October 18, Old Trafford!

Countless Manchester United fans flocked to their dream theater before the start of the game, Manchester United did not start the season badly, the league is now second behind old rivals Arsenal, the first three rounds of the championship also won two, for this game, they have a strong confidence, because they think that Atletico Madrid at home also only rely on luck to win Manchester United, now on Manchester United's home ground, they will definitely be crushed by Manchester United!

The expanded Old Trafford now has a capacity of 68,000 fans, which has always allowed United to surpass Arsenal in terms of financial resources - Arsenal have more than 20,000 fewer fans per game than Manchester United, which is a staggering number to add up, which is why Arsenal are looking for ways to build new stadiums.

The glittering Old Trafford stadium is extremely gorgeous everywhere, but for Dick, he can still complain about this great stadium.

After walking into the visiting dressing room at Old Trafford with the players, Dick whistled lightly: "This is the dressing room at a five-star stadium?" The level is also too poor...... No wonder they say how well the home dressing room of an English club is repaired, and how badly it is repaired by the away team......"

In fact, as Manchester United, which often plays European games, their away dressing room is not as exaggerated as the legend says, and of course it is not much better, it can only be regarded as an ordinary dressing room.

"Okay, let's go out and warm up, the dressing room at Old Trafford is not very good, but the standard of the turf is still very high, go warm up, get familiar with the field, and then play our characteristics on such a good turf, let Manchester United know what a controlling midfielder is, let them know what it takes to get a midfielder like this!"

The Atletico players responded in unison, and then walked out of the dressing room under the leadership of Molina to warm up, and after Dick was left alone in the dressing room, Dick began to play around the dressing room - he was also very curious about the dressing room at Old Trafford, after all, before he was reborn, he was an ordinary fan, and he was naturally full of interest in this kind of dressing room, which is classified in professional football circles, but there is really no information about this, The only dressing room for a top professional team he's ever seen on film or television is the dressing room at Newcastle United – thanks to the first part of the movie "One Goal to Fame".

Walking around the dressing room, Dick pouted, it seems that if you want to know what Manchester United's home dressing room is like, you have to have the opportunity to coach Manchester United - but it is estimated that there will be no chance in ten years, with Ferguson, all the potential Manchester United manager successors can only wait, Ferguson has killed how many so-called Ferguson successors, Steve Bruce, Kidd, McLaren, Queiroz...... The energetic old man was rumored to be retiring a year or two later, but ten years later, he is still in the United manager's position, and he still has no sign of retirement.

After stopping, Dick thought carefully about the next tactics, and felt that there was no problem, Manchester United's starting lineup had been determined, and there was no change from the starting lineup he had before.

Cut out Manchester United's midfield in the midfield, so that Veron could not organize, let the four midfielders become a plate of loose sand, and then seize the weaknesses in Manchester United's back line to attack - Manchester United wants not to lose, in recent years, some giants have problems in the position of central defenders, Dick through various means to form Thuram Gstam's central defender combination, this combination allows him to be in a leading position to a certain extent against other giants!

When Ferguson saw Dick coming out of the tunnel, he nodded slightly to Dick, and then returned to his position, while Dick nodded to Ferguson in the same way, did not say anything, and then returned to the away team's dugout with a lot of boos.

Because of the English media's vague attack on Dick, so Manchester United fans have no good impression of Dick, they collectively booed when they saw Dick, England fans have a characteristic, that is, the lung capacity is very large, and at the same time uniform, when more than 60,000 people in the stadium are booing together, the one who was booed, the pressure is very great......

Dick was not moved at all, he was used to this kind of scene, you must know that when he went to the Bernabeu or Camp Nou as a guest, the fans there cursed Dick almost like crazy, and Dick was not moved, Manchester United fans had too much lung capacity, and they actually had no grudge against Dick, so the boos were just boos.

"Players from both sides played...... As in the first leg, Atletico sent their usual 451 lineup, while Ferguson also started Veron, and the lineup for both sides was 451, except that Atletico Madrid went back and forth between 451 and 433, and Manchester United moved back and forth between 451 and 442. In the first leg, Atletico had the upper hand on the pitch, but when Veron began to play, United began to dominate in midfield...... The Argentine has been in good form lately, with three assists and one goal in four league games, and this kind of performance is what he deserves, and it will be interesting to see what kind of performance Veron will have against Atletico Madrid in this game! ”

As the two players shook hands, the Atletico players had serious expressions on their faces, and they wanted to prove their excellence in midfield control in the next game, no matter what kind of opponent they faced, they had to prove that they were proud of their control of the midfield!

