"Topmüller's usual formation is four-five-one...... It's similar to us, especially in the midfield, a purely defensive Ramirao, a flexible and attacking Ballack, a playmaker who is a weaker Basturk, and Ze Roberto and Schneider on the wings, but their core is Ballack rather than Basturk, the German has been a bad performer this season, he is the best player in Germany right now. ”

Dick said to all the coaches at the tactical meeting.

A coach couldn't help but snort: "The current Germany ...... The gold content of the best players can only be regarded as average. ”

Hearing this, Dick looked up at the coach until he began to have an uneasy look on his face before he said, "Don't forget, they also made it to the Champions Cup!" Although the performance of the German national team in the past two years has not been good, it is only because they have a dilemma! Ballack is one of the best of this group of German players, and we must not underestimate him! I would even dare to say that even in the Summer Cup, with his form, he can still be the most eye-catching person in the World Cup! ”

Dick's words were heavy, but it also made Atletico's coaches start to pay attention to Ballack - Dick rarely praises a player like this, but when he starts to praise the opponent's players, it proves that the player is really good, really a bunker, really top-notch......

The reason why Dick said this is that he doesn't want the coaches' emotions to infect the players, so that they unconsciously underestimate their opponents - the team is a relatively closed environment, and the coaches are with the players almost all day long, if they underestimate the players, then the players will naturally underestimate the opponents, which is a normal thing, and the emotions between people will be infected with each other.

Only if the coaches also pay attention to it, the players will not be disturbed too much.

'Both of their centre-backs are outstanding, Novotny is the quintessential German centre-back, tall, good at headers, fierce against them, but turning is a problem. However, Lucio can make up for the shortcomings of the opponent very well, but his shortcomings are that he likes to attack forward and is sometimes reckless, which is something we can take advantage of. Sebezen has an injury, maybe he won't be able to support it for long, but the right side of his guard is a more difficult link to deal with, in fact we can play more on their left side, although Placente is a good player, and he is also very favored, but after all, he is still young, inexperienced, and has his own shortcomings, this place will be a good place for us to open the gap. ”

"Bayer Leverkusen will not give up their strengths, which is running and fighting, they will not use any defensive counter-attacks against us, because our midfield defense is also very good, although their striker Neuville is a very technical player, but he is not enough to break our door, I think they want to attack, only in the midfield, as far as possible from the midfield after the break to launch a fast attack to have more chances to score, and at the same time the set-piece will also be a killer for them, Let's not forget how we were bullied by Liverpool in the final last year with high balls...... Bayer Leverkusen's players are very tall, and we have to be careful about that. But luckily, we now have Stam and Thuram in the team, and with the midfield back, we have made up for that shortcoming. ”

The coaches nodded at the same time, Dick's recruitment before the start of this season can be said to be quite important, although Stam was injured and missed more than half a season, but his experience and ability to defend high-altitude balls can play a great role, especially in such a final, even if he has only played less than half a season with high salaries and high transfer fees, it seems a bit wasteful, but just in the Champions Cup final, Atletico Madrid will not have a headache for the opponent's height advantage, it is enough. Jorgensen, on the other hand, played a very important role in the rotation, and some of his performances also contributed to Atletico's league title, as for Haji...... He was basically a substitute, and Dick didn't expect much from him.

"What you have to do defensively, it's actually what you have to do offensively. We have to play to the advantage of our passing skills in midfield, don't give them any chance to break the ball in midfield, don't give them too many opportunities to get set-pieces! Other than that, Bayer Leverkusen's attacking ability isn't particularly good, and that's true for us. ”

"In terms of attack, it is one to control the midfield, and it is also a little bit to play fast at critical moments! The German team as a whole is a bit slower to defend and the same is true for Bayer Leverkusen, so we just need to take our chances and play behind them more to score more goals! It's a tactic we use a lot, and even if Topmuller could have guessed that we're going to use it, they wouldn't have much to do about it, because they couldn't make Novotny faster and Lucio less mistaken! As long as we grasp these two points, our victory is not hopeless, understand? ”

After the coaches nodded their heads, Dick waved his hand, and the next training content was mastered by the coaches, and Dick only needed to figure out how to win the game.

