After 90 minutes of play, Atletico Madrid fans began to celebrate in the stands with smiles on their faces, and after opening the scoring, Atletico Madrid relied on a long-range shot from Capdevilla to break the score at 2-0 shortly after the start of the second half, and then Dick continued to maintain the fitness of the players with substitutions, and this game finally defeated Barcelona with a score of 2-0 and consolidated their position at the top of the standings.

'Will this game do our best to affect our performance in the Champions Cup? Sorry, I don't think the Champions Cup is more important than the league, especially a game like this. Do you think Atletico are strong enough to beat Barcelona with a substitute? You'd be too much, and even though they're in a low-key period right now, they're a traditional Spanish giant, and it's hard to deal with such a team even in the sinking period. I value this game, that's why I'm going to field all my main players in this game, and as for what will happen to the Champions Cup, should I give up the current game for the sake of a future game? If I give up like this, I can just make the team surrender, and then what league will I play. ”

"Personal grudges? You think I'm a fool? Giving up an entire season's battle plan just for a personal grudge? Don't use your mind to guess me, if my mind can be guessed by you, then it's not me but you sitting here now, understand? I'm the manager of Atletico Madrid, it's my business how I command the game, as long as I can win the title in the end and make the fans and the club happy, that's enough, understand? Losers will be punished and ridiculed, but before I fail, shut them all up! ”

Dick continued to mercilessly lash out at the reporters who questioned him at the post-match press conference, making them disgraced - in his opinion, this is how it should be, because these reporters who will question him after winning belong to the kind of existence that picks bones in the egg, and if you don't do anything, you will only desperately force you to be more perfect - you lose and he says you shouldn't lose, you draw and he says you should win, you win and he says you don't win beautifully, You won beautifully, and he said that you didn't think about the next game, anyway, as long as you don't like you, you can always find the fault.

After spraying this group of reporters, Dick left the press conference with his sleeves flicked, leaving behind a group of reporters who gritted their teeth - he really didn't care that they would hate him, as long as he still had news on him, as long as he could still lead the team to victory, he would never be surrounded by reporters, and these reporters who were picky in the eggs were not without benefits, at least it could make him always vigilant that he could not fail, otherwise he would be ridiculed by these guys.

It would be dangerous if he was surrounded by journalists who would excuse him whether he won or lost.

After winning such a difficult game, Dick gave his players a day off - because the game was played in advance, there was still a period of leisure time before the Champions Cup, and the next two games in a row, but fortunately, there was also a Copa del Rey game sandwiched between the two Champions League games to allow Dick to rotate and not overdraw the main team too much.

After a day's break, Dick flew to Liverpool – their second trip to England this season, and while there was no small feud between Manchester and Liverpool, one thing they had in common was that they certainly didn't welcome Dick's arrival......

Manchester United fans are because Atletico Madrid doubled Manchester United, while Liverpool fans remember how Atletico beat them in the UEFA Cup final last season – this time at home, they think of the word revenge!

"Last season's UEFA Cup final? It's a thing of the past for me. There are some changes between Atletico Madrid this season and Atletico last season, and there are also some changes between Liverpool this season and Liverpool last season. I'm delighted to be playing at Anfield because as a newcomer I get excited to go to every legendary game. Last time it was Old Trafford and this time it was Anfield...... Hopefully it will be a pleasant trip. ”

As soon as Dick arrived in Liverpool, he immediately began to pull hatred - a pleasant journey? Is there anything else that will make him happy besides winning? However, Everton fans are happy and they will want to see their city rivals perform a little lesser.

Liverpool have not made much moves this summer, they only brought in Norwegian left-back Reese from Monaco, and at the same time brought in Polish goalkeeper Dudek to move to Real Sociedad Westerved, and there have been no changes in other positions, perhaps because they felt that their squad was strong enough last season, Liverpool have not changed much this summer.

In the first stage of the group stage, Liverpool were placed in a pretty good group, with Boavista, Borussia Dortmund and Dynamo Kiev in the group stage, where they won three and drew three unbeaten to finish top of the group, and for Liverpool, they will challenge for the title in the Champions League - in order to restore the glory of the Red Army era......

Houllier said in an interview that last season's game is behind him and he has a lot of confidence in winning this game, because Liverpool are strong now, and although Atletico Madrid is a very good team, it is difficult to get out of it at Anfield.

