Mourinho doesn't trust Van Gaal's judgment, but he can't help it - Van Gaal is undoubtedly a famous coach with great achievements, but he is also known for his stubbornness and arrogance, Mourinho can't influence his thoughts, as Mourinho himself said, under Van Gaal, although his position is assistant coach, but in fact he is still doing the job of a translator, Van Gaal has all the power in his hands, and the team is the only one who has the final say.

So Mourinho can only keep his worries in his heart.

So at the Calderon Stadium on 25 April, Van Gaal was somewhat surprised to get his hands on Atletico's starting line-up two hours before the game – almost all of them were on the pitch, including Juninho, who had been a standout substitute in the previous round – and he replaced Leal in the attacking midfield position.

Barcelona hid Figo and Rivaldo for the league, Kluivert and Dani partnered in the front, Pep Guardiola, Cocu, Litemanen and Ronald de Boer were sent in midfield, and the back line was relatively complete, with Reziger and Sergi on the wings, Frank De Boer and Arbelardo in the center, and goalkeeper Hesper.

"Actually missing the two cores of Figo and Rivaldo? Damn, these two goal cards are useless! ”

While Van Gaal was surprised, Dick also regretted in the dressing room, in his opinion, the strength of Barcelona without Rivaldo and Figo will drop a lot, even if you don't use the goal card and the form card, I am afraid there is a chance to win, in this way, the two precious goal cards are indeed a bit wasted......

"Forget it, since you used it, then don't regret it." Dick quickly let go of that, and he had always been a figure who could afford to put it down.

As soon as he looked up and saw that the players were all looking at him with strange eyes, Dick had a spin on his head and immediately took advantage of the news.

"I just got the Barcelona squad for the game...... It's strange that their vice-captain Figo and number one star Rivaldo are not on the pitch, what does that mean? ”

Because Barcelona's starting line-up was also announced two hours before the game, Atletico Madrid's players only now know Barcelona's starting line-up, and when they heard that players like Rivaldo and Figo were not playing, they were first overjoyed, and then wondered - are these two heavyweights injured?

'No, they didn't get hurt and they looked like they were in good shape...... Yet Louis van Gaal put them on the bench, why? Dick had a strange smile on his face.

Many players thought of a possibility, and their faces began to look ugly.

"Yes, they think they can beat us without playing...... It's not that they don't value the Copa del Rey, they have already reached the semi-finals, will Barcelona, who are trying to win the treble, give up such a competition? It's just that they feel that Atletico Madrid are very bad now, and they are about to be relegated, so they probably won't have any ideas, we can just roll them to the ground casually, let's give our number one star and vice-captain a break, and there are more important Champions League and leagues waiting for us to play......"

Dick vividly imitated Van Gaal's English with a Dutch accent, and if he took it to a talk show, it would probably make people roll on the ground with laughter, but at this time, the Atletico players couldn't laugh at all......

Damn, you underestimate us so much!

"See? In the eyes of most people, Atletico is no longer the same as the double three years ago...... It's been three years since we've won any honours, we've lost against any opponent, and now we're in the relegation zone...... In fact, I don't blame others for underestimating us, the world of football is like this, if you don't perform well, even if you have a brilliant past, you will be ridiculed by many people...... What to do in the face of this ridicule? ”

Listening to Dick's shout, the players all looked up at Dick.

Dick raised his right hand in the air, then swung it down sharply and made a slap motion: "Pump them with our performance!" Beat them! Kill them! Let them kneel before us and honestly say, 'We were wrong! We shouldn't underestimate you! Of course, to do that, we need to be on the field and surprise the guys!" ”

Dick successfully mobilized the emotions of the players, and the players of Atletico Madrid are not dicks, they are all first-class players, and there is almost no existence of a small reputation - although Hill is messing around, but after all, he has also spent so much money to go out, and the introduction is also first-class players, and now he is so instigated by Dick, and they are really depressed this season, and they are immediately mobilized by Dick's emotions......

Looking at the players who walked out of the locker room with murderous spirits, Dick knew that Barcelona might be in trouble in this game......

For this game, he did not hesitate to use up nearly half of the cards in his hand - two goal cards, a bonus card for the team's state, and a card for the opponent's team's state decline, plus Barcelona's own snow hidden main force, Atletico Madrid's players' unity, if he doesn't win a big win in this game, he won't be the manager!

