The Young Lion

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Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, football has become the hottest topic on the planet recently. The World Cup is just around the corner, attracting global attention, street tabloids, and TV news, all of which are related to football. The Eastern Expedition of the England national team has become the hottest topic in the country.

As Aldridge celebrates his 26th birthday, fans are thinking about how many honors this young coach has won in the past eight years, how many achievements people have dreamed of, and how many achievements of the legendary coach have been caught up. In my heart, this young marshal is omnipotent, descended from the myth, and is the long-awaited savior of England. However, the England national team has cast a shadow on the eve of the expedition. Have higher expectations for England, it seems that God is making things difficult for England!

Can David Beckham make it to the World Cup?!

Gary Neville is sure to miss the World Cup! Who can top England's main right back?

Steve Gerrard's old injury has relapsed, Liverpool's medical team has been blamed! England has lost another general!

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses! The England national team has only won one of their five warm-up matches this year. How will they conquer the world?

Around the England national team, a series of negative news poured out, and the confidence of the people was almost hit to the freezing point. Make bricks without straw. Everyone understands this truth. Short of major generals and in poor condition, why should the England national team go to Asia to get good results?

Today is the day to submit the final roster of each participating team to the Korea-Japan World Cup Organizing Committee.

In the morning, Yiwen was on the phone at home, Bert and Earl were playing football in the backyard, and the two children forgot to turn off the TV while watching the TV in the living room in the morning. The best part of Millwall's performance last season is playing the final epilogue. That is, Aldridge's post-match interview speech after winning the Champions League.

Yes, we encountered difficulties in the game. Millwall himself took it lightly and almost gave Manchester United a chance to reverse the situation. I will not ignore the specific problems because of victory. Millwall must improve this, but this job , will focus on next season, about the fate of Pirlo, Gattuso and other players. It is not suitable to talk about this topic now, you said they are already selling London houses. Maybe they want to change to a new house, haha”

Upstairs in the bedroom, Ivan stood in front of the window, looked down at the two boys playing football in the backyard, and said to the phone: Thank you for your kindness, Victoria, but I don't feel well recently, and I'm not suitable for going out. The next time Aldridge goes to Asia, I'm not going to go with him.

Really? That's a pity.

Yiwen said goodbye to Victoria on the other end of the phone and hung up.

Originally, there was no intersection. In life, Aldrich and Beckham ate at most two meals a year, and most of them were related to work, and they were both in the football industry.

However, due to the national team and the wives group in England, they have a certain status in it. Victoria, who is good at communication, invited Yiwen to go to Japan with a group of women's soldiers to cheer for England.

Ivan knew that if she appeared in the stands with Victoria and other players' girlfriends or wives, there would definitely be a lot of right and wrong topics. She didn't want to distract Aldridge and bring him trouble. Besides, she said she was not feeling well. Not really an excuse, just poor wording.

Bert and Earl will still go to Japan with their grandparents, as a tourist, and will not mix with the English wives.

At this moment, Aldridge and the England national team are both at Millwall's training base.

The Premier League ended at the beginning of the month, and the leagues of other countries also came to an end at that time. The warm-up match of the national team followed. When the Champions League final was held, the national team was already in a state of assembly and preparation. Therefore, when Millwall returned After going to London for the grand celebration parade of the seven crowns, two warm-up matches for the national team immediately ushered in.

To be on the safe side, all the international players contacted by Mann were rested. In addition to the lack of major generals, the two warm-up matches of the national team were relatively poor, with one draw and one loss, which made Fleet Street panic.

In this national team training camp, Aldridge recruited very few players. He wanted to avoid a situation, that is, if 30 players were recruited, then when the final roster is confirmed, you have to notify 7 of them. Tell them face to face: You can't follow the team to Asia for the World Cup.

Originally, the national team lineup under Aldridge’s rule was relatively stable. In addition, two or three people were deleted before, and now because of Gary Neville, Gerrard has withdrawn due to injury. The problem facing Aldridge is not other mainstream powers. The question of the national team coach.

