The Young Lion

On the match day, the news focuses on the national team, and England, the world's strong team, is naturally the object of follow-up reports on Fleet Street.

When a reporter found that England's training was not going on as usual, some players went back to the hotel, and some players stayed at the training base. All of a sudden, the paparazzi got busy and dug into the reasons behind it.

During this short period of time, there were not many news materials, because the league was in progress, there were 20 top league teams, 10 league matches, and there was a lot of news materials to write about. On the match day, everyone only focused on the national team. Naturally it becomes less.

Therefore, if there is any disturbance in the national team, it will be caught by Fleet Street and hyped up.

Hall defies Finland!

England ranks! Beckham, Southgate and others have special treatment!

Does Hall understand what the World Cup is?

In order to gain attention, most tabloids use alarmist headlines to attract readers. The more serious big newspapers will not do this, because doing so will damage their relationship with Aldridge. However, following the trend, the headlines will be restrained Some, in another way, reported this matter with well-intentioned warnings or suggestions, and some famous England figures also stood up to teach experience.

How to face the World Cup?

What kind of attitude is the best before the World Cup?

It was a normal time for the national team to arrange a reasonable rest for the players, but the city was full of disturbances, which shows the hype ability of Fleet Street, the European news center.

The reporter who actually wrote the article must know it well, but just write it to make consumers pay for it.

Aldridge didn't care. Such unhealthy tendencies have become orthodox. When. If Fleet Street doesn't do that, the sun will surely come out from the west.

Two days later, Aldridge led the team against Finland at St. James' Park.

His formation really responded to some tabloid speculation: underestimating the enemy.

Except for Southgate, the big-name players are basically sitting on the bench.

And the formation has also changed, becoming 442.

The double virtues started at the same time. Aldridge let Lampard play the attacking midfielder, Gerrard played the midfielder, and used Joe Cole and Alan Smith on the striker. I just want to experiment with the new tactic of rear midfielder front.

After all, England has too many engineer-type players, and at home, the opponent Finland will definitely not take the initiative to attack. Aldrich can only resign himself to fate, which is not his current style.

The Finnish team missed the World Cup and was full of resentment. After all, in the world preliminaries, they once occupied the second place in the standings and had a chance to grab a place in the play-offs. In their view, if Aldridge hadn't taken over the England national team. Then they won't be squeezed to third place.

When they came to England this time, they knew that they were invited to be sparring partners, which aroused their desire to win even more.

However, it is not enough to have a shot, one must also be calm. Therefore, they firmly implement anti-countermeasures on the court, no matter what posture the opponent will make.

Bayern Munich's 2:4 home defeat to Millwall became the focus after the game. Many experts repeatedly emphasized in the technical and tactical review that Bayern Munich had hoped to win, but they were confused by the changes of their opponents. , In other words, because of the opponent's change, you also change yourself, which is inferior and sows the seeds of defeat.

With this lesson learned, the Finnish team has a high degree of unity of thought, and they will defend against counterattacks. If they have the ability, the England team will also keep a draw at home.

During the game, Aldridge has been sitting on the coach's bench, watching the game while discussing with his colleagues.

Why not use Bart and Hargreaves as a double midfielder?

Because I think this World Cup should be Butt's last national team performance. After the World Cup is over, Hargreaves will be able to replace him, be better and better than him, and Butt is at Manchester United

Although Aldridge's contract with the FA will end this summer, he believes that Bart should have no place in the next national team cycle. He is still using him now, and he is the main force. The reason is simple. His The strength is close to the current Hargreaves, but the experience is richer than Hargreaves. At the same time, he is connected with Manchester United. The tacit understanding with Manchester United players on the field is not comparable to Hargreaves. Moreover, he works very hard. For this World Cup, his mentality is the same as that of McManaman. The hardest and hardest fight in his career will be this summer! And Hargreaves can't compare with Bart in terms of mentality, experience, and inner drive. After all, he is young and will not think that this World Cup is his end.

No matter how the fans who just met Hargreaves ten years later define him, whether it is a glass man or ungrateful, at least Hargreaves before 2008, his career trajectory has soared all the way, the main force of Bayern Munich, The main force of Manchester United and the main force of the England national team, such a height proves his strength. If it weren't for injuries, why would Manchester United not have a hard waist ten years later?

This offense is really unbearable.

Klinsmann frowned.

England's offense, chaos, simplicity, inefficiency!

Aldrich nodded and said, It seems that I still think too simple. If I want to prepare the second set of tactics, there is no time. I can only improve on the basis of 4321.

Lampard, Joe Cole, and Alan Smith, these three are at the forefront of the offense. In the case of double-teaming defenses, they do nothing, and the role of the midfielder and the forward position cannot be played because of the lack of wings. The central midfielder Gerrard defends very hard and has a wide range of defense, but his partner Barry is always slow in defense. I don’t know if it has something to do with him playing a defender in the club.

