The Young Lion

The England national team came to Liverpool's territory. When training at the Melwood training base, Aldridge obviously found that the atmosphere of the national team had changed slightly from last season.

This change made him feel happy, and a little bit proud.

Beckham, Scholes, Owen, Neville, these stars who play for the Premier League giants, are more in awe in front of Aldridge than before. They obey Aldridge, and there will be almost no problems in training, Aldridge said Whatever, they will execute it directly.

The relationship between Aldrich himself and this group of players is very complicated. The national team must be united in one mind, and they must fight each other when they return to the club. With the improvement of the national team's record, the prospect is worth looking forward to. Aldridge will create another glories in the club arena It is unknown whether these players envy outsiders or not. Aldridge has shed his miraculous coat. One success is miraculous, and twice is miraculous. When three times, four times, and continuous success, it is not miraculous, it is absolute Beckham and the others are in awe of their strength. Aldrich in their eyes is just like the one that Fleet Street touts, like a god, with the magic power to turn decay into magic. To play for him, he should be Zen and do his best, as long as he focuses on playing well , I don't dare to hope for trophies, at least break through myself, and achieve certain achievements are just around the corner.

Aldridge changed from a young coach to a Confucian coach, and he never relied on hysterical roars to convince the players. Whether in the club or the current national team, the players have a strong consensus: Aldridge is the boss and must listen to the boss!

Since the beginning of the season, Aldridge has focused on Finland's technical and tactical play, and combined with the current world preliminaries, the technical and tactical system of the England national team has taken shape. The rest is to rely on time to mature the techniques and tactics. exert greater power. On this basis, Aldrich has a lot more room to play, and can make fine-tuning in preparation for the opponent's situation, and the foundation of the technical and tactical framework will not be shaken due to fine-tuning.

Attending the press conference at Anfield, and taking the role of the protagonist, Aldridge felt weird in his heart. I am afraid that Liverpool fans would not be able to accept it. The start of the new season has been less than a month. It was Millwall led by Aldridge who gave Liverpool two runners-up.

However, who made Liverpool want to make money? Otherwise, why bother to apply to the FA to host the national team's home game?

When attending the press conference, Aldridge's expression was extremely serious, which was in stark contrast to the smiles on the faces of the reporters at the scene.

Fleet Street is more optimistic and believes that by winning the game today, England will get rid of the huge negative shadow of losing to Germany at home after the disastrous defeat in the European Cup last year. The public can fully look forward to England's performance in the World Cup next year.

The first guy said England would win, the second guy started talking about the next game we go to Germany, the third guy was already looking ahead to the World Cup. I would say that. England is in a much worse situation than Finland, hypothetically. Today We can't win Finland,

Then Finland has 2 points more than us. As long as they win the last game, they will have 5 points more than us. England has two games left after this game. Even if we win and draw, we will still be eliminated. There is no chance of play-offs! Yes, we have won three of the past three World Cup preliminaries, but if we lose our minds after three victories, England may miss the World Cup. I'm not pouring cold water, I'm just stating the reality. Players, coaches, and even the fans who support us must remain calm. England will fight for victory. The basis of victory is to face up to the opponent first. Finland's strength is not as good as ours. But if they beat England tomorrow, their probability of entering the World Cup will exceed 90%!

Aldridge was warning the team, the media, and the fans.

Don't be overly optimistic!

In football games, if you are overjoyed before the game, you will be sad after the game!

Since England is facing three decisive battles, it must have the awareness and attitude of decisive battles!

The next day, the voices on Fleet Street still mainly echoed Aldridge. In terms of building momentum, if England cannot enter the World Cup next year, Fleet Street will suffer a great loss. After all, the British will not produce too much media information without England’s participation. Enthusiasm, newspaper sales, and program ratings are bound to plummet.

At this point, Fleet Street still has a bottom line, or it is driven by interests. They hope that the England team will be the focus all the time, especially the focus of the competition.

In the locker room before the game, Aldrich observed that the players looked more serious. Their heads were clear and they knew that this game was a decisive battle. In the previous match, Finland drew with England at home. The last time they failed to win Going to Finland, and today we are at home. The players themselves will not be overly confident that they will win the opponent. It is correct to be serious and attach great importance to the opponent.

In view of this, Aldridge didn't remind the players anything, just encouraged the momentum and let the team play the game.

The Finnish national team also attaches great importance to this game, which is the penultimate game of their world preliminaries.

If they can win England in the away game, they at least have the hope of playing the play-offs, and the hope is great. After all, England will be a guest in Germany in the next round, and not many people are optimistic that England can make a difference in Munich.

Even if it is a tie, Finland will still have the advantage as long as they get rid of Greece in the final round.

