The Young Lion

England kicked off again. The players played a little cautiously, for fear of being intercepted by the opponent. This is also understandable. They just lost the ball and wanted to avoid being attacked by Greece as much as possible, so that the opponent could not get the ball and organize the attack.

Aldridge was a bit more reassured after seeing that the team did not lose Wolves and played against each other or naturally returned to England's traditional style of play.

What kind of style of play Greece is, he can no longer see.

The head coach of Greece must not be able to see it.

chaos!

But under the big framework, looking at the overall situation, Aldridge still has a countermeasure, and it is not difficult to break the situation.

The key depends on the mentality of the players on the field. If the mentality is impatient, they fall into a fight with the opponent, and their attention is distracted, then they will fall behind and be led by the nose by the opponent.

Aldridge raised his hand and pointed to McManaman. When the opponent looked at him, Aldridge pointed to the opponent's penalty area. The meaning was obvious, and McManaman understood.

As for the Greek players and the Greek coach, they definitely wouldn't look at Aldridge, so they didn't notice Aldridge's blatant command and dispatch.

The Greek Jedi counterattack actually turned into a high-pressure press, and then the attack surged up!

Scholes retreated and also participated in the defense. England's eight-man two-line defense did not cause chaos for Greece to get an excellent shot without panic.

In the 80th minute, Bart and Ferdinand pressed continuously and intercepted the ball at the feet of the opponent's forward. Bart intercepted the ball and passed it directly to Beckham about four meters in front of him.

Beckham observed the frontcourt situation while running forward to catch the ball, and was in front of him while catching up with the ball. Left front. Two Greek players rushed over like wolves and tigers.

Beckham doesn't stop the ball. Don't get rid of it, just take a long pass and drive the ball forward.

The Greek defense line is relatively high, which must be the case, otherwise, they will rush forward when they attack, and the midfield space will be too large when they turn from offense to defense.

And the player who was dragged to the back and kept an eye on was Irving.

The chasing boy started when Beckham took a long pass forward, but he couldn't get rid of the harassment of the opponent's central defender, and the opponent blocked Owen's forward route. Using physical contact to force Irving to start the explosion cannot reach the highest point.

Owen,

Can't grab this opportunity!

However, the ball flying over the midfield circled an obvious arc, from right to left, and the landing point was near the penalty area line.

Irving had no chance. When the Greek defender turned around, he found a red figure like a runaway horse that had thrown off the entire defense line with a distance of 5 meters, and rushed towards the ball's landing point.

Elegant blond hair, a frail body, and a delicate and gentle face. McManaman, who looks like a scholar, is riding the dust!

There was excitement and anticipation in Beckham's eyes, just like all the England teammates who did not move forward to support the attack in the backcourt. I was roaring in my heart: Steve, it's up to you!

McManaman arrived at the point where the ball landed, and just as the ball landed, he skillfully and smoothly stopped the ball one meter in front of him and changed to an inward cut!

The Greek goalkeeper abandoned the goal, and the Greek fans in the stands were afraid to watch. Many people clasped their fists on their chests, praying for the blessing of the gods!

McManaman dribbled the ball inside, apparently to increase the shooting angle, and the goalkeeper rushed forward along the middle, but when the goalkeeper was about one meter away from McManaman, McManaman suddenly smashed the ball again Walking outside, the goalkeeper fell to the ground and reached for the ball. At the end of the distance, there were footprints left by McManaman's footsteps.

McManaman darts past the goalkeeper!

With the goal unguarded, McManaman nudged in with his left foot to make sure he never missed.

When the ball crossed the goal line and rolled into the goal, the Greeks in the stands of the Athens stadium and the Greek players on the field moved almost in unison.

He closed his eyes in despair.

The England fans cheered like thunder in the stands, breaking through the clouds, as if breaking through the veil of the Greek gods, turning the clouds to see the moon, and the dawn of victory came!

McManaman jogged to the sidelines and celebrated by blowing kisses in the direction of the England fans.

England sealed the victory! Beckham passed a long diagonal pass from the backcourt, bypassing the opponent's midfielder and defender. McManaman entered the penalty area from the left, calmly dribbled past the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal to extend the lead again. Two goals, 3:1, England refuses to be overturned by Greece!

After seeing the goal, Aldridge closed his eyes just like the Greeks, but showed a slightly ferocious smile and kept swinging his arms.

This ball not only reversed the situation of the game again, but also gave Aldridge a shot in the arm to coach the national team.

These players can count on it!

Despite being isolated and suppressed by the cheering of Greek fans and the bravery and fearlessness of Greek players, they did not lose their strength and were able to withstand the pressure. This is a good training and an important experience for the improvement of the team's strength.

Aldridge looked at the night sky again, his eyes were extremely firm.

Greece, take it!

First contender, kick out!

With 10 minutes left in the game, Greece has no chance at all?

Gone!

Aldrich still has some confidence.

Due to the change in the game situation, the fighting spirit of the Greek players was suppressed by the third conceded goal, and the thinking of the whole team must not be unified.

Complete the reversal?

How many Greek players will firmly believe this?

