The Young Lion

Aldridge is a man but not a god. It is impossible for him to bring a strength improvement buff when he takes office as the coach of the national team.

The spiritual level may encourage the players. After all, he may be the biggest and most prestigious coach in England besides Ramsey back then, and Ramsey only became a god after winning the championship. In terms of the situation at the beginning of his tenure , the spiritual motivation brought by Aldridge should be stronger.

But the England national team itself does not have a mental problem, so the improvement in this area can be ignored.

It is a scientific and methodical process to find and solve problems, understand advantages or one's own characteristics, and then prescribe the right medicine and teach students in accordance with their aptitude.

In just one hour, after the training session and his own analysis, Aldridge has completely won the trust of these international players through his working attitude and methods.

At least, the situation looks very reliable, instead of Aldridge shouting: Boys, give me a fight, let's take the championship!

A scene like that...

In particular, Aldridge does not seem to intend to transplant Millwall's technical and tactical play to the England national team, which makes the players feel more reliable.

The strength of Millwall does not mean that Millwall's tactics are universal. Whoever uses them will know. Many European first-line teams have also imitated Millwall in the past two years, such as the use of delaying organizations, the transformation of traditional wingers, The results of it? Unsatisfactory, the record is even worse.

Teach students in accordance with their aptitude and make the best use of the situation, this is the most correct coaching policy.

After the players stood up from the grass, Aldridge suddenly announced the list of players for the main position.

I don't like to leave the players in doubt, I like to present everything in front of you. Let the players understand their situation. The situation they are facing. Now, I will announce the tactical formation I will use and the position in each position. First-choice players, first-choice players, please don’t feel that you can sit back and relax, backup players will challenge the main position at any time, everything depends on your status in the club and your performance in the national team.”

As soon as Aldridge finished speaking, all the players held their heads high and looked stern.

The main position of the national team. This is a matter of personal honor!

We will no longer use the 442 formation. After discussing with the coaching staff, we have designed a 4321 formation for England. Regarding tactics, I will focus on explaining them in detail during training.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Right-back: Gary Neville.

Double centre-backs: Southgate, Ferdinand.

Left back: Ashley Cole.

Central midfielder: Bart.

Right midfielder: Beckham.

Left midfielder: Lampard.

Double midfielder: McManaman, Scholes.

Forward: Irving.

The above, if there are no injuries and status effects, will be the first choice for each position of the national team. We will have a friendly match with Spain in a few days. The World Cup qualifier with Albania, if nothing else. Those 11 will be starters.

After the announcement of the main force, most players were not too surprised.

And the candidate players, such as Joe Cole, Hargreaves, etc., have no expression fluctuations. For them, it is normal for them to be young and unable to get the main position. Being able to enter the national team is the biggest surprise. Yes, do you want more?

But there are also players whose expressions immediately become disappointed.

Campbell, the central defender, is still the main force in the European Cup.

Keegan chose him to partner with Adams. I don't know why he abandoned Southgate. Maybe Keegan felt that Southgate was not hard enough for Campbell.

When Aldridge selected a guard combination, he always took complementary characteristics as the main consideration.

Central defenders must have a strong sense of interception and anticipation, as well as a sense of defense. To put it bluntly, they must be flexible in addition to head-on impact.

Southgate is not that kind of tough and rough iron tower defender, but his interception awareness, filling, and anticipation ability have been honed to perfection in Millwall, whether it is the former Stam, Elguera, or Ma Trazzi, his partner comes to be a tough guy, and he is more often adaptable to defuse dangerous situations.

Therefore, Southgate needs a partner who is hard enough and also has height.

Brown was ruled out, leaving Ferdinand to compete with Campbell.

Purely from the present point of view, Campbell is better than Ferdinand.

But Ferdinand is on the rise, and the team he plays for is currently stronger than Campbell's Tottenham. Especially Ferdinand follows Leeds United, and he can also train in the Champions League to accelerate growth and improvement.

Another factor that made Aldridge decide to play Campbell off the bench was something he couldn't say.

Campbell, the central defender, seems to have a slightly fragile psychological quality.

In the original history at Arsenal, he made two ridiculous mistakes and then left the game. His mental fragility was as high as Gomez, the goalkeeper who played for Tottenham in the future, and suddenly cried bitterly on the field because of his mistakes.. ....

For such a central defender, Aldridge was afraid that he would suddenly explode when he directed the game, which would be a devastating blow to the morale of the whole team.

The other defender positions are not too controversial, except that Phil Neville was placed on the bench, and Aldridge arranged for the left back Ashley Cole to play the main force, who is four or five months older than Cole. Ricky has nothing to complain about. He came out of Southampton in the past two seasons, and the number of appearances last season was similar to that of Cole.