It is extremely dangerous if the wing defense directly makes the full-back the first and last line of defense, especially the positional warfare of the England team is not as oppressive as Millwall. Millwall That kind of oppressive attack, with the threat of the winger, forced the opponent's full-back and full-back to attack back and forth. It is the effect of attacking instead of defending.

But in the England national team. This effect cannot be achieved. Conversely, when the opponent counterattacks, the starting position of the wide players will be more forward. If the midfielder's assisting defense is slow, the full back will be in a very awkward situation, and it is especially easy to be passed by 2. 1 with piercing.

Aldrich's previous thoughts were still a little naive, maybe arrogance.

Just like Tian Ji's horse racing strategy, 4321 can win. If you can't win with 4321, change to another set of tactics.

The self-confidence accumulated over a long period of time made him dare to make such a bold attempt, but he made a low-level mistake.

It takes a very long time to experiment, run-in, shape, and mature a set of techniques and tactics.

Moreover, it is difficult to say that a team can use both tactics.

Left hand attack. Right hand defense, which one do you want to use?

Think so. But in reality, it is impossible, and other coaches can't do it. Aldridge only thinks he can do it, and reality teaches him to be a new man!

Like the England team, after 4321 has been tempered and matured, they switch back to 442. They feel awkward to use it. It may be fine for one person, but it is necessary for all 11 members of the team to enter the same rhythm and exert their ideal power, unless , there are 11 world-class players on the field, so there is no need to worry about what formation or tactics to play.

To recreate a set of skills and tactics must replace the previous tactical system. It is impossible to say that the previous set is proficient, and now add another set.

Aldrich made self-denial, but fortunately, he just killed the idea of ​​self-destruction of the Great Wall in the embryonic stage. Even if there is a backup, he can only seek changes on the basis of 4321. This big framework cannot be easily changed.

Just when Aldridge was thinking, the Finnish team scored a goal. After a counterattack, Litmanen made the final decision and broke through the goal guarded by James. The Finnish team led 1-0 away!

The Finnish team celebrated passionately at St. James' Park, as if they were venting their anger at being out of the world preliminaries. They were able to take the lead at home to the England team, which made their catharsis find the right enemy.

Aldridge stood up and walked to the sidelines, waved to the players on the field, and told the team to retreat. The offense was messy and chaotic, but the defensive problems were exposed. This is a typical transformation failure. The offense is not threatening, and the defense Instability, the two major weapons to settle down on the court, the England team can't do both today.

On the other hand, the Finnish team resolutely defended and broke through the gate of the England team on the basis of successful defense. This is also a typical example, just as the commentator said depressingly: This conceded goal should sound the alarm for the England team!

To be exact, Aldridge was woken up.

In the final analysis, the pursuit of the football field is nothing more than two kinds of perfection, or you can conquer everything. This is easy to understand. If I score one more goal than you, I will take away the victory. Either the defense is impenetrable. This is developed on the basis of the former. I am not as powerful as you in attack, so I can only limit you and find ways to win on the basis of successful defense. Defensive victories are also common, such as the Italians against chains. The admiration of defense, that desperate 1:0, defeated the spirit of how many coaches who pursued offense?

Aldrich originally had a clear mind. The England team could not play an all-conquering offense, so they could only pursue the second one. Why did 442 last so long? But it is difficult to carry forward in the originator of the England team? Because 442 is too balanced, it becomes mediocre when it is balanced.

4321 is looking for victory on the basis of defense, but now Aldridge is trying to subvert this. He was arrogant and was punished. Now, he takes the initiative to correct this.

But for a while, he couldn't make the whole team think uniformly to change on the sidelines. He could only let the team slow down the rhythm and don't rush to attack, that is, don't give the opponent a good counterattack opportunity. In this way, when the halftime break, He makes further adjustments.

At half-time, the score remained unchanged, with England trailing 0-1.

Aldridge rearranged his tactics in the locker room. The four backs remained unchanged, but three defensive midfielders were changed. Others, he did not make any more demands, and the tactical routines changed back to the usual ones.

As a result, the game in the second half became extremely boring. The Finnish team took the lead, and the England team was also based on defense. There was no risky attack. On the scene, the two teams saw-saw back and forth in the midfield to compete for the ball. , the combined number of shots from both sides is: 0!

Later, it became a matter of luck in long-range shots and set-pieces.

Aldridge is really having a headache now.

The current situation is the most painful for the England team. The opponent does not take the initiative to attack, and the score is behind. This tactic itself is a threat to counterattack, but there is no chance of counterattack, and the threat will naturally not come out.

The live broadcast camera frequently focused on Aldridge, Klinsmann, Jensen, and the coaching staff with roughly the same expressions, frowning and clouded.

It doesn't matter for friendly matches, but if it comes to the World Cup, what should England do if they fall behind?

On the basis of not shaking the foundation of 4321 tactics, how can this extremely defensive and counterattack formation be changed?

After all, England still has too few technically talented players. If there is another technical player who is good at dribbling, or a master of organization, Aldridge and his colleagues will not worry about graying soon. However, England There is no such player (to be continued...) ()