If there is a draw, both sides will suffer. Greece must take all 3 points to retain the hope of advancing, and die with England? Sorry, if there is a draw, England will still lead them by 3 points, which will indeed make England's situation worse, but the possibility of their own entering the World Cup is still so slim that there is nothing they can do!

Therefore, the thinking of the whole team can no longer be unified, and the impact of physical decline will also be revealed.

Wolves, they don't know how to guard against England's offense.

Like Beckham's direct and unreasonable long pass to the back just now, they retreated the defense line after the re-kick-off, and resolutely never gave England any chance to play the ball behind.

However, their midfield and frontcourt continued to attack upward and oppressively, trying to use crowd tactics to create shocks or chaos to find goals.

As a result, the space in midfield becomes larger. Scholes has become the nightmare of Greece again.

After another wave of offensive in Greece failed. Scholes and Lampard played consecutive 2-1 cooperation to move forward. There is too much space in the frontcourt. In front of the penalty area, Scholes and McManaman completed a 2-to-1. Then Scholes entered the penalty area. McManaman's pass arrived as expected. The goal was scored and the score expanded to 4:1.

Fantastic combination! England played an unbelievable team goal, Scholes. Lampard, McManaman, three consecutive kicks into the wall, and finally Scholes in the penalty area The inside goal killed the game!

Scholes' goal turned the end of the game into a frenzy, with the England players literally partying on the pitch, celebrating with impunity in this mythical place.

Aldridge had already sat down, and he didn't feel much about the goal.

Did you say that England played exquisitely?

I can't see how difficult it is for Lampard and Scholes to score 2 in a row without defensive pressure in the frontcourt? Similar to training, the over-pressed counterattack in the Greek midfield directly led to an empty defense in the backcourt. He made a mistake again while defending, and shouldn't have taken the initiative to grab it. Once robbed, it was broken through, the number of defenders decreased, and it gradually died.

The game is not over yet, the Greek team has reached the brink of collapse.

The World Cup, the dream is shattered!

There is only 1 point in the four rounds. There are two traditional strong teams in Germany and England in the same group. There is no hope!

From the day when the group draw came out, no one was optimistic that Greece could break through this group, but the miracle of the dark horse is not impossible.

After playing against England today, the 90-minute game is about to run out, and the Greek players discovered a terrible truth.

attack?

Don't dare to attack!

As long as you attack, there will be loopholes behind you!

I can't prevent England's long and short fast breaks at all!

It is very difficult for them to advance point-to-point with the forwards alone. Not to mention the forwards can do anything in front of the England defense, the midfielder must press up to support.

But once the midfielder presses up and turns around after failing to attack, England will be able to attack the city in a short time. These attacking players will definitely not be able to return to their original defensive positions.

This is the essence of England's set of techniques and tactics. The starting position of the three midfielders is not only to strengthen the defense, but also to change forward when counterattacking.

The most critical thing is to grasp the time difference between the opponent's offensive and defensive transition adjustments.

You can't arrange the defense line at the first time, use the most correct defensive strategy, my attack will destroy you from point to point!

After Greece kicked off again, the offense was very simple. The striker ran up, the midfielder passed the ball up, and then the midfielder did not dare to go forward boldly. Everyone was afraid that they would expose a fatal flaw behind them and be caught by England. live.

In the last few minutes of the game, neither team was able to play a threatening offense.

England just accept it as soon as it is good, 4:1, just wait to celebrate the victory.

Greece, on the other hand, is afraid. If 4:1 becomes 5:1, it will change from a big victory to a bloodbath, and the meaning of a fiasco is completely different.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the English players on the field let out a long breath and smiled at the same time. Everyone hugged and clapped hands. A victory boosted their morale, boosted their confidence, and made them Looking forward to the future even more.

In particular, they were even more convinced of Aldridge. At the time of 2:1, Aldridge seemed to instill an invisible force in them on the sidelines, making them unswervingly follow the established battle plan to play, and finally won A big win.

Aldrich shook hands with Klinsmann, Jenson and others, and England kicked away a competitor. The results of the work are obvious to all, but there is still a long way to go, and the tough battle is not over yet.

Aldridge walked into the player tunnel and did not shake hands with the head coach of the Greek national team, which is not a mandatory requirement after the game.

The coach killer in the British arena never imagined that Greece defeated England at home and advanced to the World Cup. After the game, the Greek Football Association announced that the head coach was dismissed. Geer took office and had enough time to transform the team and prepare for the European Cup qualifiers after the World Cup next year.

This incident was linked by Fleet Street and Aldridge, who teased that Aldridge's killer reputation spread far and wide. Not only did he kill the Quartet in the Premier League, but now he has added a national team coach to the roster of downed coaches!

Aldridge is more concerned about Rehagel's nomination of the coach of the Greek national team. This coach makes him admire from the bottom of his heart.

Different from other successful coaches who have their own distinctive style, their technical and tactical style of play may be the best for a while.

But Rehhagel won glory in Kaiserslautern with an offensive and unrestrained style, while in Greece, he used the diametrically opposite conservative philosophy to enshrine the gods. This is both alternative and something others need to look up to. Delic is looking forward to the next meeting with Rehhagel in Greece. (to be continued...) ()