On July 27, Atletico Madrid FC training base.

Dick and Marriner stood side by side on the training pitch, and Dick smiled and said, "Well, there are finally twenty-five players in the first team...... It is also time to be able to fight on three fronts. ”

Atletico have left just one player this summer and joined three, compared to 23 first-team players last season and exactly 25 now, which is the maximum number of first-team players that a team can have in La Liga.

Stam 24 million, Jorgensen 12 million, Hage joined for free, Dick was more merciless this time, the club's 40 million transfer Feddick only spent 36 million, and the rest of the money naturally returned to the club's account, Dick is not the kind of person who must spend all the money if he has it, even if it is not his own money, it can't be wasted.

"The addition of Stam has caused a lot of sensation, and now the newspapers are saying that you are an Italian manager, and the two biggest investments since taking office have been used in central defenders." Marriner said with a smile.

"Defense is the foundation, if you don't do a good job in defense, how can you attack?" Dick snorted: "The head coach of the Italian pie...... These guys really know how to buckle their hats. ”

"But the fans are happy and they think it's a good deal, especially since Stam is a treble winner and will help us a lot in this Champions Cup...... They even think you have the possibility of breaking the '74-year-old record of runners-up in the Champions Cup. Marriner laughed.

"Well, they're greedy...... But if I have the chance, I want to try to win the Champions Cup. Dick shrugged his shoulders: "I sometimes think the fans have more vision than the journalists, and obviously we bought Stam to use his Champions Cup experience. Now that there are so many prize money in the Champions Cup, he can take a step forward, and the transfer fee on him has not been spent in vain. ”

"They think too much, you buy people, you buy unknown ones, say you waste money, buy famous players, say you spend too much money, anyway, they are justified." After staying with Dick for a long time, Marriner seems to have been affected, and began to unconsciously portray the reporters with contempt.

The two of them were chatting, and the training time was almost up, and soon, the players began to walk out of the locker room and onto the training ground.

After looking at his watch, and seeing that the time had reached ten o'clock, Dick nodded the number, twenty-five, no one was a lot, and no one was late, which made Dick nod with satisfaction.

"Most of you had a great season with me last season. League Champions, League Cup Winners. It was one of the best seasons in Atletico's history. However, this will not be the end of the line, because this season we will be pushing in a higher direction. We've kept all the key players and the three new signings of Stam, Jorgensen and Hage, and now we've got a lot of strength from the main players and the substitutes, so this season we're going to be aiming for the title and the Champions Cup! In the history of Atletico Madrid, they have only defended the league title twice, and have never won the Champions Cup! If we want to do it, we will do what we have not been able to do before, and if we want to do it, we will strive to be the first! Defending champions! Champions Cup Champion! In the future, we will strive for three consecutive titles and strive for the best result in Atletico Madrid's history...... I have never denied that I am an ambitious manager, are you willing to follow me as an ambitious manager and go for some glory together? ”

"Of course I do, sir!"

Atletico Madrid's players shouted in a mess, and for the three new signings, they were also happy that Dick expressed his thoughts without reservation - Stam is used to winning titles, he has won at least one heavyweight title every season at Manchester United, Jorgensen is tired of being in the middle of the table at Udinese, occasionally reaching European competitions, as for Hage, his idea is simpler, he has been mixed in the European continent for nearly ten years, four years in Nancy, His best result is third in Ligue 1, he won the runner-up of the Portuguese Premier League the year he joined Sporting Lisbon, he failed to catch up with Deportivo La Coruna's title in two seasons at Deportivo La Coruna, and in Coventry he was only relegated, and now he joined Atletico Madrid at this age, he doesn't care whether he plays the main team or not, he just wants to win one or two important titles in his career, which is why he is willing to take a low salary to play as a substitute at Atletico Madrid.

It has to be said that Atletico Madrid won two heavyweight titles in a row last season, which made them a lot more attractive.

Next, Dick introduced three new players to the old players, and it is obvious that after these three people joined, Atletico Madrid's competitiveness has become much greater, and the competition within the team has begun to become more intense, but considering that Atletico Madrid still has Champions Cup games to play this season, there will be no fewer opportunities to play, and the players are also mentally prepared for this.

Then there is nothing to say, the pre-season training camp has just begun, naturally there will not be too much ball content, all the players are under the leadership of the physical coach Cabello for physical reserves, not rookies, naturally know how much physical reserves help the new season.

