The Young Lion
Six hundred and sixty sixth English farce
On the eve of the trip to Munich, the England national team assembled again in London. After the victory over Finland, the team had a day off.
After two days of restorative training, on the third day, the physical and mental state of the whole team returned to their best.
In the early morning, in the dining room of the training base, the players sat together to have breakfast, and the coaches sat at another table. This was Aldridge’s request. The team must eat together, and there were no special requirements for table rules, unlike There are tough coaches who tell players to keep quiet. Fiction novel chapters are updated the fastest
Aldrich always believes that communication is a very important part of the formation of a team's unity. In addition to work, if we are together in life, we must try our best to maintain a harmonious relationship in order to create unity.
The situation of the national team is much more complicated than that of the club. After all, they are opponents in the league. The only favorable situation is that Millwall, the public enemy of England, has only Southgate playing for England as the club's main force.
The players flipped through the morning newspapers, and many of them had faint smiles on their faces.
Anyone who gets compliments from the outside world as soon as they wake up will probably be very happy.
If England wins, they will naturally be praised to the sky.
Owen flipped through the newspapers and read a few articles praising England, especially the goal scorers, feeling a little smug.
But he suddenly thought: the coach has not praised any player.
Thinking of this, the pride in my heart disappeared immediately.
In four games, England scored 15 goals and won four games. Aldridge's remarks after the game were almost the same: England played one game.
Albania, Greece, Finland.
Anyway, Aldridge doesn't feel that England's victory over such an opponent deserves a lot of praise. He was only telling the truth personally: England should have won such an opponent.
under such a circumstance. Especially there is a Captain Southgate who is not surprised by honor or disgrace. The spirit of the England team is also undergoing a change. They are not children at first, and they will be smug when they get some praise. It's just that before Aldridge took office, the England team was full of controversy and criticism, from Beckham's red card in the 1998 World Cup to Hoddle. The autobiography caused turmoil, and then lost to Germany at home after defeating the European Cup in 2000. Such a team needs encouragement. After receiving praise, there is probably a sense of comfort after a long drought. In the temperamental state of not being discouraged by defeat, because of the time left for England,
In fact, there are not many, the World Cup is still 9 months away!
Fleet Street followed up and reported England's World Cup preliminaries. When going to Germany, the outside world photographed the England team in suits and shoes, led by Aldrich, into the airport. Fly to Munich.
Although the stars on the field are players such as Beckham and Irving, no one will ignore the changes that Aldridge has brought to this team.
The current England team is less impetuous and more calm. Fans always criticize the England team for not being a team. Fans are not interested in watching David Beckham's salon fashion show or changing his hairstyle. Only fans who are pure star chasers are interested. The England team under Aldrich is more like a purely competitive team, without off-court gossip and attention. During the national team competition, the players are strict with themselves and have no business Activities, no indulgence of lingering in nightclubs, no troubles requiring coaches to put out fires, even though this is not the iron-blooded England that old fans expect in the traditional impression, but at least they want to blame them, but there are not many tenable reasons.
Aldridge's prestige in the team has already made the players feel fear and a sense of crisis.
This sense of crisis is that once they violate the rules set by Aldrich, they will face the danger of being kicked out of the national team. Is there anyone in the team that is indispensable?
Beckham? Owen?
Maybe they are extremely important in the club, but in front of Aldridge, they dare not have the slightest confidence that they can definitely stay in the England national team.
Millwall sold the absolute main force in a row that year. Didn't Aldridge find a replacement and succeed?
If one of the main players makes a mistake today and is kicked out of the national team tomorrow, Aldridge will definitely be able to find a suitable replacement the day after tomorrow.
This is the true thought of the national team players.
Although Aldridge does not actually have the kind of magic that can make geniuses or first-class stars appear out of thin air in England, that is the impression he gives to players.
Beckham is atoning for his sins, McManaman is doing self-salvation and the final push of his career, Bart is protecting the main force from being usurped by Hargreaves, and Ferdinand must secure the main force to suppress Campbell. These players are due to their own circumstances. , but they all have one thing in common, that is, to be obedient, to listen to Aldrich, and the goal of everyone's efforts is also the same, to make a difference in the national team!
Moreover, as the World Cup enters the one-year countdown stage, the national team needs absolute stability. Aldrich’s work attitude is obvious to all. The players cannot live up to the trust he gives to the players. Otherwise, they themselves will feel guilty. If it is true I made a mistake and was kicked out of the national team by Aldridge, who have the right to complain?
In Munich, Aldridge once again led his team to this city that is no stranger to them, and set foot on German soil. The England team seemed to have stepped onto the battlefield.