The pressure that Aldridge has to withstand is nothing more than whether Ashley Cole can get more opportunities at the club in the future.

As for the midfielder, Gerrard and Lampard have the same qualifications. Both were selected for the national team for the first time in 1999. Now Aldridge chooses Lampard to start, and Gerrard is still a substitute. If there is any dissatisfaction, it is nothing more than Lampard failed to play in the European Championships in the summer, and Gerrard went with the team as a substitute, but the European Championships in the summer is an unbearable memory and cannot be the basis for Gerrard's dissatisfaction.

Fight it, grab it, whoever is in good shape. Who can perform better. Who's on. Double virtue, just one position.

Aldridge abandoned the 33-year-old Ince, and the defensive midfielder Butt can get the main force entirely because of the lack of players with this characteristic in the England national team.

Scholes and McManaman won the main force, it is not a surprise, after all, they are all players playing for the giants.

The forwards were reduced, Shearer withdrew from the national team, and Hess basically thought he could be in the top position. As a result, one striker was needed, and that was Irving's. Alan Smith was ambitious, and he was not dissatisfied. He was already satisfied with having a chance to compete.

After the announcement, the players had enough rest and entered the next stage of group training with the ball.

The coaching staff organizes training content, supervises and guides.

Aldridge called a player to communicate with him from time to time on the sidelines.

Carragher was the first he called.

Jamie, there is one thing I want to be honest with you. You are a very good player with great talent. I don't think you will question my words, and you can understand why.

Carragher nodded, of course he understood.

Aldridge personally came to persuade him to join Millwall, but Carragher refused. If he had no talent, would Aldridge come to him?

However, in the national team, if I want to use you, you must first prove yourself in the club. At the same time, if I use you, you will only appear in the central defender position, right back, Gary, Phil, Daniel, All three can play and I've always believed that you can only play your best at centre-back, and I hope you understand that.

What can Carragher say?

No promises could be made other than to nod and leave.

Anyway, he plays right back and was just blown up in the game against Millwall some time ago.

The diversity and comprehensiveness of player positions are advantages, but it does not mean that every position that can be played can exert its strongest strength.

For example, Lampard can play as a defensive midfielder, midfielder, and front midfielder, but the effect of each position is different. It cannot be said that because he can perform 90 points in the midfield position, he can also play as a midfielder. Score 90.

Aldridge continued to talk to Bart and Gerrard separately, not only to determine their positions and roles in the national team, but also implicitly proposed to allow them to get more opportunities in the club.

When Owen was called to his face, Owen suddenly apologized to Aldrich.

Coach, I'm sorry, back then...

Aldrich was stunned for a moment, remembering that when he came to find Owen back then, the other party turned him away, didn't even let him into the house, and didn't even give him a sip of water, which was really rude.

Aldridge smiled and said: Don't worry about the past. Michael, although the national team does not train players, you must understand that you are not my ideal candidate for a center forward. You can get a temporary main force Guaranteed, because you are indeed superior in the ability to seize opportunities, but this is not enough, far from enough, so I have an additional request for you.

Owen didn't expect Aldridge to say such a thing. He was the target of many European giants, and he himself felt puzzled.

When I was not famous, you came to see me.

I became famous, but you stopped paying attention to me.

Millwall is rich, but he has never been interested in Irving. The rumors fabricated by the media are often clarified immediately.

It's not Owen's own problem. It can only be said that Liverpool has trained him to be a player who is different from Millwall.

If Aldridge is interested in a pure shooter, why bother letting Ruud Ruud go?

Coach, just say it. I believe your request will definitely make me stronger. We all hope to achieve better results in the national team.

Owen's response made Aldridge feel relieved. He put up a finger and said, One pass, I just want you to improve one pass.

Irving doesn't quite understand, does he pass the ball without stopping the ball? This is not difficult, but what the success rate is, then it is uncertain.

Michael, when I say one pass, I mean, when we're attacking, I need you to be able to see the situation before you receive the ball, and then, to pass the ball to a teammate who finds space and is more comfortable with the defensive pressure, one kick. , You only need one kick. After passing the ball, you will move forward into the dangerous area, instead of rushing forward with the ball whenever you have a chance, as in the past. For more detailed requirements, I will combine training and games to let you Totally understand.

Owen nodded and ran to continue training.

The center is a key point in Aldridge's transformation of the offensive end, and it is impossible for him to make Irving have a strong coping ability. If Irving is required to take on more, I am afraid that it will make Owen himself confused.

There is a Chinese sentence that is very appropriate to use on the football field.

Take a step back, the sea and the sky are bright!

This is often the case on the football field. It is not necessarily a good thing to be at the front and just rush forward. Taking a step back and pulling the scene apart will give you more and better opportunities, making the offense rich and flexible. (To be continued..)