The Young Lion

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The dust of the Spain vs South Korea game has settled, and the first thing the reporters do after the post-match interview is to go to Japan. Everyone wants to interview Aldridge, regardless of whether England can beat Turkey.

Apart from cursing England for being under the feet of Turkey, the South Korean side began to stir up nonsense, uncovering Wayne Rooney's misdeeds of being romantic and happy in Tokyo, trying to discredit England's image.

This incident made the European media extremely despised, not to mention that in Europe, prostitution is legal in many places, and the England team never admitted that Rooney was a client from the beginning to the end. How can you admit it yourself? When they sold the story to the reporter, they claimed that they fell in love with the tall, powerful and suave Lu Xiaopang, and it was just an ons.

The players in the England team admired Aldridge beyond recognition.

According to normal thinking, the bigger the star, the more fraternal he is, he will not set up enemies, and he will not damage his image, but Aldrich has such a clear love and hate, and he dares to make it public. He is famous in England. What to say, hate Leeds United, just say it, feel that Kuangbang is too rough, and he doesn't show mercy, but when he comes to the World Cup, he has nothing to do with England, he still dares to express his views and will not follow the trend.

This courage made Aldridge look like a pure man in the hearts of the players, very domineering.

In particular, insulting Jung Mong-joon by name and telling Korean companies to leave, maybe the fans in Italy and Spain feel very happy. Available to England fans and players. There is only one word of emotion: cattle.

Aldridge himself was not complacent about his spat with South Korea. On the contrary, before facing the life-and-death battle with the Star-Moon Legion today, he was calm and helpless.

The players may not be able to see it, but Jenson, who has worked with him for many years, noticed it immediately.

When the players were warming up in the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Aldridge sat in the locker room, and Jenson stayed behind and asked curiously: Do you have something on your mind? Is it related to the game?.

Jensen worried that things outside of football were bothering Aldridge.

In fact, Aldridge wasn't confused, just a kind of pure helplessness.

He smiled wryly and said, Things on my mind. Some people feel that the past work has been wasted.

Um?

Turkey, every game is different.

Jansen suddenly realized when he heard the words, and Aldrich sighed again.

He did a lot of homework before the World Cup. He worked day and night and felt that it was worth the hard work if he could use it, such as studying Sweden and Argentina. Nigeria.

If the opponents you can't meet have studied in advance, you won't be too disappointed. Be prepared.

But the opponent who had done the preparation and research work in advance appeared in front of him, but found that his preparation work was useless, which was a bit shocking.

The situation in Turkey is a bit strange, it is in love, but it is unexpected.

The current Turkish coach Gunes (Gunes) has been controversial since he took office two years ago. There are endless criticisms in Turkey. Some people think that Gunes, who was born as a goalkeeper, cannot be the coach of the Star and Moon Legion. Some people say he is not enough The Turkish Emperor Trim is bold and confident, and he is not as gentle as Dennis Ri. He obviously lacks personality and charm. Some people even accused him of going through the back door to become the national team coach.

Such a coach, the pressure can be imagined.

Therefore, when Turkey was robbed of the top spot in the group by Sweden in the world preliminaries and was going to play in the qualifying play-offs, there were overwhelming criticisms against him in Turkey.

Then, Gunes made a bold change when facing Austria, swept Austria with six goals and finally led Turkey to the World Cup after 48 years!

When it came to the World Cup, Turkey first lost to Brazil in the group stage, and then drew with Costa Rica. The group qualifying was suspended, so Gunes' crisis of confidence came again!

When he played Costa Rica, he had already changed his lineup. In the end, he abused the Chinese team and relied on Brazil to defeat Costa Rica without much obvious water, so he qualified for the top 16.

Why does Aldridge have a feeling that his previous work was in vain?

It is normal for a team to change tactics and formation in the face of adversity, the so-called love.

Where is the unexpected?

Gunes has a different starting formation in almost every game in the World Cup. Although the meaning of the formation itself is not particularly conspicuous, it is obvious that Turkey's style of play has changed, and even the details are worthy of attention.

In the group stage, Turkey used 442 and 4231, and when it came to playing against Japan, Turkey used 4321 again.

Basically, world-class strong teams will not change their formations so frequently on the stage of the World Cup, because a change in a detail may lead to a total collapse.

Few teams come to the World Cup to adjust, unless the opponent is extremely strong and makes targeted changes.

And like Brazil, even if it is adjusted all the way, it is only the adjustment of personnel at specific positions, using the most appropriate parts, without changing the big frame. 343 has been crushed all the way, and other strong teams are basically the same.

Because of adjustments, the core part of the tactical system should be stabilized before the start of the World Cup.

Gunesh's changes and changes seemed to be unexpected.

Most of Aldridge's previous work can be thrown into the trash can. The technical and tactical characteristics of Turkey observed in the qualifiers have changed a lot from now.

Moreover, Aldridge is not sure whether Gunesh will change his formation when he plays England today.

If he really dared to change his formation, it would be too crazy!

Do you really regard the World Cup as a display of the coach's personal formation?

