The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward!

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The city of sunshine in Europe, Valencia is evergreen all year round, who would not love it?

Even on a cold autumn night, in the stadium where tens of thousands of people gather, Aldridge can still feel the refreshing breeze, making the whole person full of energy, directing a game without pressure on the sidelines, and the tension is great. I lack some, but I can enjoy the fun brought by this job. watermark ad test watermark ad test

The seasoned stars play on the field, and Aldridge only observes from the sidelines, without yelling and directing them how to play. This kind of work is often done on the sidelines when leading young and inexperienced players. Do.

His tepidity made Mestalla's Spanish fans unpredictable. It seems that this young coach is unpredictable and his strategizing skills are unpredictable.

England, in the previous five games, three European Cups with 1 win and 2 losses were eliminated in the group, and the World Cup European qualifiers had 1 draw and 1 loss, especially the last game at home and lost. Against this background, today, Aldridge Leading England is away, leading Spain by two goals, and has the upper hand on the scene!

Whether it's European fans or the questioning media, in the first 60 minutes of a friendly match, Aldridge himself didn't have the idea to fight back, but he has already managed to shut up the doubters.

In the 60th minute, Aldridge stood on the sidelines, the assistant referee held a substitution card, and England made three substitutions at a time.

Alan Smith, Joe Cole, Gerrard, the three came on, replacing Heskey, McManaman and Scholes respectively.

When the substituted player walks off the field. Aldridge stretched out his right hand on the sidelines, and the three people who were replaced walked past him one by one and patted his palm.

After this substitution, England has almost become a corps of engineers.

Scholes, McManaman. They all belong to the type of players who can control the ball. When Smith and Gerrard played, Aldridge was out of the idea of ​​trying. Look at Smith's role on the front line, what can be done by giving Gerrard more freedom in the frontcourt, and Joe Cole, it is experience. He came to play the role of Scholes, and in the frontcourt, there must be at least one player who can get rid of the ball.

60 minutes seemed to be a watershed. Spain eased the pressure and began to take the initiative on the field, frequently putting pressure on England's defense. On the other hand, England's offense was not as smooth as before.

Routine. It can be typed out, but unfortunately,

Joe Cole and Gerrard are not as capable of holding the ball in the frontcourt as Scholes and McManaman. Therefore, the offense is often aborted at the front of the penalty area.

Spain has resumed that kind of oppressive offensive football style of play, the number of shots has increased significantly, and the delicate and smooth cooperation has been rejuvenated, but it has not obtained an excellent scoring opportunity. The shot near the penalty area line, Seaman made a steady save Try to keep the city gate intact.

In any case, during this period, Seaman was still the most powerful goalkeeper in England. The 37-year-old goalkeeper did not undergo a stronger test today, just like Millwall's Bute. None of the saved balls were missed.

Smith and Gerrard have invested more in defense, and the characteristics of the two are hard to be an advantage in the eyes of Aldridge.

Fighting on the court is what it should be, but it is advisable to fight with skill.

However, when the defensive pressure is high, it is better for offensive players to actively participate in the defense than not to defend.

Perhaps the England fans at the scene became nervous, because England began to be beaten by Spain, but Aldridge felt happy in his heart.

There is nothing to be surprised about when the frontal attack is attacked and the defense is successful. Two or three times in a row, the continuous oppressive attack is the key to test a team's defense.

Today, the Spanish striker partner Raul and Tristan seem to lack a tacit understanding. When the continuous attack continued to tear England's defense, Spain got two good chances, but Tristan and Raul did not form a tacit understanding of passing and running. Tristan did not pass once The ball was knocked back to Raul who wanted to complete 2-1 and forced a kick to shoot. A Tristan header was ferried to Raul, but the opponent didn't realize it. The start was slow and he missed an excellent scoring opportunity in front of the goal.

Aldridge looked at the team's defense from the sidelines. It can be said that England's midfield defense system is a combination of Millwall + Manchester United.

Neville, Beckham, Bart.

Southgate, Ashley Cole, Lampard.

Plus Ferdinand, a former Millwall player.

In the formation arrangement, Mann is responsible for the right + center, and Millwall is responsible for the left.

This ensures that the players have a tacit understanding in partial defense and it is easier to communicate and cooperate with each other.

In the process of being torn apart by the opponent's continuous large-scale transfer of the ball, Southgate directed the defense to move. He is the lubricant and leader of the defense for the combination of Manchester United and Millwall.

For the time being, the effect is not bad. In the successful cooperation of being penetrated by Spain, it basically belongs to the defensive flaws of the English team. For example, Butt's defensive ability, the obvious strength of Lampard and Ashley Cole Weak, Beckham occasionally makes defensive mistakes in his new position.

Among these factors, except for Bart's personal ability that cannot be improved in the future, there is a lot of room for improvement. As long as the areas that can be improved are improved, the defensive quality of the team will also improve a lot.

Time passed by every minute and every second, Spain was unable to score for a long time, and their formation at home was getting higher and higher.