There is no war of words between the two sides, after all, there is not enough time, and Atletico Madrid and Liverpool are not old rivals with deep grievances, Dick is just in the usual high-profile, Houllier is always low-key, and the first game of the Champions Cup group stage is important, but it is not important to the point of being particularly important.

On the day of the match, Liverpool's players dominated the entire Anfield stadium, but they remembered how they lost to Atletico Madrid last season – the fans were always stingy, and after losing to an opponent, they were eager to get back on the pitch immediately, but it often took a long time for revenge in Europe – thanks to UEFA, they were able to have that opportunity in their second season......

Dick did not have any changes in the starting lineup in this game, it is still the previous starting lineup - now it is close to the middle of the season, no matter how much rotation can not rotate the tricks, in fact, although the depth of the bench has been greatly strengthened, but there are not many people they can use in the backcourt, and the tricks are mainly played in the front court - Crews, Jorgensen, Torres and other attackers are all players who can bring enough changes to the front court.

Torres has played less this season because he participated in the European Under-19 Youth Football Championship in the summer, and was injured in the game, so that he did not get any chance to play at first, although the injury was not serious, but Dick in line with the idea of not letting him overdraft too much, so Torres tried to rest as much as possible - in history, Torres was constantly injured in the two seasons of Atletico Madrid's relegation, and at the same time always barely played, So much so that although Torres quickly performed well after Atletico Madrid's promotion and became the youngest captain and banner in the team's history, on the whole, it affected his later performance - some injuries are not difficult to heal when they are young, but if they are delayed, they can become old injuries, and many outstanding young players have been lost for these reasons.

Dick's eyes fell on Owen - this is also a talent ruined by injury, in fact, in Liverpool in recent years, Owen's attendance has been inconsistent - you must know that in the 97-98 season when he played for Liverpool for a full season, he made 36 league appearances, and he was full attendance throughout the season! However, he only had 30 appearances left in the following season, and then he did not make 30 league appearances every season, and he never had any major injuries, basically minor injuries, and he rested for a few days when he was injured, and then he played, until he was injured again, he was in good health when he was young, and no hidden dangers would affect him too much, but as he gradually got older, the accumulation of injuries broke out, which made Owen in Newcastle become the glass man......

Liverpool's fucked medical system and lack of attention to the player's body have created Owen's tragedy, and his agile and skillful striker will not be too seriously injured, he is naturally fast and accurate in shooting, and rarely fights against opponents on the field, such a player should live a long life.

Soon Dick withdrew his eyes, Owen is now someone else's player, not his player, naturally he doesn't need to worry about it, what he cares about is the outcome of this game.

From the very beginning of the game, Liverpool held high the banner of attack - this is their characteristic, Houllier is a French manager, but he has now given up on letting Liverpool French, playing high, using the high and fast on the front line to play fast-paced confrontations, which is the tactic he is used to.

Under the impact of Liverpool's fast pace, Dick's brows slowly wrinkled, perhaps because of some fatigue, Atletico Madrid's midfielder did not do a very good job in control today, and was brought up by the opponent's rhythm, if it continues like this, it is obviously more beneficial to Liverpool.

However, it was not appropriate to make changes immediately at the beginning of the game, and Dick decided to take another look.

After attacking back and forth, Liverpool, who were more accustomed to this style of play, scored first.

In the 26th minute, Smitchell, who missed last year's UEFA Cup final due to injury, sent a beautiful through ball in the midfield, and Owen outplayed Thuram in the speed competition, he grabbed the ball in front of Thuram, and then calmly pushed the ball into the corner of the goal in the face of the attacking Molina!

The Liverpool fans in the stands immediately shouted wildly, Owen scored, and they took the lead - what a start!

Owen was running on the pitch in high spirits, and now that he was still very young, he was in the prime of his life.

Atletico seemed to have had some bad luck in the game, as Camoranesi was injured in a scramble up front shortly after the restart, and Dick was forced to make a substitution, replacing Camoranesi with Jorgensen to keep the man on the pitch intact.

The Liverpool fans in the stands began to cheer when they saw Atletico Madrid forced to make a substitution due to an injury, scoring their own goal, and the opponent had another unlucky main player injured, and they began to believe that luck was on Liverpool's side - God was helping them!

Soon, the singing in the stands was no longer "You Will Never Walk Alone", but the song "God Bless Anfield" that they made up improvised themselves!

What no one noticed was that Dick stood up in the dugout amid the singing in the sky.