Manchester United's players are equally full of confidence and at Old Trafford they are not afraid of any player.

From the very beginning of the game, the two sides battled it out in midfield, and after the accumulation of previous games, United's players were basically used to the tempo controlled by Veron, which made them start to value the battle for midfield - and the consequence of this was that both sides wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to play behind each other......

Beckham received a pass from Veron and played a long pass directly behind the Atletico defence, Ruud van Nistelrooy got the ball behind Thuram, and just as he was about to dribble forward, the linesman raised the flag and was offside.

Atletico launched a counter-attack, Belleron received the ball and turned to pass back, Baraja made a long pass to the left, the moment he passed, the United back line moved a step forward, Vicente stepped forward and was just about to chase the ball, the referee's whistle also sounded, and he was also offside.

"It's offside again! Both sides seemed to play very fast from the start, constantly looking for opportunities through long passes, and with only two minutes into the game, both sides were offside twice, so the fast-paced attack did not seem to be too beneficial to Atletico because United were used to this fast-paced style of play......"

After another offside position, Dick stood up and made a downward gesture on the field, which was normal, which was not very advantageous against Atletico, but it was a bit strange that when Dick did so, Ferguson also made a gesture to slow down the attack......

"Strange, why did Ferguson slow down too? United seem to prefer to control the tempo during this period, and it will take time to prove whether such a change is good or not......"

In the commentators' comments, the two sides continued to struggle in midfield, but they did not give up on long passes, after all, when the two sides were strangled in the midfield, it is a good choice to go directly to the weakest point of the opponent's backline.

Under the crazy pressing of the opponent, Atletico Madrid still had difficulty passing back and forth in the midfield, Belleron took the initiative to retreat, and then received a pass from Baraja, and then he looked up and saw that Jadel was competing for position with Johansen, he did not hesitate anymore, but directly in the midfield a pass, this pass sharply crossed the midfield, and then fell directly to Manchester United within 30 meters!

Jardel and Johansen rushed to the landing point of the ball at the same time, the two were still fighting with their bodies in the process of sprinting, under the collision of Jadel, Johansen seemed to be a little unsupportable, he was knocked out of the center of gravity, but his interference also effectively affected the momentum of Jadel's progress, when Jadel raised his foot to unload the ball, Blanco had returned to the defense in place, under Blanco's interference, Jadel's shot failed to hit the power, Barthez easily confiscated the ball.

However, Barthez did not launch a long ball and threw the ball far off the touchline, and the referee stopped the game - because Johansen, who had just collided with Jadel, fell to the ground with a pained expression......

Jardel spread his hands in surprise, he didn't have any superfluous movements just now, just kept colliding with the other party, and the players of Manchester United also saw it very clearly, every time Johansen landed a little heavier than usual, and after the overhaul last season, Johansen's body has been very fragile, and small injuries continue to ......

Jadel walked over and comforted Johansen politely, and soon, Manchester United's team doctor came on the field with a stretcher, and after a preliminary examination, he asked others to help carry Johansen on the stretcher with a serious expression, and he trotted all the way off the field and said a few words to Ferguson.

Ferguson shook his head helplessly, the team doctor's words were very simple, but he was very helpless - Johansen's knee that he had undergone surgery on before injured again, I don't know how long he will have to rest, but at least, he will not be able to play in this game......

Seeing Brown warming up off the field, Dick laughed - Brown, a defender, has been favored by many football celebrities since his debut, thinking that he can become the next Stam-style central defender, but he has never been able to play, which is a bit like Bayern's striker Ziegler, when he debuted, he thought his characteristics were very similar to Bayern and Germany's legendary goalscorer Gerd Müller, but he was only a relatively mediocre striker......

There are actually quite a few such players, they have good talent and are favored, but they have not even had a glorious period, which is not as good as Dortmund's "eternal genius" Ricken, who had such a highlight moment in the 96-97 Champions League final.

"God is still helping me, Brown is on the field, it's easier to score goals." Dick thought triumphantly to himself.