The Young Lion

Aldridge walked into the Alvadra Stadium with the attitude of a warrior, his expression was serious, his eyes were sharp and energetic, there was no sign of excitement or relaxation, majesty and dignity coexisted.

The Alvadra stadium was packed, and the number of fans of the Greek team is far from being comparable to that of the England team. In terms of external factors, the England team has an advantage over the Greek team.

The main lineup of the England team that qualified a round earlier is more energetic than the Greek team. Also, the England team is familiar with Lisbon and does not have to travel here to prepare for the game. The Greek team mainly plays in the Porto side of the division.

After two and a half years, Aldridge and Rehhagel met again on the sidelines of the field. The two coaches shook hands and greeted each other, and then came to stand in front of their respective coaches.

England is strong and Greece is weak.

Recognized worldwide!

However, in the eyes of the two coaches, their respective ambitions and grasp of the key points of the game will not easily make a final conclusion on the trend of the game.

England needs vigilance, Greece needs patience.

In theory, the strong should have more opportunities, but just as the Quentin-Crisp rule states: hold off the opponent!

The Greek team will use defense to hold England back, and then look for opportunities to inflict heavy damage on England!

And if England is unprepared, especially mentally prepared, they will be anxious when they are unable to make a strong attack, which will affect the performance of the game.

This is a very delicate game situation.

In the midsummer heat, everyone is passionate, at the time of sunset, the Greek team and the England team enter the field, and the battle horn of the second quarter-finals is sounding!

The new World Cup champion England team and the dark horse Greece team of this competition are about to compete for the semi-finals at the Alvadra Stadium. This game of strong and weak is about to start. After England's early qualifying in the group stage Let the main players get a good rest. The Greek team fought with Russia until the last minute. Although they lost to Russia, they were lucky enough to advance to the top 8. Let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides.

England 442.

Goalkeeper: Robinson.

Defenders: Gary Neville, Campbell, Terry, Ashley Cole.

Midfielder: David Beckham,

Hargreaves. Scholes, Lampard.

Forwards: Owen, Gerrard.

The Greek team started 451.

Goalkeeper: Nicopolidis.

Defenders: Kapusis, Setaridis, Delas, Fisas.

Midfielders: Katuranis, Basinas, Zagorakis, Yanakopoulos, Karagunis.

Forward: Charisteas.

The game is about to begin. After this game, another team will bid farewell to the European Cup. But we hope that the team that continues to move forward and the team that leaves will leave a classic battle for all audiences before the ending appears!

Aldrich inspected the starting lineup of the Greek team, and no unexpected candidates appeared. After all, the Greek talent is limited, and the selection of personnel in the formation is relatively difficult. The changes are nothing more than the team's tactics. In this way, Rehhagel's reputation as a tactical master is undisputed.

The Greek team's starting lineup seems to be 451, but in fact this statically balanced formation does not have reference value.

When they are defending, generally speaking, it is 541. If they are divided carefully, they will have a sweeper to delay the opponent to prevent the opponent from penetrating the ball. When attacking, the two full backs do not have much assists, and at most they will only reach the midfield. Doing support nearby will not go deep into the opponent's half court, so as to avoid the open space on the side of the court after being hit and counterattacked.

The reason why England's game will definitely be very difficult is that the Greek team happens to be a style of play that absolutely restrains all offensive football formations.

Extreme anti-reverse!

There is nothing special about 541. Not every team that plays 541 can play the same effect as the Greek team and create such a miracle as the Greek team. Therefore, the defense of the Greek team is very representative. After all, their players' personal strength is not To be considered outstanding, the team's overall centripetal force and chemical reaction played a key role.

The game started with England kicking off first.

Rehhagel cheered up and focused on observing the England team's combat posture in this game.

He is not afraid of England's mad attack.

Every opponent that the Greek team encounters will overwhelm them, even Russia is no exception. They can score 18 shots and 9 hits on their offensive data!

What Rehagel thinks in his heart today is very similar to that of Aldridge two years ago.

Don't be afraid of the opponent's attack, but be afraid that the opponent will not attack!

Only the opponent attacks, attacks, and attacks.

Fail, fail, fail again.

When the strong lose patience, lose their composure, or continue to increase their offensive strength, the vacancy exposed in the backcourt is clear at a glance, and this is the natural soil for the Greek team to counterattack.

England!

Come on!

Take out the arrogance of your strong men to your heart's content, attack and oppress!

If you can't kill me, I'll kill you when you're not prepared!

What Rehhagel wanted, England gave it after the opening.

England is on the attack!

Irving is at the front, pressing on the defense line of the Greek team. Since the Greek team has a sweeper and their position is relatively late, they usually dare not offside, especially because there are many defenders and they have higher requirements for collective tacit understanding. If a person is a step too slow and is turned offside by the opponent, they will fall short.

Coupled with Owen's fast speed and the characteristics of running positions, the Greek team dared not offside in this game.

When Owen pressed up to the front and stepped on the penalty area line, Rehhagel was calm, and the players on the Greek team were even more calm as usual.

Behind Owen, Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, the four move in a dislocated asymmetrical flat rhombus four-point, which has both depth and back row protection support, making the entire frontcourt offensive system The distribution is balanced and flexible.

Ashley Cole's position was just over the center line, and Gary Neville on the other side was parallel to Ashley Cole's position. The two full-backs only crossed the half-court for less than 3 meters.

