Chapter 148: Essential Differences
Real Madrid fans were yelling at Dick from beginning to end, while Atletico Madrid fans were laughing in the stands - they also felt devastated at first, but when they saw Real Madrid's fierce attack without any chance, they also began to understand Dick's reason for doing this - Atletico Madrid are now four points ahead of Real Madrid, and there are only ten rounds left in the league after this round, and there will be a home game against Roma in midweek. Rather than blindly attacking to get a bad chance, it is better to use defensive counterattacks to deal with Real Madrid, Real Madrid's tactics are a headache for this approach, even if they just complete the defense without counterattacking, a draw can give Atletico Madrid more advantages in the next games, and the remaining ten rounds they only need to get no less than the points scored by Real Madrid to win! Because they have an advantage against Real Madrid! Even if it is the same score, it will be Atletico Madrid who will win the championship in the end! How many points can you score in 10 rounds? Even if Real Madrid gets 30 points, Atletico Madrid only needs to score 26 points to win! That's eight wins, two draws!
Atletico Madrid fans, who are already crazy for the tenth league title, don't care how they win the league title, what they care about is the title of the league champion!
What's more, Dick did this in a very delicate situation - because in the last round, Barcelona took a point away from Calderón in this way! If Barcelona and Atletico Madrid play against each other, with Atletico Madrid's current state and strength, plus Barcelona's strength that has indeed declined significantly, most of them will be beaten into a sieve at home by the imposing Atletico Madrid, in that case, Atletico Madrid will be six points ahead of Real Madrid! Atletico fans firmly believe that if Atletico Madrid were six points ahead of Real Madrid, Dick would not have used this tactic!
If it were in other circumstances, in such a high-profile game, Dick decisively used this kind of tactics to dismal the scenery, I am afraid that Atletico Madrid fans will also spit on Dick's shit - I took off my pants, and you will show me this is a lot of resentment - but Barcelona has already done this once, and Dick feels very logical to do it again, at least Atletico Madrid fans have just experienced the situation of being hated by the other party's stubborn defense, and they see that the fans of the sworn enemy in the same city are also as depressed as themselves, They will also be in a much, much better mood......
"Well deserved! What we have suffered, you will also suffer again! ”
Atletico Madrid fans like to see the expressions of Real Madrid fans gritting their teeth, and they also began to feel a strange pleasure in their hearts - 20 years of professionalism!
In the face of this rogue style of play of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid is also very helpless, they imagine a hammer like a big hammer to smash Atletico Madrid's turtle shell, but it is still a little beyond its strength, and it may be possible to score goals if you really want to press the attack with all your might, but the counterattack lineup of Jardel and Vicente They know that it is powerful, plus there is a Beleron with excellent long passing ability in the backfield, such a counterattack combination is enough to make Real Madrid's back line that has begun to age suffer a big loss.
What's more, they won't be able to give their best in this game either – Atletico's UEFA Cup tie is five days from now, while their Champions Cup tie is three days later! Atletico Madrid are playing at home, and they can drive home and sleep directly after this round of league games, and they have to rush to that terrifying place in Turkey to take on Galatasaray away......
Maintaining a four-point gap is not particularly disadvantageous for Real Madrid.
So Real Madrid is trying to attack, but also try not to leave any counterattack flaws for Atletico Madrid, plus Figo and others have played two full games in the national team competition, they actually don't have much ability to tear apart Atletico Madrid's solid defense, after the two sides reached such a tacit understanding, although there are a lot of wonderful scenes in this game, but basically concentrated in the midfield, and was not able to create many shooting opportunities, when the referee blew the whistle of the whole game, the score was fixed at 0-0......
Atletico Madrid ended their record of scoring in 15 consecutive league games, in the first 15 rounds of the league they scored every game, even if they couldn't score a goal, the opponent would score an own goal, while Real Madrid suffered two rounds of winless, with 10 rounds of the league remaining, they are still four points behind Atletico......
"Five points from three league games...... Not bad, after all, we are facing three of the strongest teams in the whole of Spain. Dick smiled at Marriner as he walked into the dressing room and said that he didn't care about the "liars, cowards, cowards" and other scolding from the Real Madrid fans in the stands, but walked into the tunnel with a relaxed smile on his face, and then left all the scolding behind him.
Marriner looked at him with some concern: "You can ignore the scolding of the fans...... After all, the Atletico manager doesn't need to care about the scolding of Real Madrid fans, but when it comes to the press conference...... There must be a lot of reporters who will question you, because you criticized Barcelona's conservative tactics so fiercely at the end of the last round of the league, but you immediately used it in this game......"