But to be honest, he has changed and changed, and the results cannot be concluded. He lost to Brazil in the group stage and drew with Costa Rica. He can use the failure as a conclusion. What is the convincingness of winning China? In the knockout round, the host Japan was kicked out, and it also relied on a corner kick, which was a static set kick. It has little connection with the offensive and defensive system of mobile warfare.

Jason patted him on the shoulder. To show comfort.

Why not. Isn't it to comfort yourself?

He also has a share in the work of collecting intelligence, analyzing opponent information, and listing key points.

In this situation, the two can only look at each other and smile.

After the players came back from warming up, Aldridge got up and left without saying much. He stayed in the locker room, just making sure that no players felt unwell or injured during the warm-up before the start of the game. If there is an accident, he will change the starting list on the spot. After all, the probability of accidents is very small in such a short distance from the locker room to the field.

After coming to the stadium, Aldridge was attracted by the deafening cheers in the stadium. He looked around the stands of the stadium. Although there were many Turkish fans, they were obviously not as good as England fans.

Gunes shakes hands with Aldridge. Because Gunes has changed continuously before, and Turkey has reached the top 8. Gunesh also became a master tactician all of a sudden, at least that's how the outside world touted it.

This game has become a contest between Aldrich and another tactical master.

The outside world expects England and Turkey to break the content of the game predicted by the outside world and come up with something new.

This is difficult for some strong people.

Even Brazil has become cautious in the top 8. How can other teams have the confidence to play new tricks?

After all, after winning the top 8, there are still two games left, either to compete for the championship, or to compete for the third place.

Players from both sides enter the field.

The final match of the quarter-finals of the World Cup will be staged at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka. England vs. Turkey. The winner of this game will meet Brazil in the semi-finals at the Saitama World Cup Stadium. Brazil has the advantage of having an extra day off, and the Brazilian team It is very strong itself. No matter what, if the England team can win Turkey today, Hall's Three Lions will make the whole of England proud. The best result of the England team in the history of the World Cup is naturally winning the championship in 1966. Next, It was the fourth place in the World Cup 12 years ago. Therefore, if the England team wins the game today, Hall's Three Lions will at least tie England's second best result in the World Cup and become the top three teams in England's history. .”

Turkey will make history with every step they take. They will not be caught today. What makes me curious is the coach Gunes. His formation is different every game, making it difficult for opponents to predict theirs in advance. Formation play, is this a magic move? Will it cause trouble for the England team?

It's hard to say, but I think the current England team is not afraid of the other side, nor is it panicked when the other side puts out a novel formation. The last four games, England have been getting better and better, more and more consistent, lads Confidence and harmony on the pitch, they looked unbeatable, we only conceded one goal in four games, and Turkey? They conceded five goals, especially four by Brazil.

After the game starts, let's take a closer look at Turkey's game posture today, and now introduce the starting lists of both sides.

England 4321.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Defenders: Phil Neville, Ferdinand, Southgate, Ashley Cole.

Defenders: Beckham, Butt, Lampard.

Attacking midfielder: McManaman, Scholes.

Forward: Irving.

Türkiye, 352? Well, that's right, they started today with 352.

Goalkeeper: Rustu.

Defenders: Fatih, Alper, Brent.

Midfielders: Davala, Basturk, Tuguet, Emre, Ergon.

Forwards: Hakan Suker, Sass.

Whether it is really 352 or 532, we can only observe in the game. I expect Turkey to use a three-back defense system. As mentioned before, Hall has a record against a three-back team.

After watching Turkey's starting lineup one by one, Aldrich couldn't help touching his forehead after considering the opponent's players' general positions before kick-off.

Fortunately, he did not predict Türkiye's starting players and formation.

He knows the characteristics of the players on the Turkish roster, roughly the best position on the field.

Based on the basic information, he already guessed that Turkey is determined to call 352.

The reason for using double forwards is because in the knockout rounds, you can’t do without offense. For a single forward, you need at least a world-class player. For example, the England team has a world-class striker Owen. In these three items, Owen is world-class, but Turkey is not.

So the formation of troops behind them fell into the same situation as Senegal.

After Senegal's defeat, the outside world severely criticized Mechu's formation, and believed that its deployment of 5 defenders was a failure, giving England a strong midfield advantage.

Gunes learned the lessons of the Senegal game and turned to hoarding heavy troops in the midfield.

Although Argentina is also a 3-back, Gunes thought of the 3-back he put up, the midfield system is completely different, two more than the Argentine midfielder!

He believes that the three defenders can stare at Irving, and the five midfielders can compete with England's midfield control.

How the game will develop, Aldridge will not jump to conclusions, everything must be observed after the kick-off.

The most important thing is Türkiye's attitude.

If they are insignificant, the England team may encounter the biggest difficulty since the World Cup.

But if they have the determination and will to fight, Aldridge is not worried, and he doesn't care how the opponent's formation is arranged.

At the start of the game, the pace of both sides is relatively slow. There is only one ticket left for the semi-finals. Both sides should be cautious! (to be continued...) ()