The Young Lion

Thanks to Thieves, Qingqing Little Wolf and Emper for their rewards!

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Since Jamie Brown was a turf worker in Millwall, apart from working, he spent all the rest of his time learning all kinds of football knowledge. He almost forgot to sleep and eat. The pricking butt chiseling the wall is exhausted.

Has his hard work paid off?

He can't see it in the long run, but right now, he has an opportunity to learn from the young marshal at close range, which he cherishes very much.

A video recorder is assumed in the back corner of the classroom, which will record the content of the young marshal's lectures throughout and promote them within Millwall.

It’s not a secret in itself, and Aldrich doesn’t mind spreading it out. After all, the purpose of offering this course is to continue the club’s culture. It is a field of various poses and with different expressions. The sword qi battle within the Netherlands has lasted for more than 20 years, and will continue to fight. Who is right and who is wrong? God knows, the Netherlands is still the uncrowned king anyway.

The young marshal who did not bring any textbooks or notebooks came empty-handed, stood on the podium, took off his suit jacket, and said with a smile: Today I will introduce several major parts that will be discussed in depth during the three-month course. The first part is The development of football games and the requirements of training are inextricably linked, so it is a major part. The second part is an introduction to the formation and tactics of the game. This part will focus on explaining individual, group, team tactics, and offense. Principles. Defensive principles and other things in a relatively broad sense, but we can use examples to conduct case studies. The third part is the coach’s systematic observation of the game and player evaluation criteria, and the fourth part is training principles and physical training. When these are used as coaches After explaining the knowledge that should be mastered, I will talk about the public relations philosophy from the standpoint of the head coach, including how to deal with the relationship with the media, how to deal with the locker room crisis, etc. Now, I just want to communicate with you The purpose of teaching, that is to say. What do you hope to get and learn from me, and what you want to learn is to apply what you have learned. What kind of foundation do you hope these three months of courses can help you lay?

Jamie Brown didn't mind the eyes of others, and was the first to answer loudly: I hope to be a head coach full of self-style like you.

Aldridge asked back: What is my style?

The style of passionate attacking football.

Is it? But the England I lead has been criticized as conservative.

Well......

Jamie blushed,

I don't know how to go on.

If you only use Millwall as the background, or Millwall in the past three years, it is no exaggeration for Aldridge to be labeled as the leader of offensive football. Unfortunately, his performance in the World Cup has brought him to another extreme.

Many people have the same mentality as Jamie. They all hope to become a coach with a strong personality in the future, rather than being mediocre. Become generic and featureless.

Aldridge wrote the letters a and b on the blackboard and said: There are two teams, a and b. I coach a and the opponent is b. The first question I think about is: can a score the ball into the B’s goal, at the same time, B can’t break through A’s goal. If I do what I want, then I win. This is the basis of my thinking as a coach, and it will never change. As for how to achieve it, Is it important?

Jamie asked suspiciously: Then doesn't that mean there is no coaching style?

Aldrich laughed, looked around the audience, and said, Style? It's a kind of vanity after all. Just like ordinary people want to be a star, but is it more important to be a star or to eat? If you will starve to death, you can still be a star. The football field is the same, you want to have your own style, but style is more important than winning? The vanity of style can only be pursued when you can eat enough and don’t worry about starving to death. On the court, when you keep winning, you can only think on the basis of winning. If you have made up your mind to be a utilitarian or romantic coach before you become a coach, then I can tell you with certainty, If you are lucky in your coaching career, you can have a glorious period, but it cannot last forever, and it cannot last for a long time. Why? Because the general trend of football is constantly changing.

When everyone showed thoughtful expressions, Aldridge continued: 100 years ago, some people firmly believed that the 9-forward tactic could sweep the world. At that time, in England, football was head-to-head confrontation, one-on-one, close to single-handedly, whoever retreated , Whoever passes the ball is a coward, but the pass still appeared, and then England established the 235 tactics and ruled football for 30 years, and then there was a tactical change of wm, and after another nearly 30 years, Italy's chain Defense became the main theme, and the back four began to become the standard configuration and gradually developed. In another ten years, the Dutch Total Defense detonated the third tactical revolution, which has influenced the present. In these great waves of constant change, what we are talking about now Style, romantic or utilitarian, does not always dominate. In other words, if you define a style for yourself from the beginning, then you have to pray to God that you don't have enough The general trend of the world is exactly the opposite side of your style. You want romance, but utilitarian football floods the whole football world. You want utilitarianism, but football has begun to popularize offensive football. If you want to stand out, you really have to rely on luck. And, why have there been so many great changes in history? Because later people did not think within the framework left by the predecessors, and did not accept the definition of 'this is how football should be played'. What about today? TV broadcasting is like this Well-developed, do you think a routine, a fixed style of football, will always be successful? Your opponent, who is constantly studying you, must spend more energy than you, because you are only one person, and if you are on the cusp, you There will be countless opponents, can you still have the confidence to respond to all changes without change?