Like Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, the head coach will have a headache who will be kicked out!

Aldrich's headache is who to choose to make up!

The coaching staff gathered in the meeting to reorganize and analyze the season performance, state, field position, and characteristics of the national football candidates, so as to provide suggestions for Aldrich and finalize the final World Cup squad.

Aldridge is doing the job positively.

He outlined the framework of the main lineup, 23-man roster, 11 main players, plus two substitute goalkeepers, there are 10 players left, basically matchups are enough, each position has a substitute, if there is an excellent panacea , that will definitely take priority.

4321 formation.

There is no suspense for the three goalkeepers.

Four backs, Gary Neville is gone. According to Phil Neville's performance and position at Manchester United this season, he can replace him. At the same time, because he is connected with Manchester United, he has to cooperate with Beckham, who is also the right midfielder. Mills is better.

Central defender, Southgate plus Ferdinand.

Left back, Ashley Cole. Ashley Cole, who spent a season on loan at Tottenham, has matured. He and Lampard. Joe Cole insisted on helping Tottenham, an old, weak and sick team, to get the top position in the standings, which made Arsenal fans deeply resentful, thinking that Millwall rented the three tigers to disgust the Gunners for Tottenham.

Three defensive midfielders, Beckham, Lampard has no suspense. Beckham has recovered from his injury and has recently participated in recovery training, although there is no game. However, Beckham's fighting spirit and physical fitness are great. With better care and a scientific recovery plan at Millwall Medical Center, his timely comeback is faster than expected.

Bart is still the Bart who was worried in Aldrich's eyes. His ability is at the end of the first class. Perhaps only the fighting spirit and experience may overwhelm Hargreaves. After all, Reeves has little experience in big scenes, and Bart is still in contact with Mann, so he also has an inherent advantage in tacit understanding.

Scholes. McManaman, Owen. The trio in the frontcourt was uninjured and sick, and they were all in good condition. No one was so bad that Aldridge had another headache.

After determining the framework of the main lineup, Aldridge began to list the candidates for each position.

There is Mills at right back.

The central defenders include Campbell and Terry. Brown was excluded from the squad by him. He spent most of last season recuperating from injuries, and his condition was not ideal after his comeback.

There is Bridge at left back.

Midfield is his biggest headache.

Bart has Hargreaves in his place.

In the positions of Lampard and Beckham, there used to be Gerrard, but now it is gone.

For the positions of David and Frank, we need two candidates with different characteristics.

Aldrich tapped on the table to give orders.

The coaching staff sprang into action, and someone picked up a file and said, How's Barry? He's OK defensively.

Aldrich took a look at Gareth Barry's information. To be honest, he had a rough assessment in his mind when he heard the name and the basic strength of the players. However, going to the World Cup also needs to pay attention to fate, like Gerrard, There is no problem with his strength, but he can't go if he is injured, and the same goes for Gary Neville.

After reading Barry's information, Aldridge shook his head and said: He didn't play many games last season, and he still played as a defender. I want a midfielder, not a defender.

In the future, Barry will play as a midfielder, but he is not now, so Aldridge rejected this candidate for the same reason that he rejected Carragher.

How about Tottenham's Carrick? The players we have developed.

When Aldridge heard Boas's proposal, he suddenly remembered Carrick.

When he took over the national team, he let the u21 echelon focus on cultivating Carrick. Carrick's development trajectory after leaving Millwall was not bad. Last season, Tottenham boss Levy visited Aldridge in person and took away three fierce players on loan. , and then brought Carrick to Tottenham in the transfer market. I have to say that Levi, a Jew, has a very flexible mind. When he first arrived, he recognized Millwall's signboard. Many of the players in the team are indeed very popular. Of course, in small clubs, the stars who have been poached are naturally genuine.

Carrick and Lampard controlled the midfield at Tottenham last season. Their performance was very outstanding.

In Tottenham, Carrick played as a defensive midfielder and Lampard played as a central midfielder.