When the players of both sides appeared in the stadium, the fans of Atletico Madrid in the stands cheered, they were close to despair, but the young manager who was protested by many Atletico Madrid fans as soon as he came to the stage led the team to two consecutive wins, so that Atletico Madrid's relegation hope was again at the dawn - at this time, even the most hardcore "Kiko Guards" have adopted a silent attitude, the sky is big, the relegation is the largest, even if they want to be dissatisfied with Dick at this time, I'm afraid that I will also be despised by my companions......

Under the premise of relegation, everything can be abandoned, let alone just one player? No matter how famous Kiko is and how much he contributes, he has not let Atletico Madrid get out of the danger of relegation, and this young manager has brought the possibility of relegation!

So at today's game, the whole audience cheered for Dick, and all the fans who didn't like Dick remained silent.

"In just two games, Dick has conquered the hearts of Atletico fans! It's a miracle and a matter of course, and I think anyone who has watched the last few games will know why Dirk went from being no-brainer to cheering him all over the stadium just after two games! Before Dick appeared, almost all Atletico Madrid were already desperate, and it was him, the 21-year-old Chinese head coach who brought hope to Atletico! From seven points behind the relegation zone to two points, he only needed two games! Accept the cheers, Dick, you deserve it! ”

Bonnes' loud shout has resonated with many Atletico Madrid fans, as a standard Atletico Madrid fan, Boness's commentary equivalent to a confession is almost the mental journey of many Atletico Madrid fans, indeed, before Dick appeared, because Antich, who had successfully fought the fire, failed to save Atletico Madrid, so many fans were actually desperate, but at this time, Dick was born, first directly won the highly prestigious Kiko, Then he quickly integrated his forces in the midst of a rage, and then stabilized the situation of Atletico Madrid with two victories - which immediately made Bones and quite a few Atletico fans become Dick's brain-dead fans!

And most of the other fans, although they will not be so outrageous, but they also feel that Dick has indeed created a lot of achievements now, no matter what, he has a credit for Atletico Madrid!

So as Dick walked out of the tunnel, he heard cheers coming from the stands.

"Di! Di! Di! ”

Maybe many Atletico Madrid fans can't pronounce Dick's surname correctly, but they keep shouting loudly in this somewhat awkward language, just to express a meaning to Dick - we support you, good!

Dick was also a little surprised to hear such a uniform shout from the stands.

He turned his head to look at Marriner, who shrugged his shoulders: "Two wins are enough to make them like you, if we can succeed in relegation, then you will be thoroughly liked by them!" ”

"Relegation isn't enough, Robert!"

Dick grinned at Marriner, and it was evident that the cheers from the stands gave Dick great vanity satisfaction, and he opened his arms and gestured to the stands with a "V......

In the past, when he made such a gesture, he usually attracted overwhelming boos from the stands, many people thought that the team was still gesturing with victory at this time, and some people were unhappy with Dick purely because Kiko couldn't play, but at this time, most Atletico fans began to get excited - "Look, Dick made another victory gesture!" We're going to win! Beat Barcelona and we're in the final of the Copa del Rey! ”

"The other side has two main players, will we be bad in the next league game...... "Some people are worried.

However, their worries were immediately stopped by those around them: "What are you afraid of? Can those relegated teams keep winning? With four league games to go, we're sure we'll be relegated and we're going to win the Copa del Rey! Next season we are going to be back on the European stage! ”

Such an attitude of near-blind optimism may not seem appropriate to many, after all, they are not in a good situation at the moment, but for the Atletico Madrid, who are still in the doldrums, they need all kinds of optimism to comfort themselves.

Now there are many Atletico Madrid fans who have gone from one extreme to the other, that is, from extreme pessimism about the team to extreme optimism about Dick - it is impossible to say whether this is good or bad, but for Dick himself, he really wants the fans to be extremely superstitious about him - as long as he can keep winning!

At least at the end of the season, during the period of firefighting, Dick also wanted to be able to win all the time, and only by winning all the time could he achieve the goal he wanted.

When Atletico Madrid was about to collapse, he came out of nowhere, turned the tide, won one victory after another, and then led the team to relegation, while also winning the Copa del Rey and a ticket to next season's European competition...... Only such a gorgeous appearance can be worthy of my identity and status as a great manager! The day I became famous, this miraculous firefight would leave a deep imprint on my coaching career, and I, Dick, were born to be a manager who was born to do miracles!