Scholes also just sorted out the offense in the area in front of the top of the arc in the middle circle.

Behind Gingerhead, Hargreaves and Campbell are dislocated approximately parallel. Terry was last.

There are also changes in the England team today. On both ends of the offense and defense.

Offensive changes. Rehhagel can't see it for the time being. It is impossible to make a conclusion based on the player's position. It takes time to observe slowly.

On the defensive end, the general position of the defensive players of the England team during the offense made Rehhagel look a little dazed, lowering his head and contemplating.

The England team's double central defenders did not have a parallel position. It seemed that Terry was lagging behind and Campbell stepped up.

Marching and fighting pay attention to a camp layout to test the commanding ability of the commander, just like Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms period only glanced at the messy camp layout of the Shu army after Zhuge Liang withdrew. But he gave Zhuge Liang a Wizard of the World.

This is also the case on the football field. Rehhagel, who has been immersed in this for many years, only looks at England's defensive positions after the opening. He does not need too much reasoning and clearing his mind, he can feel Aldridge's tactical talent.

Two and a half years ago, the two played against each other. Greece lost to England. Rehhagel didn't take it seriously. At that time, the Greek team was not strong, and there were problems in the locker room. Later, he cleaned up a group of people. . A group of people were promoted and kneaded again. The time is very tight to run the team into shape in the fastest time, which makes them almost unable to qualify for the European Cup, because they lost the first two games in the qualifiers.

The first 3 minutes of the game passed.

Rehhagel smelled something bad.

It made him feel fear and surprise in his heart.

3 minutes, 180 seconds.

Greece never touched the ball!

England are passing, passing, and passing!

Lampard passed back to Ashley Cole, the latter passed to Scholes, Scholes then crossed Beckham, Beckham passed back to Gerrard who responded diagonally, Gerrard kept the ball and then again The ball was passed back to Scholes, who then crossed Lampard...

What is England doing?

Unlimited short pass?

No penetrating passing and running at all!

The audience in the stands was also puzzled.

Greek fans booed England and England fans wondered what magic had been cast on their team today.

It seems that he has lost the courage to attack and threaten!

I am afraid that only Aldridge is praising England, and Rehhagel frowned in worry.

In just 3 minutes, England's attitude has changed drastically from what he thought.

That's right, England's offense overwhelmed halftime.

The full-backs have passed halftime!

There are only four players in the second half.

Goalkeeper, double central defender, single midfielder.

Including Hargreaves, England's players in the Greek half were all involved in passing the ball, and they were extremely cautious!

At the end of the 4th minute, the England team finally launched a threatening offensive.

Beckham passed the ball to Scholes, who made a direct pass to Gerrard in front of him, Gerrard passed the ball diagonally back without stopping, and Lampard, who followed up, shot a long shot with a heavy artillery.

The defense of the Greek team in the first 4 minutes is divided into two parts. The back line will not easily rush up to ensure the number of defenders and compression space in the dangerous area of ​​​​the penalty area, and does not give England the slightest space to move.

The midfielders, including the forwards, all retreated to the half-court to counterattack. The position distribution was clear.

However, no matter how much they rob, the actual offensive and defensive numbers are at a disadvantage.

Because England did not advance the threatening attack to the front line, from the center line to the opponent's penalty area line, as long as the England team does not move forward or pass the ball, the number of their feet will always be more than the Greek team participating in the anti-grabbing interception more people!

What Rehagel is worried about is that in the nearly 100 reverse passes, he doesn't care about England's return pass. The return pass will return the offensive and defensive situation to the original static state. As long as the Greek team is not rushing out to intercept, England is tantamount to reorganizing the offense.

But England's lateral pass.

That is to say, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, and Gerrard pass the ball back and forth from left to right and from right to left. The alarm went off.

The tactical effect of lateral transmission is to tear the defense parallel to the defense line, that is to say, whether it is the back line or the midfield line, as the ball moves horizontally, they need to move as a whole to compress the defensive space closer to the ball. If the England team If you move forward once and take a risky offensive, then the Greek team's defensive movement is effective. Whether it can prevent it or not is the result. At least this movement process is absolutely correct and effective. However, the England team will move after the transfer. The Greek team must also passively follow the movement. How many people are there for England to pass the ball? How many people did the Greek team force the defensive line to move laterally?

This will first consume the physical energy of the Greek team. Compared with shuttling up and down, it is very intuitive to consume physical energy. The Greek team is extremely defensive, and the offense relies on only a few people. The physical energy consumption of running up and down is actually not large. England is obviously using it today. Court width to consume them!

At the same time, because Gerrard's position is close to Owen, once Gerrard catches the ball, it will sound an early warning signal for the entire defense line of the Greek team. No matter how he passes or who he passes to, Gerrard can bring enough panic and tension to the Greek team.

What if he stopped the ball and started to drive? What if he cooperates with a teammate who plugs in or passes the ball to Irving?

In the frequent movement of the defense line, the defensive space will be exposed inadvertently. Although it is not obvious, it cannot stop the England team's long-range shots from the outside!

Lampard's long-range shot directly blasted towards the goal. The ball passed between the opponent's two defenders. Unfortunately, the angle of the shot was a bit right, and it was firmly received by the goalkeeper.

Then, England retreated, with almost no change in the overall formation, retreating back 20 yards, waiting for the Greek team to attack. (to be continued..) ()