Aldrich thought for a while, then decided: Let's go with him, there is one more difference, and he has to be different from Carrick.

Boas, a data-collection madman, immediately picked up another piece of information and threw it in front of Aldrich's desk. They were not so refined when they worked, and they always paid attention to efficiency. It is common for them to throw things in public.

Newcastle United's Kierondale, although it is a bit risky, but there is really no better!

After Boas finished speaking, Aldrich opened the file and took a look.

An English genius cultivated by Robson.

Kierondale, although there are exaggerated facts, but in the football circle, just touting won't last long, and you have to have some real skills.

Dyer, how did the British media brag about him?

He is faster than Zidane, Zidane can do it, he can do it!

This is obviously bullshit!

However, under Robson's rule, Newcastle United's record has soared in recent years, which is inseparable from the outstanding performance of the midfielder Dyer.

Aldrich has known Dyer for a long time, but he has never been recruited into the national team. He used to have ample manpower. He is not willing to use Dyer, a player who is constantly going on and off the court, and he thinks it is possible. It's a waste of effort, and you can't count on it at critical times, why? I'm hurt.

However, looking at Dyer's performance data in the second half of the league, Aldrich can only give him one chance because he is short of major generals, and speaking of characteristics, Dyer and Carrick are really different. When studying Newcastle United Aldridge knew that this genius was almost omnipotent in the middle and frontcourt, and his style of play was also good at breaking through and breaking the ball, opening up the situation. Coupled with the impact that his speed could bring, it was worth a gamble. After all, he is a substitute, so he is prepared for any danger, and may have the role of a surprise soldier.

Okay, that's him. Joe Cole, Alan Smith

When talking about Alan Smith, Aldridge fell silent. Last season, Alan Smith withdrew from the striker line at Leeds United and was closer to the midfield. Aldridge felt that Alan Smith was born in the wrong era. If he was born ten years later, When that defensive striker also began to become a style, Alan Smith could be better than now, stalking the defenders, running non-stop, starting to defend from the first line, and immediately rushing forward when the partial defense is successful The opponent's defense is weak, and he has the awareness and ability to play the ball. It's a pity that he was born in the wrong era and in the wrong place. In England, forwards have to be tall and fast. Absolutely fast, you can't count on individual combat. If you want to play the ball, you must first be able to hold the ball, especially the high-altitude ball.

After much deliberation, Aldrich decided to give Smith a chance, but in terms of using him, he has changed from a striker to a midfielder.

Another striker, Husky, Husky, Husky

Aldrich stroked his forehead, not knowing why, but when he mentioned Husky, his heart was very heavy.

Probably the opponent's poor number of goals really made him a little desperate.

In the conference room, the other coaches felt that their work was done. Yes, the final roster. Including Husky, the substitutes for each position are enough. The 23-man roster is finalized!

But they had weird expressions, and found that Aldrich was frowning, muttering to himself, and kept repeating Husky's name.

Besides Husky, do we have any forward options?

The other coaches looked at each other in blank dismay, looked at the candidate list, and said one name after another.

Sheringham?

Fowler?

Cole?

Crouch?

Wasser?

Aldrich shook his head, these are either old or small, and they are completely hopeless.

He didn't want to bring Husky. In theory, Husky is good at everything, but Aldridge remembers that Husky's scoring efficiency in the national team is terrible. It is estimated that he can only score one goal in 8 or 9 games!

With him, Aldridge may choose to let him go up when he is helpless, and then the England team will hit the ball and pass from the wing.

But after thinking about it, England originally played very mature crossing tactics. In a very mature technical and tactical system, Husky can only score so few goals. Sent to gamble? Moreover, there is such a player on the bench, which will also change the direction of the head coach's thinking. Just send him to gamble, and then, if he loses, who is to blame?

Aldrich thought over and over again, instead of gambling with luck, it would be better to simply cut off his retreat.

If something happens to Owen, I will play no-front tactics! (to be continued...)

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