"So what can it be?" Dick laughed, looked at Marina and asked easily.
"Or ...... I'm going to the press conference instead of you? La Liga doesn't have a hard and fast rule that a manager must attend a post-match press conference if he doesn't have a problem. Marrina said after a moment's thought.
"Haha, thank you for doing this, Robert, but it's not necessary, it's really not necessary."
Dick laughed happily, then put his arm around Marriner's shoulders and walked towards the locker room: "If it was usual, you would have participated in my place, but I knew that those bastard reporters were going to embarrass me, but I pushed you out, then I don't care a little bit...... Don't worry, the reporters who can stump me haven't been born yet, and I know what they can say. Don't worry, there will be no problems, don't be afraid if there are problems, it is the fans, Mr. President, not the journalists, who can decide my fate! ”
Seeing Dick's confident look, Marriner sighed, he knew that what Dick said was true, he couldn't escape at this time, he changed to other head coaches, and if he escaped, he would escape, but Dick had always appeared in front of the public with a pure attitude, he smoked, went to nightclubs, and swore dirty, but he was a pure man! Bet with reporters, he personally went on, sprayed Barcelona, he personally went on, fought with other head coaches, he went personally, if he avoided letting the assistant coach out because of such a situation, this image would naturally be shattered......
Attending this press conference, Dick did not bring any players, but appeared at the press conference alone with a smile like a spring breeze......
"Hello Mr. Bosque, let's go to Turkey next, but be careful, there is not much difference between football hooligans and murderers...... In fact, I would like to suggest that Spanish clubs go to Turkey to play and do not let the fans disperse, because that place is really dangerous. ”
Dick said to Bosque with a sincere face, but as an Atletico manager to say such things, no matter how you look at it, it feels a little ill-intentioned......
Bosque didn't see anything bad in Dick's intentions, because he was really worried, so he just nodded: "We are prepared for this situation." "Just last summer, two Leeds United fans bloodied the streets of Istanbul, and since then, all European teams have gone to Turkey to raise the security level to the highest ......
The conversation between the two people was not loud, so the reporters in the audience didn't hear what they were saying, thinking it was just a routine greeting, and they paid more attention to the next question session......
"In today's game, Atletico used an extremely ugly and very conservative defensive tactic to get a point, do you have any explanation for that, Mr. Dick?"
When the moderator announced the start of the press conference, a reporter immediately stood up and asked loudly.
"No matter what color a cat is, if it can catch mice, it is a good cat. It doesn't matter what kind of tactic it is, if you can get what we need, it's good tactics. Dick shrugged his shoulders: "Everybody knows that I'm an eclectic manager, whether it's offensive or defensive, and I use tactics that allow me to achieve my goals." ”
"But just half a month ago, you criticized Barcelona for taking a point away from the Stadio Calderón with that ugly tactic...... That's not what you said back then. Another reporter also stood up.
Dick gouged out his ears: "Half a month ago? I almost forgot, what are the words? Can you retell that? ”
The poor reporter who asked the question was a reporter from Catalonia, and there was nothing wrong with repeating it, but it was really embarrassing for him to repeat the words of such a vicious attack on Barcelona......
However, the reporter gritted his teeth and repeated Dick's words word for word, and when he said that "they are willing to use the ugliest tactics to get a point", the reporter almost gritted his teeth......
"Oh, yes, I forgot, yes, I did, but is there anything wrong?" Dick still looked indifferent and asked rhetorically.
"Would it be reasonable for you to criticize Barcelona for using defensive tactics and then immediately using them against Real Madrid?" The reporter turned to the others and said loudly: "When others do this, you stand on a high level and criticize the other person without any worries, but now you treat the game in the same way in the blink of an eye!" Are you holding yourself and others to double standards? ”
"NONO, IT'S NOT A DOUBLE STANDARD." Dick held out a finger: "There is an essential difference between them...... Barcelona were four points away from the Champions League zone at the time, and they needed a win to shorten that distance, but they were just for one point, and with that point, they were six points away from the Champions League zone, and in fact they pulled down their faces and used ugly tactics to get farther and farther away from the goal...... And what about us? We're in first place, four points clear of second place, and we're second in second place, and we've got a point with ugly tactics that keeps us four points ahead and one game less...... I am criticizing Barcelona not for using this tactic, but for being satisfied with only one point when they are far from satisfied, and they are not enterprising! There's an essential difference, you see? Tactics are the means to achieve the goals of the season, as long as everything is for the sake of the goals of the season and within the rules, there is nothing to blame! Barcelona has deviated from that goal, so I have reason to criticize Barcelona and to do it against Real Madrid! ”