The Young Lion

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Bielsa looked more agitated than before, thinking about how to equalize.

The game only lasted 25 minutes.

It was impossible for him to make substitutions, but Veron performed abysmal.

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Bielsa bet on Veron and Aimar, and gave up Riquelme, although Riquelme, who has a slower rhythm, may not perform well even if he is on the court.

Because the England team is shameless, yes, in Bielsa's eyes, the England team is shameless.

Abandoning the dignity of the originator of modern football, the game was not played, and the momentum was weak for three points first, because they took the initiative to retreat and did those intensive defenses that usually only weak teams would put on.

Veron had Bart in the front and Scholes in the back. Both were his teammates at Manchester United. They were restricted to do nothing in a narrow range. This is why Argentina fought back and forth and could only circle around the wing. , without Veron to send shells to the striker, Argentina's offensive is not threatening, and Batty is alone. If he is only asked to grab high balls, how can God of War show his power?

When Bielsa squatted down to think about changing moves, Aldridge had already celebrated with the coaching staff and players.

At this time, he was still standing with his hands behind his back, his head held high and his chest held high, motionless.

In this matchup between Bielsa and Aldridge, judging from the body movements of the two coaches on the sidelines, Bielsa seemed more anxious, while Aldridge. Has a wily air that doesn't match his appearance.

Martin Taylor. Andy Gray. And Lineker has already begun to reminisce about the goal just now. The number one star Beckham naturally received a lot of praise. They think that Beckham scored the first goal against Argentina. It is an extremely crucial goal, which represents Xiaobei's revenge, Xiaobei climbed up again where he fell.

Gary, you just said that it reminds me of the World Cup final in 1974. What do you mean?

I saw Ashley Cole's running position. And his assist to David, this scene was very shocking, and I remembered the classic 74 finals. Of course, England is like Germany, but Argentina is not. Like the Netherlands, they are much weaker than the Netherlands.

why?

Because Ashley Cole,

he......

The eloquence is good, and Lineker, who was full of witty words during the commentary, couldn't continue talking here. Because he didn't know how to describe the role of Ashley Cole in the offense just now.

This is a strange phenomenon.

I can't tell, I don't know the way. Thousands of thoughts, such as stuck in the throat.

Argentina took the initiative to slow down the pace after the re-kick-off. To slow down the blow of losing the ball, it can be regarded as buying time for Bielsa to respond on the spot. In 25 minutes, everyone can see that although England put on a shrinking turtle His posture, but when he poked his head out of the tortoise shell and opened his mouth, it could really bite people to death!

Like Lineker, who couldn't express the subtlety of England's attack just now, there are many top coaches who think of this place.

Aldridge turned his head and looked at Bielsa who was squatting on the sidelines with a dignified expression.

Tactician?

Master or not, it doesn't matter.

But since we met here, you should at least come up with something convincing.

Attack, attack, attack, crazy Bielsa.

It seems that other coaches don't know how to attack.

But if you attack and attack again, if you don't score, you will be restricted by the opponent's intensive defense, so what if you are crazy? Don't you still feel ashamed?

Holding high the banner of offense seems to be promoting the aesthetics of passionate and romantic football.

It's a little underestimating.

Whether it can be passionate or romantic is not up to the head coach!

This point, Aldridge figured it out the day he coached Millwall at the age of 18, and it was also summed up from his experience in his previous life and his travels and studies in this life.

Millwall defended counterattack at the beginning. Eight years later, facing La Liga duo, if they still played counterattack, they would definitely lose their temper. But Aldridge still took the initiative to attack and was not afraid of losing the ball. Why? Because Millwall already has the capital to crush the opponent, conceding the ball? What is a conceded goal? I just can get in more than you!

But now in Argentina, there is no such capital, absolutely no!

In Nigeria, you have to rely on set kicks to score goals. Apart from long-range shots, there is basically no threat in sports games. When you play England again, you still play like this. In Aldrich's eyes, it's not that Bielsa is crazy, but he underestimated the world's heroes.

I, Aldrich Hall, have been brilliant for 8 years. How can I be in vain?

In this game, Aldridge's formation seems to have not changed, because the formation itself is dead and meaningless, but in terms of tactical arrangements, he has grasped the opponent's seven inches.

Restricting Veron, Argentina's offense can only go sideways.

Ortega, Gonzalez, do they have the ability to blow up England's wing defense on their own? Especially in the case of England's intensive defense, in addition to Butt, there are Beckham and Lampard on the side who actively help defend the wing.

Since not, then Sorin and Zanetti will assist up.

After the assist came up, the derived problem was that Ortega and Gonzalez had defects in the flexibility of switching from winger to forward.

If these two are Millwall's Henry, Larsson, or Klose, at least Argentina's striker power will increase several times.

why?

