The Young Lion

The Three Lions under Aldrich have always had the reputation of passionate lions. Even before the end of the World Cup, they were fighting counterattacks, and they also invested a lot of troops in the counterattack. The scene of running and sprinting is extremely shocking.

After the World Cup, the tactics of frenzied encirclement and suppression in the frontcourt changed to the frontcourt. It seemed that the spirit of the Three Lions was even more abrupt, hard work, tenacity, and bravery!

When Beckham dribbled the ball across the half, the situation of England and France's offensive and defensive comparison began to gradually become clear.

England has 5 players.

Owen, Gerrard, Beckham, Lampard, Scholes.

The French defense also has 5 players.

Vieira, Makelele, Sylvester, Thuram, Gallas.

The England team has room to move forward, and from the point of view of offensive advancement, it is the place where the opponent's defense is slightly weak.

Lizarazu is not in the left back position, England's Beckham is rushing forward along the wing.

This first requires the French team to move the defensive formation smoothly from the other side to the side where England is attacking.

However, in the process of moving, the space will become larger!

Because the movement between players will not be synchronized in an absolute sense!

If you add a single player to defend and actively move, the space will become even larger.

For example, at this time, Vieira did not dare to allow Beckham to cover the sides smoothly. In that case, the defense line of the French team would be withdrawn, and Beckham's cross would pose a huge threat. !

So he moved laterally to block Beckham. Beckham passed the ball across without waiting for Vieira to get close, and Scholes, who followed up, continued to move forward with the ball.

England are pretty much a sapper midfielder.

But. Engineer midfielder does not mean that there is no real talent.

Such as Scholes. Lampard. For midfielders like Gerrard, they are a big threat from the back, why?

After plugging in is not as simple as a simple run up!

A rear plug that can pose a huge threat,

It means that the player's awareness of capturing space is super strong.

Perhaps their ability to handle the ball in a small area is not delicate and refined, but in terms of the single ability of capturing space and then attacking, there are many such excellent players in the England team.

Scholes is, Lampard is. Gerald, too!

When Scholes took the ball forward, Vieira immediately went back to defend Scholes, who quickly passed the ball back to the right, in front of Beckham!

Vieira knew he couldn't stop the opponent's forward attack.

Beckham took the ball to the sidewalk parallel to the penalty area line, and crossed the ball at an angle of 45 degrees.

The timing of his kick was very good. At the moment Sylvester tried to block him, the defensive distance between Sylvester and Thuram's central defender in the penalty area increased.

It was this area where Beckham's cross landed!

Irving, who himself rushed to the front, ran to the back of the goal. He is a player with excellent running awareness. Otherwise, he can't become a top pure shooter, and his running. In addition to being a support at the far point, it also has the effect of attracting Thuram's defensive movement to create an opening for his teammates.

Gerald killed fiercely!

When Sylvester turned around and looked back, he suddenly saw Gerrard jumping high, with a standard head-shaking posture to head the ball towards the goal!

The ball flew to the lower right of the center of the goal. Gerrard was well prepared, and the header pressed the ball down and refracted it obviously.

Although the goalkeeper Barthez is in a good position, but the distance is short, the ball is pushed down very well, and the speed is not slow. He hastily lay on his right side to block the ball with both hands, and he touched the ball!

But, he didn't hold the ball!

This butter-handed goalkeeper who was given up by Manchester United seemed to block the ball, and the ball was unloaded and bounced out. It was still in the small penalty area and in front of the middle of the goal!

Owen, who started running to the back point, judged that the ball would not land on the back point at the moment when the ball flew out. He stopped, and then he was preparing to make a follow-up shot when Gerrard headed the goal. This is the top level. Shooter Awareness!

Thuram never thought that the ball would bounce in the small penalty area. He was blocked by his own goalkeeper. He blocked Owen behind him with experience and consciousness to make a clearance, but Owen was faster than him. Owen barely matched the 32-year-old. The tough guy who is still strong fights with his body, seizes the position, and presses down the center of gravity of the body, rushing to shoot in a way similar to a sliding shovel!

He is half a step faster than Thuram!

The ball flew into the lower right corner of the goal with a shovel shot by him!

Owen quickly got up and ran to celebrate, and Gerrard followed him with joy. At the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, the Three Lions announced their participation in the European Cup snatch!

Owen opened the scoring for the England team! The French team's defense performed too badly. Lizarazu assisted and couldn't come back. The goalkeeper Barthez let go. No wonder the French media thinks Barthez should sit on the bench! He was given up by Manchester United It’s not without reason. This situation has happened many times. Now, this conceded goal is likely to cause him to lose his position as the main goalkeeper of the French team! The England team has improved its overall mobility and defense compared to two years ago Hardness, and the players appear confident and calm on the court, they are not anxious, they seem to have a well-thought-out plan, and their offense and defense are very purposeful. Sometimes the scene looks messy, but in fact they know how to play, and everything is in order!