At this time, the biggest stars in the Finnish national team are Hyypia and Litmanen. After tying Finland and then losing to Germany, it is not the turn to fight Finland now.

Group I of the World Cup European qualifiers, the sixth round of England's match is about to start at Anfield. The national team coach Hall showed a cautious attitude towards this game. Today, many football media also voiced concerns, because the Finnish team They may give up their bold attack for a draw. As long as they get a draw, they will maintain a 2-point lead over England. I think this is a test for the England national team. In the past few games, the biggest feature of England is counterattack , will face a positional battle today. The advantages they have honed may be limited to the maximum. I hope the lads of the national team can work hard to achieve a result that satisfies the fans. Of course, I am talking about a victory, nothing is It's more important than winning.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines before the game started, staring calmly at the field with his hands in his pockets.

It's time for battle today!

Even if he wanted to fight positional warfare, Aldridge still did not change the 4321 formation framework.

The atmosphere at Anfield is relatively ordinary today.

Only when Irving touches the ball does he get an uncharacteristically loud cheer; at other times, it feels like the volume is cut in half.

Aldridge can understand that there are 11 players on the field. Irving is just a Liverpool player, and McManaman had an unpleasant fight with Liverpool fans when he left. The rest, four Manchester United players, three Millwall players, and nearly half of the stands are England fans with Liverpool fan background. It's hard to offer the greatest enthusiasm.

After watching the game for ten minutes, Aldridge felt a little relieved.

Although Finland is mainly defensive, it has not yet put on the ultimate anti-reverse posture and came to the away game. Finland has ideas about winning.

Even in an away draw with England, Finland has the advantage. But it cannot be said that fate is completely in their own hands. If England wins the next two games, they will still be eliminated.

Therefore, they actually challenged England away with an arrangement of 6 people absolutely defending, 3 people switching offense and defense, and 1 person absolutely attacking.

Is England playing a bit conservative today? The offense seems to be back to the old way. Beckham's cooperation with Neville on the right is very active. On the left, McManaman and Owen pull close to cooperate, but the penalty area There is no one here. Scholes's frequent advances are not a big threat. Hyypia seems to be calm in commanding the defense in the penalty area. Ashley Cole and Lampard should attack more boldly and provide support for the frontcourt That's right.

The fans in the stands also felt that England played more conservatively than Finland today, and according to today's style of play, Beckham's advantages could not be brought into play. Who would he pass the ball to? Owen and Scholes? Can the two grab a point in front of Hyypia?

The players on the field actually knew that today's positional battle was very effective. There was only one shot in the first 15 minutes, which was Owen's helpless choice.

However, the players are very firm in implementing the tactics that Aldridge formulated before the game. Everyone knows that such a play is only temporary.

Beckham and Neville cooperated tacitly, and the cross from the right was not a small threat, especially today he was arranged, and the point of the cross was still his teammate at the club, Scholes!

The Finnish team has a lot of opportunities to counterattack, but England's backcourt, except for Neville's bold assists, kept Bart + Lampard's double midfielder and the other three defenders in the backcourt when defending. It is difficult for Finland to form an effective counterattack. The attack was steadily resolved by the defense commanded by Southgate.

Until the 27th minute of the game, Beckham suddenly stopped passing the high-altitude ball and changed to a direct pass on the ground. Instead, he passed the ball into the penalty area. Scholes crossed diagonally from the front of the penalty area and took a step forward while getting the ball , Pulling out the angle formed an excellent opportunity, but unfortunately Jiangtou's shot was a bit straight, and was directly blocked by the goalkeeper with one hand.

Scholes missed a good chance. This is a cooperation between Manchester United players. Is this what Hall wants to see? Or is it that Beckham's change in the way he passes the ball is the killer? The game has been going on for half an hour, and the offense of the England team makes people look anxious. This is not like Hall's coaching style. In the past few games, even if England failed to score in 30 minutes, the chances of shooting and the way of attack will make them feel anxious. We see hope, today, we don't see that.

Two minutes later, England, whose offense frequently concentrated on the right, suddenly shifted its offense. Scholes shifted the ball from the center to the left. McManaman took the ball from the wing and pulled it out in front of the penalty area through lateral dribbling. Open space, and then a quality long-range shot from the penalty area line.

The Finnish goalkeeper tried to keep the goal clean and lifted the ball over the bar.

Feeling the pressure, Finland was afraid of being attacked by opponents, so they allocated more troops to mark McManaman, Beckham, and Scholes, who were very active outside the penalty area.

Seeing the adjustment of the Finnish team's defensive strategy, Aldridge raised his chin slightly and his eyes were sharp.

The real killer feature, it's time to come out! (to be continued...) ()