Henry, Larson, and Klose trained by Aldridge all have a strong sense of center forward pulling the side and winger cutting inside, and they are well-versed and can switch flexibly in the game, while the Argentine forwards have not achieved this awareness and ability. At a very high level, the threat will naturally be severely reduced. Instead, they will be crowded on the side lanes. Even if they run to the middle lane, they are just running, and the pass and run coordination is not in place.

After the offense piled up on the wing, when England switched from defense to offense, they only played Argentina's wing defense. The biggest loophole in Argentina's defense is here. Their wing midfielders have all assisted up. Offensive football is going to be overwhelmed. Opponent.

then. People saw the important role of McManaman. Play fast break speed. It ensured that England quickly pushed the offense to a sufficient depth, tore apart Argentina's three-line connection, and destroyed their overall defense, and the battle became partial.

McManaman pulled the side from left to right, and created partial involvement in front of the 60-meter cross-section of the Argentine defense line. The second problem with Argentina's defense came out. There were only 3 defenders in the 60-meter horizontal defensive area. . It is conceivable how huge the defensive pressure is. Owen's running position is attractive, Scholes' tandem and forward penetration, as long as England comes up with one more person, whether it is Beckham or Lampard, they can basically find space and transfer. Immediately blast their defenses after attacking.

Romantic football? goodbye!

If it weren't for England's bad luck, they should have scored a goal long ago.

And when Argentina realized the weakness of the wing defense, did England go wrong?

No, correspondingly. Argentina strengthens the side defense, and the pressure on England's side defense will drop.

So. The one released is the full-back.

This is Aldridge's second important arrangement for this game. The first is McManaman's active position, which is completely different from the previous game against Sweden. The second is Ashley Cole and Phil - Neville, the first to show off was Ashley Cole.

If Aldridge could hear England's live commentary and hear Lineker talk about the 74 World Cup final, he would be interested in chatting with Lineker if he didn't direct the team.

That's right, the 1974 World Cup final gave birth to the most mysterious character on the football field, one who can only understand the unspeakable character on the field.

This kind of role exists on the wing, and for 30 years thereafter, and even in the future, it will become one of the roles that determine the outcome of the football field!

Wide players, in public perception, are nothing more than three categories, full-back, full-back, and winger. They can be divided into many roles according to their roles, such as assisting full-backs, classical wingers and the like.

The importance of the role of the winger is often epoch-making, the demise of the classical winger, England withdrawing the winger and setting up a winger to win the world and so on.

With the development of football to the modern age, a consensus has basically been formed, that is, three and a half defenders. Without a team, the four defenders are always responsible for defensive tasks. In an aggressive team, both full-backs can assist. Occupy the position of winger and winger, but the average team does not dare to invest so much. Therefore, in a fluid game, there are usually three defenders, unilaterally assisting, and returning when defending at the same time, that is, no matter how it changes , the main body is three and a half, and the less half is to participate in the attack.

For the world's top teams, the defense must at least guarantee the iron triangle, double central defenders plus a midfielder, which not only guarantees a certain level of horizontal defense, but also has a sense of hierarchy. Like the future Real Madrid has a seemingly good defense line. But it is not surprising that the defensive midfielder lets the opponent attack without any level, and the defense is poor. That is against the development trend of football tactics.

In the case of ensuring the defense of the Iron Triangle, how the players in the midfield line up and how the offensive system works has caused countless coaches to rack their brains. Some of them are famous forever, and some are unknown. Since the 1958 World Cup, assist-type full-backs have been on the world's highest stage, popularized, popular, and continue to develop, and it seems that there is no secret at all.

Come to the World Cup in 1974. At that time, Holland shocked the world with all-out attack and full-defense. How fierce is the Dutch attack? 5 wins, 1 draw and only conceded 1 goal to advance to the final. They defeated the three South American champions without conceding a goal, and averaged more than 20 shots per game! Playing Sweden, 36 shots, playing Argentina, crazy 40 shots! With this crazy offensive investment, they only conceded one goal, which is the peak performance of offense and defense.

The final was held in Munich. West Germany faced the Netherlands. No one was afraid of the Netherlands, and West Germany was no exception. They were thinking hard about how to beat the Netherlands. People with origins and influences in the free man's thinking recommended a set of technical and tactical play to the West German team, specifically to restrain the Dutch team's total defense. To put it bluntly, it is to seize opportunities on the basis of discovering flaws.

In the game, Bonhoff, who seems to be a full-back, took all the side and created a chance on the bottom line in a sprint of more than 40 meters. Only then did Muller score the winning goal.

That game gave Holland the uncrowned kings, they were crazy and didn't get the title.

The German team has also brought new tactical ideas to modern football, in the use of wide players. It was as if a barrier had been broken.

A whole new character is born. But not precisely defined. Because this kind of role is on the wing, sometimes like a defender, sometimes like a striker, there is no fixed position, no fixed area of ​​activity. In Europe, most people call this role change forward, and the Italians call it turning winger. . The Argentines call it a blower.