What Aldridge said is based on experience. Countless people in the world can say that Millwall is an offensive football, but how to attack. What about the specific details? In fact, every season is different. If there is no change. It has been thoroughly researched by the opponent long ago, how can it last forever?

For him, it's not against these young coaches, it's just to teach better and pass on his own experience.

These coaches also understand the core concept that Aldridge wants to explain.

Jamie Brown had the epiphany that vanity like style doesn't matter, survival. Eating is the most important thing, on the football field is winning!

When you can keep winning and you can pursue vanity, then pursue it. If you can’t pursue it, don’t starve yourself to death!

Although Aldridge did not strictly accept apprentices in his life, there are many head coaches who are young now, ten years later, and twenty years later, they are willing to admit that they are Aldridge's disciples. As for the style ? Not really. However, there is a firm philosophy that has formed the consensus of these disciples, and that is the philosophy of survival!

So there are coaches who can do whatever they want. Some can be eclectic. Compared with the orthodoxy of the academic school, Aldrich's disciples are more evil and crooked.

After the lecture on the first morning, Aldridge took a group photo with everyone present. This handsome young man who has no pretensions in front of others is very popular. Many people hope to get his personal contact information. He only left An e-mail address, if other people have any questions, they can communicate by e-mail.

When he was about to leave, Aldrich saw a handsome young man in a suit and leather shoes outside the door. The appearance of the other person made Aldrich feel familiar, but he couldn't remember the name at once.

It wasn't until the other party approached and stretched out his hand to introduce himself that Aldridge took this person into his seat.

Sir Hall, hello, my name is Andre Stramaccioni. Mr. Jason Bernard told me to come here to find you. I have been eavesdropping on your lecture all morning. very exciting.

Aldrich looked at this handsome young man, shook hands with him, and asked directly: You look young, how old are you?

young?

Stramaccioni found the question odd, since Aldridge looked like him, and he was actually aware of the age gap between the two.

Well, I'm 26 years old this year, about 4 months older than you.

So we are the same age.

Stramaccioni couldn't laugh or cry.

You are 26, and I am also 26.

We are both young marshals, but you are famous all over the world, and I am still unknown.

Jenson recruited the new national team coach, are you one of them?

Aldridge asked curiously.

Stella Maggioni looked solemn and said: Yes, I came to apply for the job. I am very grateful to Mr. Bernard for giving me this opportunity. I hope to serve the England national team in the next two years. Learn from you and Monsieur Bernard.

Hey, we are all colleagues. There is nothing to study or not to learn. Don't use your honorific title. Just call me Aldrich. Let's go and have dinner together. Tell me about your resume. You should be Italian, right? ?”

Stella Marcioni was puzzled by Aldrich's approachability, and it was difficult to refuse, so he could only tell his resume as he walked out with Aldrich.

The handsome Italian had a tragic career. He suffered a serious injury before he was 20 years old and retired. In fact, he didn’t play professional games. He told Aldridge that in his only season with the Italian club Bologna, he played in the Italy has heard of Aldridge, it was about 78 years ago, when Aldridge was ridiculed by the Italian media, and Millwall was also humiliated. Since he became a coach, he has to pay attention to Millwall. Lions are so hot.

He only started to coach the team last season, but it was just a trial run. He coached the az sports u17 youth team, which is almost negligible, because the real big-name coaches, who are somewhat famous, will not write them in their resumes. Which youth team did you coach in a certain season...

England recruited a new national team coach. He just came to try his luck, but he was hired by Jenson unexpectedly. This made him also confused. Confuse.

First, we like young people and don't like old antiques. When we really get mad, we bully the big with the little ones, and always feel uneasy. For example, if you make a mistake at work and call you bloody, we will feel at ease. The first Second, we don’t like England’s traditional coaches very much. They lack new ideas and are confined to the rules. We are in England and need some fresh ways of thinking. You are Italian, which is good. Sometimes the observation point will be different from Rightly or wrongly, your opinions will never be English platitudes.

Stramaccioni was overwhelmed by the young coach's distinctive remarks, and his mentality became more relaxed. He asked again: But I am so young and work in the national team. Can I convince the public?

Convincing the crowd? Who do you want to convince? Oh, it turns out that you are quite ambitious and want to usurp my position? Okay, okay, you take the position of the coach of the Three Lions. I couldn't resign after I softened my heart last time.

Stella Marcioni couldn't help but say, Aldrich, can you show some majesty of a World Cup champion coach?

Aldridge, who was driving, said with a half-smile, When you get to work, you will know what majesty is.

Stella Marcioni smiled, full of anticipation.

Just as he relaxed, Aldrich's words instantly made him tense up.

There is still one and a half months before the start of the 2004 European Cup qualifiers. I will give you one month to collect and analyze all the opponents in England's group. (To be continued..) ()