Dick didn't show up at the training ground during physical training, but went to his office with Marriner to discuss the tactics and training content for the new season.

"Last season we had a lot of success at 451, but to be honest, this tactic seems to be very simple, and in a lot of games in the latter part of last season, if I hadn't made tactical adjustments often, I'm afraid it would have been seen through by others." Dick sat down at his desk and spoke directly to Marriner.

"That's the case, there is no tactic that can't be resolved, although our main tactics last year were even, but it was also easy to be targeted, such as in the League Cup final, when we lost those two goals, because Jadel was closely guarded by the opponent, the offensive effect was not particularly good, if it wasn't for the next our players to quickly play an excellent state, the final result of that game would be very dangerous." Marriner nodded, although he is not good at commanding the team, he still has the vision and can see the problem, but he can't solve it better.

"With last season's games, the players have mastered four or five tactics and now it's time to train on backup tactics. We have so many good strikers now that it's a bit of a waste to just play a single striker. In extreme cases, we can use the tactics of two center forwards and two wingers, and in the case of normal attacks, we can also send four midfielders and two forwards, and the key is that the players need to be more proficient in attacking under various tactics. ”

"For example, last season we used a lot of tactics to have Jadel and Cruise form a double centre-forward, and then Belleron was back and the two wingers were on top to create chances in the middle?" Marriner asked.

"It's one of them, but of course it's not that simple. We have a lot of attacking players up front, the winger doesn't have to be a strong bottom cross, the center pulls out, attracts the attention of the opposing central defender, makes the opponent's penalty area more empty, and then the winger breaks into the box and looks for flaws...... We will slowly practice the specific tactics through training, and you have to come up with a charter for the training content. Dick nodded.

"No problem." Marina happily agreed: "In fact, the tactics are all interconnected, the formation is only on paper, playing on the field, running is more flexible and changeable, it also has a good effect, no matter how the formation changes, in the end it depends on the cooperation between the players and the habitual way of running." ”

Dick looked at Marriner in some surprise, then laughed, "Robert, can you think of this?" If you study this well, I think you can also coach a team on your own. ”

"It's easy to detect something theoretical, but it's not so easy to use it in a game." Marriner shrugged his shoulders: "Just because I know these things doesn't mean I can use them in practice...... People are really different sometimes. ”

Dick smiled when he heard Marriner say this, he believed this sentence, otherwise, there are so many people in the world who study coaching courses, and the final famous coach is so many people? Even if it is said that it is one in a million, it is not an exaggeration, every era is nothing more than the era of seven or eight famous coaches competing for each other, there will always be some otherworldly people who are half a step ahead of everyone else, and they are crisscrossing the world football stage, so that everyone's eyes are focused on themselves.

"Don't worry, under my men, I won't treat you badly...... After all, it's hard to find an assistant like you...... The pre-season training camp depends on you to make a big effort. Dick said with a laugh.

Marrina nodded, "Of course, it's my job. ”

Looking at the back of Marriner walking out, Dick laughed, he didn't increase his income this summer, in the new contract details, just added a reward for his performance in the Champions Cup - one million dollars in prize money to enter the quarterfinals, one and a half million dollars in money to enter the final four, and if he enters the final and wins the championship, he will get three million dollars in one go, and the rules of the other league bonuses are the same as last season, but at Dick's request, Atletico Madrid Club has greatly increased the income of Marriner and other assistant coaches, Dick emphasized that with their help he can achieve better results, Atletico Madrid Club will naturally not be stingy in this regard, can play in the group stage of the Champions Cup, the income is close to 10 million US dollars, and does not care about the expenditure of this prize money.

This is the case in European football now, with a large investment, the probability of good results is high, and if you achieve good results in the Champions Cup, you will be able to have more income - of course, there is also a huge danger, such as Lazio began to gradually go bankrupt after throwing money in a row, and the same example is Leeds United, which began to go into a vicious circle after the failure of huge spending risks, and now European football is like some stock markets, everyone dreams of getting rich, and in fact, there are not many who can succeed.

Dick is also taking risks this time, but his adventure has a certain certainty, and Atletico Madrid's current expenditure is not small, in order to have a goal - to impact the championship of the Champions Cup and let the club achieve the most glorious scene!