Why is this kind of role only conceivable but unspeakable? Because you can't describe its exact position to define his name on the field, count the names of various positions on the field, whether it is a deep organization, a nine and a half, an assault striker, a post center, a winger, etc., this All have a large frame or three-dimensional depiction, but this character does not.

Why is this character so mysterious?

Because most of the head coaches can't describe clearly. To deal with the outside world, it is very formulaic to say some clichéd positions, but the reporter is unwilling to write about it. Because readers will feel that they are fooling people, just like Cruyff would privately tell reporters that he played a 312211 formation, but would reporters write like this in newspapers? Readers will just laugh at the reporter as an idiot.

Just like some teams start with 451, but when defending, the last line of defense, you will find that there are 6 people lined up. Is this a 4-back formation?

This changing front has thus become an invisible but crucial force in the tactical competition in the football circle. After 74 years, some teams that wanted to follow suit, such as the Brazilian team, failed at the cost of 10 years of failure. .

It's too difficult, you can't train such players full-time, because it will become a double-edged sword, and it will destroy the entire tactical system, and because it can't become the mainstream, no team will focus on building such players.

England's goal, from the beginning to the end, Ashley Cole assisted up, and then assisted Beckham in the midfielder area.

But, thinking about it in reverse, why did he appear there? Why didn't he hold the wing to support McManaman? That's his job as a full-back!

If Ashley Cole has been doing this all game, all season, and for the rest of his career, will he still be a surprise player every time? Or become a cancer of the tactical system?

It is precisely because of too many factors that the changing front cannot become the mainstream, and it will only shine under certain circumstances.

In the past 20 years of world competitions, no matter the European Cup or the World Cup, this changing front has become an invisible force to promote the evolution of football tactics. There are even some self-contained 3-back formations, which also originated from this.

In the contemporary era, changing fronts has always been the pursuit of top coaches. Once it can be used well, it will be miraculous. For example, in the last game between Argentina and Nigeria, Argentina scored the only shot in the penalty area before scoring. Who came from? Sorin, a midfielder and wide player, entered the penalty area and came to the Zhengyin striker's zone to form a shot. Unfortunately, it was only once, which shows that Argentina is not proficient in using change forwards.

In 2006, when Lahm scored the first goal of the World Cup opener, he got the ball from the wing, then cut inside and passed the two, and completed a long-range shot in the area of ​​​​an attacking midfielder and winger. In the World Cup, the amazing Grosso went up without hesitation when Italy faced Australia with one player less. He was no more than 10 yards away from the goal. Under normal circumstances, it can be said that the player had a flash of inspiration, but if you think about it carefully, in the World Cup, there is one less player to play. At the last moment of the game, Italy has to rely on a full-back to rush up to the striker. For the dragon's work, did Grosso play chicken blood, or did Lippi wily calculate and use the essence of changing fronts to the extreme? Thinking about it in reverse, without Lippi's nod and giving Grosso 10,000 courage, he dared to rush forward? And don't pass the ball to the striker, do it alone?

In the final analysis, the emergence of changing front is a kind of compromise in which football has reached a realistic bottleneck, but cannot pursue the highest level.

The concept of total defense in the Netherlands where everyone can play as a striker, everyone can be converted into a defender, and perform whatever duties they stand in any area, is too free, and the creativity is too amazing. It is simply a dream and limit, but reality That is, players are not gods. Players must be given a frame, a shackle, in order for a team composed of 11 players to run smoothly. If 10,000 teams pursue the highest ideal total defense, only nine One thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine collapses, and the one left is called the Netherlands. The highest achievement is the World Cup runner-up and the glory of an uncrowned king.

But in the rigid framework, the tactics will be nothing new, and the predictability is too strong. Therefore, there is a change of front, the German team's famous free man, and the rise of modern wingers. In addition to the emergence of delayed organizations, there are various creations that can only be created at a certain point, a certain person, and a certain position. This is a compromise between reality and ideals, but each change still has a huge impact on modern football. .

Aldrich's research, experimentation, and application of changing fronts have already begun, but because this kind of changing fronts has never been mainstream, it is not a role that can be routinely created, so it can only be used on the spot in a suitable game background, just like the Europeans. As I said, changing the front, the focus is changing, if it becomes a rigid routine, what is the point of changing? Where is the unexpected change?

He used it at Millwall, and the earliest key use can be traced back to the first year of the Champions League. Facing Juventus' last-minute fight, Schneider's pressure, giving up the wing and going inside, creating opportunities, It is from this that the goal that blasted Millwall to defeat Juventus was created.

Since then, Zambrotta and Schneider have played in many tough battles, with the shadow of this change of front. Because Zambrotta has stronger physical fitness, Zambrotta is more brilliant, which is why he can The reason for competing for the best full-back in the world is also the reason why Aldridge basically did not set up full-backs and traditional wingers as long as the main full-backs appeared a long time ago. (to be continued..) ()