were goalkeeper Cesar, defenders Karanka and Raul Bravo, midfielders Consecao, Solari and McManaman, and striker Morientes. Both sides have come up with all their best players! What will be the final result of this match? Let's wait and see! ”

When Dick appeared on the sidelines, there were huge cheers in the stands again, and Atletico Madrid fans unreservedly released their love for Dick, while Real Madrid fans basically pouted, they were very qualified and did not boo Dick at this time, but no matter what, Real Madrid fans did not have much affection for Dick.

Dick waved casually to the stands, and then there was an even louder cheer, which made Dick feel a little fluttering - the welcome that the emperor superstar received when he appeared on the stage, and that was it.

Feeling the kind of love that the fans have for him, this kind of championship makes Dick feel very happy.

"The game is about to begin...... Whether Atletico's midfield can match Real Madrid's dominance will be a key factor in Atletico's success in this game...... Okay, now the game is on! ”

Real Madrid, who were the first to kick off, were the first to start putting pressure on Atletico's defence.

Under the leadership of Zidane, Real Madrid began to create opportunities through the attack in the midfield, he and Figo and Guti are all very good players with offensive awareness, after continuous back and forth, they found an opportunity, Zidane passed the ball, and the follow-up Carlos shot directly and vigorously from the ball, and the ball was slightly off the line.

And Atletico Madrid quickly began to counterattack after this attack of Real Madrid.

After passing back and forth through the midfield, Belleron sent the ball to the feet of Jadel, who received the ball and forced a turn, and then shot hard from 20 meters from the goal!

Casillas also made a brilliant save to get the ball under him.

"In the first five minutes, both sides had an attack! Carlos came close to scoring and Jadel's shot gave Casillas a good save! The pace of the game is fast! ”

However, after these two fast-paced attacks, the two sides soon launched a fierce scramble in the midfield, Real Madrid is slightly inferior in running ability and confrontation ability, but Atletico Madrid's poor midfield is the technical content of the midfield - although compared to any other team, Atletico Madrid's midfield technical ability is not bad, even excellent, but compared with the Real Madrid midfield with Zidane, Figo and Guti, in terms of technology, it is slightly rough.

However, Atletico's midfield has its own characteristics, and they also have some advantages in defense, and they have not suffered much in such a confrontation.

Another advantage of Atletico Madrid is that they can play slowly, but if they play fast, they can also fight, Real Madrid is relatively unable to be fast, and after a period of entanglement, Atletico Madrid began to create more opportunities than Real Madrid!

Vicente and Camoranesi began to attack frequently on the flanks, they did not entangle with Real Madrid too much in the midfield, but quickly passed the ball to the front and then attacked, such an attack may not be particularly successful, but it can suppress the opponent to a large extent, and then continue to create opportunities.

In the eighth minute, Camoranesi's shot from the edge of the box went high.

In the tenth minute, Baraja's shot from outside the box was blocked by Cambiaso with his body, but the ball fell to the feet of Jadel, who took the ball and beautifully deducted Elgra, who was on the defending, and then shot from inside the box, Casillas made a wonderful save, fell to the ground and stretched out his foot to block the ball that was about to fly into the goal!

There was a sigh from the stands, and the Atletico fans sighed at the great opportunity they missed, but they immediately encouraged the players with applause, looking forward to scoring again in the next attack!

Dick nodded slightly on the sidelines, although this style of play that does not entangle too much with the opponent in the midfield, but creates opportunities through fast passing, seems slightly inefficient, but it can play well to the strengths of Atletico Madrid, that is, they can be fast! In the case of Real Madrid's overall speed, it can only continue to attack through passing, so that Atletico can continue to put pressure on Real Madrid.

Although Real Madrid has done quite well in defense so far, Hierro is like being five years younger, Pavon is like growing up overnight, but after all, Hierro is aging, Pavon doesn't know when it will become a time bomb, as long as the pressure continues to put pressure on Real Madrid, then it is only a matter of time before Atletico Madrid scores!

Thinking of this, Dick stood up and made a gesture to the court.

Just like the attack just now...... Until you score!

When he saw his action, Bosque's brows furrowed, if he really wants to play like this, it will be very disadvantageous to Real Madrid, because the number of attacks on both sides is about the same, but Atletico Madrid can quickly hit Real Madrid's defensive zone, and Real Madrid is constantly blocked in the midfield - what should be done?