Enrique was blocked by Beckham in a cross from the wing. Neville stepped forward to grab the ball that fell from the air. Enrique knocked down Neville from behind and betrayed a foul.

Before Neville got up, Beckham had already put the ball on the spot and sent a long pass to the forward field.

Yimapingchuan's frontcourt, a very weird scene.

England striker Smith wasn't up front and it was Joe Cole who got the ball with his back in front of the two centre-backs.

He slams the ball back to Smith deep in the post, then moves laterally out of the way to catch the ball, completes a turn, and then kicks an over-the-top through ball.

Gerrard, who ran forward all the way when Beckham launched a long pass, succeeded in countering offside, another single-handed goal!

The combination of man and ball dribbling, Gerrard's speed is definitely not good, but Joe Cole is behind the top plug. Gerrard started ahead of time, and his speed reached the highest during the anti-offside. The opponent's defender turned around and chased, which was obviously slow.

Aldridge wanted to see Gerrard's ability to handle this kind of one-handed ball. Is it calm enough. Whether there is another footwork to complete the goal.

However, Spain failed to allow Aldridge to do so.

Casillas strikes. Just entering the penalty area, Gerrard felt like a big trip forward, but he was brought down by Casillas.

The referee decisively whistled Casillas for a foul and pointed to a penalty.

Mestalla booed. The fans in Spain thought that Gerrard waded the ball too much and lost control of the ball, it must be a flop!

Aldridge looked dispirited with his hips akimbo.

This ball is a penalty kick. There is no doubt that even if Gerrard has a big trip, but Casillas did not touch the ball, if Gerrard is not brought down. To catch up with the ball is to kick the empty goal.

An extra goal in a friendly match doesn't mean much. Gerrard won a penalty. The result looks good, but it can be changed from another angle. If he had been calmer and more capable of handling this kind of ball, the ball has already flown into the goal.

Among the training content arranged by Aldridge for the national team, penalty kicks are a must-have item.

This is also to make up for tactical shortcomings. If you encounter a top team that focuses on defense, it is normal to be dragged into a penalty shootout in an international competition. Practice more penalties. Aldridge feels that he is better than practicing other routines in the club The content of the training should be cost-effective.

The team deputy Beckham stood in front of the penalty spot, and there were only 4 minutes left in the regular time of the game. At best, this penalty kick was to sprinkle salt on Spain's wounds.

Beckham scored a penalty kick overnight.

3:0! Who would have thought of such a score before the game? The pessimistic arguments before the Fleet Street game obviously found the wrong target. England led Spain 3:0 in the away game!

Camacho looked disappointed, and occasionally glanced at Aldridge. This was the first time the two met. I am afraid that there will not be many chances to meet again in the future. Camacho paid the price for his underestimation of the enemy or wishful thinking for training and debugging tactics. The friendly match It doesn't matter, but it is bound to cause a storm of public opinion. It seems that his honeymoon period with the Spanish media is coming to an end.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Aldridge took the initiative to go to shake Camacho's hand, then turned around and walked towards the players' tunnel. As a result, he was blocked by a group of reporters.

Mr. Hall, this is your first official game in charge of the England national team. England beat Spain 3-0 in an away game under the circumstances that were not favored. Are you satisfied with the team's performance? This score is crucial for England's next World Cup How did the qualifiers affect it?

Aldridge looked around absent-mindedly, and said casually: As I answered in the interview with the media before going out, this is just a friendly match, and the outcome is not important. I am sorry that the Spanish national team does not seem to attach importance to this. In the match against England, we sent the strongest players, but they did not. My players and I attach great importance to the quality of this friendly match. Therefore, my players put in more and worked harder in the game. It was the reason for our victory, but when it comes to World Cup qualifiers, it is another situation, today's victory can restore our confidence, other, it is too early to draw conclusions.

We see that England has adopted a brand-new technical and tactical style of play today. Is this the change you brought to the England national team?

Of course, every head coach has his own style. If I can't inject new elements into the England national team, especially the changes in technical and tactical play, then I won't be the head coach of the national team. Yes. I am very happy that the players accepted my tactical concept and implemented it firmly on the court. We have a good foundation for cooperation and the start seems to be wonderful, but this is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go.

Aldridge simply answered a few questions and then left without being interviewed.

The whole England team was quite excited after the game. They felt that this was a hearty victory. The teammates clapped and hugged each other to celebrate. Beckham, who was farther back but still got a lot of limelight, took off his jersey to fight with the opponent. Exchange, show off your muscles.

A friendly match against Spain made the England national team regain some confidence from the previous defeat in the European Cup and the poor performance in the World Cup qualifiers. Every player's eyes seemed to be shining brightly, full of expectations for the future, and that After the game, they coincidentally looked for the figure with their eyes: Aldridge, which is the source of their confidence.

It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.

The new tactical play of the England national team was indeed suppressed miserably during certain periods of the game, but the power of the counterattack also fascinated them.

Next, it's the World Cup qualifiers!