Santini almost cursed, the development of the ball was indeed dangerous, but Gerrard is not a positive striker after all, the threat of the header is there, the angle is not absolutely tricky, this ball, at least 30% of the responsibility is in the On Barthez, if he hugs the ball, or handles it better, instead of the goalkeeper's taboo to block the ball in the penalty area, and it is in the middle! Then this ball should not be thrown away!

Perhaps because the goalkeeper's performance was particularly conspicuous, Santini did not think about the pertinence of England's offensive.

Aldridge didn't care so much, he nodded on the sidelines, he saw Gerrard's efforts, especially in tactical execution, Gerrard performed perfectly.

With his ability, he can retreat and defend deeper, if he plays with his subjective consciousness. He might have missed the header just now. Instead, wait outside the penalty area for a pass from a teammate. But Aldridge asked him to play a shadow striker, and when he needed to go forward into the penalty area, he had to do it, and he did it!

The main idea of ​​​​using Gerrard's offensive ability is also his ability to capture open space and insert.

The England team took the lead in breaking the goal. Aldridge did not let the team back, but waved his hand to let the team speed up the pace. Intensify the counter-grab in the midfield!

The Three Lions are more imposing. The French team will counterattack after falling behind, and will take the initiative to speed up the pace of the game. However, they still have not solved how to run smoothly in the midfield.

Especially the England team's frantic counter-robbery will not give them too much time to observe, think, and judge!

The fast-paced game, the tacit understanding of the team, and the operation of a team's system are more tested.

In theory, the French team can achieve balance. Putting the players in each matching role like a textbook, isn't it balanced?

pity. Santini is not Aldridge.

He has no supreme authority in the French team!

Aldridge asked Gerrard to play shadow forward, but Gerrard didn't complain, only one word.

Coach, what should I do?

If Santini told Zidane: Don't retreat, the midfield organization is handed over to Vieira, and you stay in the front midfielder area for frontcourt organization.

Will Zidane listen to him?

Or Santini told Henry to play winger, not center, and Henry would listen to him?

Santini tinkered with an asymmetrical 442 formation. Maybe he himself thought the idea was perfect, but when faced with today's fierce counterattack and tight defense system in England, their midfield is completely fragmented. The unbalanced frontcourt formation was completely dismembered!

Or it can be compared in this way, the French team two years later, although Zidane still has the phenomenon of attacking left, but at least the frontcourt system is balanced, Malouda, Ribery, Henry, two sides, center position , which is at least a roughly fixed routine.

And today?

If the French team wants to play an invincible attack on the left, it must rely on conscious cooperation.

Lizarazu, Zidane, Henry, if two people cooperate on the left side, they may be able to play a threatening offensive. However, this kind of cooperation based on player awareness, especially the cooperation of two people, may be very good. Three people There will be absolute conflict!

Totally hit and miss!

Moreover, now Lizarazu's defensive problems have also been exposed, that is to say, if Henry does not play as a winger, if the French team wants to make a fuss on the left, Zidane can only do it alone!

The problem Henry faces is that he can pull the side, but the team does not make enough use of the space in the middle of the frontcourt. If there is no restraint in the front midfielder area in the middle, England's defensive focus will shift to the side during the same period, which will completely overwhelm the French team's side. The offense is cornered, and the sideline itself is a defensive line.

Therefore, although the French team also has a history of many contradictions in the locker room, what happened to them today is that there are more and more contradictions in the tactical system of the players, let alone being left alone by Pires on the right.

After losing the ball, the French team counterattacked. At this time, Santini carefully observed the team's offense today, and his face became more dignified.

In fact, Zidane is similar to Pirlo, Harvey, and other organizational cores. Behind him must be escorted by a strong defensive midfielder. .

The idea of ​​the French team is also the same, but this system has been used for a long time. The strategy of double midfielder protection was used to win the World Cup 6 years ago. 6 years later, it is still the same. prepared.

This is the case in England. Restricting Zidane mainly restricts his space, not grabs his ball. This is well known all over the world. The purpose of restricting space is to block Zidane's connection with his teammates.

In this predicament, Vieira or Makelele's response would continue to drive the development of the offense, and then wait for Zidane to move, and the offense will be rejuvenated.

However, the England team restricted the opponent's midfielder to obviously have too many people today!

Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham, these four alone, not counting Hargreaves who is in front to cut contact with each other, Zidane wants to meet short-distance in the midfield It is too difficult for Vieira or Makelele to make an offensive advance. If the ball is sent to the wing, Gallas's assist ability is average. Lizarazu's front and back, the situation has completely changed. The England team is 35 yards in front of the goal. Lizarazu was not intercepted at all before the line, but the connection between Lizarazu and his teammates in the middle was blocked.

The more Santini watched from the sidelines, the more uncertain he became. He faintly felt that the French team seemed to have fallen into England's trap!

The England team is always forcing the French team to expose their goals step by step! (to be continued..) ()