Chapter 226: Depressed Galatasaray Fans
Ali Samyan Stadium, one of the best stadiums in Turkey and also known as Turkey's "Stadium of Hell", Galatasaray fans are quite adept at using flags and fireworks to create a terrifying atmosphere, especially when facing people they hate......
It's just that when entering the stadium today, many Galatasaray fans felt more depressed that today's security check seemed to be much stricter than usual.
Knives that Turks are accustomed to carrying with them are not allowed to take them in, Galatasaray fans carry knives that are almost a mountain at the security checkpoint, and fireworks that are too large are forbidden to be brought into the stadium, except for the banners that are kept – and some insulting banners, such as those insulting Dick's homeland, are also forbidden to be brought into the stadium.
This makes Galatasaray fans very dissatisfied, thinking that this is a compromise on the opponent, but the stadium management has no way, UEFA has warned Galatasaray club before, the conflict between the two sides has introduced a great repercussions, and even many people began to attack UEFA in order to attract attention to the team and the personal safety of the fans who went to Turkey to play, and used blood to make the Champions Cup more famous, for such a question, UEFA naturally should try to avoid this kind of question, After all, this is something that affects the image of the Champions Cup! So they warned Galatasaray that in this game, you may not be able to control the behavior of the fans, but you can make the probability of something excessive happening smaller!
It is forbidden to bring knives, banners with political orientations and discriminatory language, and large fireworks are not allowed to enter...... In short, anything that is beyond the normal game range is not allowed to be brought into the field!
Although Galatasaray is dissatisfied with the fact that this is to weaken Galatasaray's home advantage, but UEFA is very resolute this time - buddy, it used to be a big advantage by relying on "home advantage", won the League Cup the year before last, entered the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup last year and killed Real Madrid at home, and this year in the second stage of the group stage to the final round There is still the possibility of qualifying, you just steal the fun, those teams were honest before, and they didn't do anything when they were bullied, But this time you've got a tough bone, so ...... In your case, you're basically saying goodbye to bikes......
The most important thing is that UEFA's request is absolutely reasonable, knives, insulting slogans or something, in any stadium is a controlled item that is not allowed to enter, whether it was because of one eye and one eye in the past, now they really have to manage, and they are also right.
So Galatasaray fans held their breath when they entered the stadium, feeling very aggrieved, and at the same time, no Atletico Madrid fans came to watch the game away, although the whole stadium is Galatasaray's people This feels very cool, but there is no opponent, no matter how arrogant you are, no one will look at no one and no one will be afraid, so what is the meaning!
'If they want to win, then they need to attack, and the Turks are not very good at their feet, they still have a lot of momentum and running ability, so at the beginning of this game, we have to focus on defense...... Be careful of the pace of Hassan Saas, he's been in great form lately, no matter which side he's on, keep an eye on him, it doesn't matter what crosses we can play in the middle, it's enough to be careful with his inside cuts, and the other is to be careful with their long-range shots from the edge of the box. After withstanding their first wave of attacks, it's time for us to counter-attack and take advantage of the gaps on their wings – and since they dare to use a back three, then we'll give them a good look! ”
In this game, Galatasaray sent a strong attacking lineup of 3331, and Dick wanted to seize the weak spot of the opponent's wings, and then create enough good opportunities for Jadel in the middle, first based on defense, and then rely on attack to defeat Galatasaray and get the first place in the group.
At the same time, Lucescu was also in the dressing room to cheer the players: "Guys, we have reached the point where we have to win this game!" Atletico have nothing to fear, haven't they been beaten by two goals at home? Although their main players are back, but Stam has only played one game, he has been away from the field for more than three months, and there will be a lot of strange feelings when he returns at this time, and in such a situation, their defense will also have a big hole! Press them with an attack and we will reach the quarterfinals again, or even the Champions Cup! ”
Galatasaray's players have roared, their results in recent years are quite good, last season in the Super Cup had beaten Real Madrid to win the championship, and at the same time reached the Champions Cup quarterfinals also accumulated a lot of experience for them, although the departure of Hakan Suker has caused Galatasaray a lot of losses, but Yumit Karan's outstanding performance can make up for this shortcoming, Hassan Sass also appears to be in very good form after returning from injury, with these players, Galatasaray's strength has not weakened much, Even though the former midfielder Haji and the core of the defence Popescu have retired, Galatasaray has reassembled a strong team over the past year.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this game is about to begin! Atletico Madrid away to Galatasaray! Galatasaray have been in excellent form on their home turf and have never tasted defeat in their last 19 European matches! The last time a Spanish team won in Turkey was 28 years ago...... Before this game, Atletico Madrid's Dutch central defender Stam finally returned from injury, and Dick was also entrusted with him in this game, which is to use his Champions Cup experience, and Stam, who has the value of the world's No. 1 central defender, is a strength that Atletico Madrid must rely on. The referee of this match was Italian Collina, because there were some conflicts and disputes between the two sides in the first leg due to the referee's problems, which is why UEFA will send Collina to officiate this game, at least when the bald referee is on the field, any decision he makes will be convincing...... Galatasaray's starting XI is 3331, Atletico Madrid's starting XI is 451, it seems to be seen from this formation that Galatasaray intends to use attack at home to win, while Atletico Madrid is mainly defensive, after all, they only need a draw to be able to qualify for sure, and it should be safe! ”
"The race is on! The first to attack was Galatasaray! They went on a frantic attack from the first minute! Atletico, on the other hand, regained a little bit of defence, and we were right, with Dick's character, he wouldn't risk attacking......"