There is a feud between England and Germany. The unsolved case of England winning the championship at the goal line has been undefeated by Germany for 30 years. Last year, England defeated Germany in the group stage of the European Cup. Germany also defeated England at Wembley. These footballs are excluded. The grievances and hatreds on the court, England and Germany are already feuds.
Back then, the Nazi bombers blew up London into ruins. With the ruins, would the English feel less resentment towards the Germans?
Aldridge understands this kind of emotion very well. It is a bit like the emotion of the Chinese team meeting the Japanese team, although it is not that deep. After all, unlike France, the UK was directly defeated by Germany and surrendered.
The day before the game, Aldridge attended the press conference and declared before the game that Germany was very strong and that England would tenaciously resist the German team in the away game!
In the history of the past 50 years, the German team has won 3 World Cup championships. 3 World Cup runners-up. Never missed the World Cup. The worst result is the quarter-finals. German football has always been the representative of the strong international football. In terms of football level, there is still a gap between England and Germany. We have indeed achieved great results in the past year, but the opponents we have encountered are not strong. Albania, Finland. Greece, these opponents we have won, are actually many strong opponents in the world. The team also has the strength to win them, so England is not special. Tomorrow's game is a severe test. We will try our best to resist Germany's attack and limit the performance of the German team. The result of the game? As long as we don't lose, I think it is an acceptable result, on the soil of Germany. The last time the England team beat the German team, it should be. Uh, a friendly match in Nuremberg 36 years ago, England has never been taken away on this land in the official game Victory.
Aldrich's words are basically true.
In fact, the battle record between England and Germany is not one-sided. It dates back to more than half a century ago. The two teams have clashed so far, and England still has a slight upper hand.
The German team has 9 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses.
But there are a lot of friendly matches in it. During the 30 years of England's invincibility against Germany, they did not count the outcome of friendly matches. Otherwise, they defeated Germany in friendly matches in 1985.
In the past 30 years, the two teams have played against each other only 6 times. The German team has 1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss in regular time. Defeated the England team. These two defeats brought great pain to England. The World Cup in 1990 was blocked from the final, and the European Cup in 1996 was blocked from the final. Lee won the European Cup.
In the official match between England and Germany, England has never defeated the German team in Germany, and only when German football was still behind the world, England was the pioneer leading the tactical change of world football. In the friendly away game, Germany was bloodbathed by a big score. At that time, England won two or three wins in Germany, no matter home or away, it was a breeze.
Time flies, the vicissitudes of life, Germany came from behind, and now England is far behind, empty talk, just look at the honor, football is a hero based on success or failure, if you have more trophies than you, I am better than you, everything else nonsense.
The reporters at the scene did not expect that Aldridge would make such remarks when he came to Munich.
The German media felt that the young marshal, who was in full swing, was a cross-river dragon, and he would definitely talk nonsense today to boost the morale of the army. Unexpectedly, this cross-river dragon first assumed the posture of coming to worship the mountain.
Well, it's quite interesting.
Then, we don't have to make things difficult for him.
Fleet Street was not happy.
England is coming to a decisive battle with Germany. As the coach of the national team, how can you boost the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?
Mr. Hall, you said that there is a gap between English football and German football, and that Germany is stronger. But these years, German football clubs have been suppressed by English clubs in European wars. Don't you think your words are contradictory? Millwall , Manchester United, don't they all represent England?
Aldridge shook his head with a serious expression. He would not talk about the club on this occasion, but this topic has not much connection with the club itself, so he solemnly said: First of all, to clarify, Millwall is an English club. But they cannot represent the level of football in England. The same is true for Manchester United and Arsenal. They only represent the Premier League. Listen clearly. What is the proportion, and then look at the proportion of local players in English clubs. This is the gap. I stick to my point of view. The German national team is the representative of the international football powerhouse. I can also express another point of view. German football clubs Overall competitiveness in Europe is not strong at this stage.
Fleet Street felt bad now.
Aldrich turned his elbow outward, and the slap in the face was a bit unbearable.
Then why doesn't England focus on training local players?
Because to make the team stronger and let the fans watch higher-quality games, rich clubs naturally have to introduce high-level stars. If the German club is very rich and the German Football Association also allows the team to introduce foreign aid, then the German club competitiveness will increase rapidly.”
As the national team manager, don't you have a responsibility to build England's level of competition?
Yes, but I can't do it. I have no right to decide whether the Premier League's foreign aid quota is limited, nor can I counteract the club's opposition. Only a stronger team can increase the probability of winning honors and benefits.
The German media were all overjoyed.
The English are so funny, the national team coach and his own media went to Germany to have a chat.
This was an absurd press conference, which was also ridiculed by the German media as the farce of the English people the next day. (to be continued...) ()
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