In fact, Dick still has a great grasp of winning this game, he still has three goal cards in hand, although a lot of them have been used before, some have been wasted, and some have played a role, but at this time the players are in good condition, even if some will be wasted, but there will be cards that can play a role, in history Leverkusen only scored one goal in the final, that is to say, as long as two of the three goal cards have an effect, they will definitely be able to win this game!

However, Dick was not completely reassured by this, after all, history has changed - Zinedine Zidane's out-of-the-box goal in the final came in the semi-final, and who can be sure that Bayer Leverkusen will not suddenly go crazy in the final and score three or four goals?

Now Dick understands the beauty of the goal card a little, fortunately, in that revision, the role of the goal card is not so obvious, only combined with the state of his own players, the layout of the team's tactics, the goal card can play a greater role, forcing Dick to continue to improve, continue to learn - in fact, even if there is no revision, the goal card will last for a season to fifteen, and you can't see a splash at all, if Dick is a guy who doesn't know anything, How could he have gotten to where he is today with a goal card?

To be honest, after becoming a shareholder of Atletico next season, Dick doesn't really want to use the prop of the goal card, because this kind of prop has a bit of a chicken rib feeling for him now, and the effect may not be so obvious, no, it's a pity......

But of course, next season is next season, it should be used now, it still needs to be used - at least in such a final, the effect of the goal card is still obvious, at least it can make Dick have more confidence and more confidence in the process of coaching the team.

Time has passed, day by day, and everyone's eyes have been focused on this Champions Cup, even if most of the teams participating in the World Cup have begun to concentrate, they can not interfere with this line of sight.

And before the game started, Atletico Madrid's good news seemed to start to get more and more.

Thuram and Makelele were all selected for the French national team, and basically they can become the main players, Molina, Vicente, Baraja and Belleron were also selected for the Spanish national team, and Cruz and Camoranesi were selected for the Argentine national team - although Camoranesi had almost no experience in the Argentine national team before, but the ability to attack and defend well shown in the past two years at Atletico Madrid made Bielsa feel very appreciated, at least, as a substitute for Zanetti, a substitute on the right wing of the midfield in 3313, Camoranesi is still very reassuring.

Jorgensen's inclusion in the Danish national team is not uncommon, he has been a regular in the Danish national team, and the other news is that Jadel is ecstatic - although he has been blocked from the national team in the national team qualifiers, but in this World Cup squad, the head coach Scolari announced that Jadel's name is there! Although it will not be the main force, because the main strikers of the national team are Rivaldo and Ronaldo, as long as he can go to the World Cup, it is enough to make Jadel feel infinitely satisfied!

After the national teams announced the list of players, Atletico Madrid's training ground was full of congratulations, after all, participating in the World Cup, how many times can a player have such opportunities in his life? The only one who was depressed was Stam, the Dutch national team's surprising failure to reach the World Cup finals also cost Stam a second chance to participate in the World Cup.

It's just that depressed is depressed, and Stam thinks about it more easily, after all, he participated in a World Cup four years ago, and it is a pity to miss this time, but it will not make him sad and about to die.

Also depressed are Atletico Madrid's two fullbacks, although their performance is also excellent, but they have not been able to be selected for the Spanish national team, because their competitors are not bad, there is Real Madrid's Salgado on the right, Barcelona Sergi on the left, plus the substitute Juanfran and others, they really have no chance, and the Spanish national team has a tradition of balancing the power of major teams, Atletico Madrid already has four internationals, and it is unlikely that they will let their two fullbacks who have no obvious strength advantage enter the national team, You must know that the Spanish national team began to take Barcelona as the core, with Real Madrid players as the auxiliary, and other teams that do not match the strength, whether you are Basque or anything else, will not enter the national team, which only appeared after Aragonés coached, and this approach has laid a good foundation for Spain's hegemony.

"Well, guys, what you've gained, you've earned, because you've been doing really well for the last year or two! That's why you have a chance to play in the World Cup...... Don't be discouraged if you don't make the cut, you didn't make the cut, not because you weren't good enough, but because those coaches didn't have a vision...... Of course, Jappy, you're unlucky, so I won't comfort you. ”

There was laughter on the training ground, and Stam shook his head in frustration, Dick waved his hand in a spirited manner, and then said loudly: "Alright, guys, now start preparing, let's take the last big game before the World Cup starts!" ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said word by word: "Next, we want the fans to talk about this final after the start of the World Cup, and steal the limelight from the World Cup!" ”