Seeing Atletico Madrid defending on the field, Lucescu couldn't help but sneer, Dick is crazy, but he is actually quite cautious, and he can use the most convenient method to get the desired result, then he will definitely do it, Stam's comeback has added a lot of strength to Atletico Madrid's defense, Dick is likely to adopt defensive counterattack tactics, and now it seems that his judgment is not wrong.
Dick looked at Galatasaray who was attacking frantically, and listened to the frantic shouts of Galatasaray fans in the stands, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
If this was an ordinary game, maybe Dick would use his defense to score a point without losing face, anyway, he hadn't done this kind of thing, but he suffered such a big loss on Galatasaray, if it was just to qualify from the group, it would be a big loss!
Since the game is going to be a fair and normal game due to various factors, Dick has decided to let Galatasaray know how far the gap between them and Atletico Madrid is under the factor of fairness!
Although they have beaten Real Madrid at home, but there is also the factor that Real Madrid is about to return to the home game against them, and they are not willing to fight too fiercely with them away from home, and Atletico Madrid is not afraid of Real Madrid at all, and even just completed a double kill against Real Madrid, as long as it is not a loss in other aspects, Dick has absolute certainty that he can beat Galatasaray!
Although Galatasaray has achieved good results for more than a year, compared with before, their biggest problem is that they have no superstars - in the team that won the League Cup, there are goalkeeper Taffarel, central defender Popescu, the core of the organization Haji and center forward Hakan Suker, these four first-class stars, it is around the central axis composed of these four superstars, Galatasaray has defeated many strong teams all the way to win the championship, and the current Galatasaray although the overall strength is not necessarily worse than the team that won the League Cup, However, they lack the kind of superstar that is the final word.
Galatasaray actually didn't play badly in the first five rounds of the group stage, and they had a big advantage in many games, but the biggest factor that they didn't win in the end was that they couldn't beat their opponents directly when they had the advantage, and their opponents were not short of that kind of stars.
It's just that Dick doesn't feel like it's fun to beat his opponents by relying on the performance of his stars alone, and he wants to use a more enjoyable way to beat his opponents and prove that there is a huge gap between Galatasaray and them.
And in order to breathe a sigh of relief, he also put a lot of heavy bets in this game.
Galatasaray's players were fierce on the pitch at first, but after midfielder Brent kicked down Beleron from behind, and was immediately shown a yellow card by Collina, they knew that this bald referee was indeed not a wasted person, even if they yelled at Corina, they could not change the basis of his decision, and he also warned the Galatasaray players who came around - if you do this again, I will continue to show yellow cards!
"Well, this bald-headed sea monster-like Italian referee aura is really strong......" Dick exclaimed in his heart, this is Collina with more than ten years of high-level law enforcement and no favoritism, although people sometimes think he is unkind, but when Corina treats any player equally, they will also be convinced of this, even if it is a big-name player, after Corina makes a penalty, there will generally be no objections!
People always know what is good and bad, and when you know that you are facing an iron-faced and selfless referee, you will also have a little respect for him.
After seeing Galatasaray's players move a little more restrained, Dick did not immediately command the players to counterattack, first of all, Stam has indeed not fully entered the game, at this time the retreat defense can make him more comfortable in defense, so that his state is more exciting, and secondly, Dick also uses this method to lure the snake out of the hole, so that the gap in Galatasaray's backfield becomes a little bigger!
Sometimes it is a step backwards in order to move forward in greater steps.