The Young Lion

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What Aldridge played stunned many young coaches nearby.

Obviously you laughed first.

It's obvious that you are trying to seduce them to show off their bastard air.

After 3 seconds, you turned your face, and the players were silent.

Stella Marcioni only felt that Aldridge was too authoritative as the coach, while some coaches of the U21 and U18 national teams around him felt uneasy.

In their eyes, this group of international footballers are superior, not to mention reprimanding, I am afraid that the coach sometimes asks for their opinions to act.

But after Aldrich finished training them, they all lowered their heads and showed reflective expressions.

Southgate is 32 years old. It is hard to say whether he will be able to finish the next tournament. It depends on his state and his historical relationship with Aldridge. He has never laughed since the beginning. He thinks that Aldridge The opening remark was very abnormal, there must be a demon in everything that happens, and sure enough, the teammates around him were all dumbfounded.

And he didn't talk, only when Aldridge beat the state of mind of the national team.

Stop floating in the sky, come down and keep your feet on the ground!

Beckham still has good prestige in the national team. First, he is a representative player of Manchester United. Secondly, he has played for the national team for a long time. In addition, his contribution is not bad, so he has a status in the world.

After thinking about it, the vice-captain raised his head and asked, Coach, I think your words seem to be contradictory.

Aldridge shrugged and asked casually, Where is the contradiction?

We have been in the past two years. During your time in charge. We have taken training very seriously. We have not been lazy or relaxed, so, we continue to maintain the attitude of the past, why can't we succeed? We have won the World Cup, we Why not fantasize about the Euros? I don't think it's all luck for England to win the World Cup.

Aldridge faced the team, crossed his arms and said calmly: That's because you didn't understand what I said. Work attitude? Serious training? This is your job, and it should be like this, don't pay what you should pay. Things as capital. What I call training.

It refers to the skills and tactics that the team has learned, honed, and proficient in the past two years. In other words, the skills and tactics that made England successful in the World Cup will not make us continue to be successful in the European Cup, so everything has to be reinvented.

The players looked at each other with incredulous expressions.

Scholes asked inexplicably: No one can beat us yet, why does the coach deny all this?

Aldrich laughed dumbfounded, and asked back after a while: The outcome of the friendly match is not convincing. But in the next two years. Who are our opponents? Turkey, Slovakia, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, tell me, who can beat Us? No, then what? We went to the Euros, if someone beats us, what does it mean? It means we are going home! Paul, are we going to the Euros to test whether my conclusion is correct?

Scholes still retorted: However, the risk of overthrowing the team's mature technical and tactical system and creating a new one...

Aldrich nodded, agreeing with Scholes' words.

He paced back and forth in front of the team, and said slowly: Maybe you don't know why I chose to resign after the World Cup. It's not a high-spirited one. The reason is that England's current technical and tactical system can no longer make any progress. However, the limitations are still very large. I am not saying that we will lose miserably if we fight Brazil again. I ask you to think carefully. If we fight Argentina again today, do you think we will still lose? An easy win?

Many players frowned upon hearing this.

This is the reality. England's World Cup trip, if you want to say how good the technical and tactical system is, it is not necessarily so. Get everyone's attention.

And won the World Cup, in the next two years, before the opening of the European Cup, England will definitely be the favorite to win the championship. It is enough to put on a set of defense, and even copy England's 4321 to deal with England in reverse. England is the World Cup champion, and their mentality seems to have changed. How could they still shrink back and attack?

Aldridge continued: As you can see, I am not discussing with you, but I will inform you of the decision. I will not naively think that a conservative technical and tactical system will allow England to continue to succeed. Therefore, I I will rebuild the technical and tactical system of the national team, and what I need is a group of players who can understand my intentions and firmly implement them to make my requirements the best. How much time does the national team have in a year? I don’t have any Time to argue with you. On this issue, you can only accept or reject. Players who are obedient and obedient, sorry, that will be my stumbling block, and I will kick it hard. Hehe, Paul is right, give up a mature player And get successful tactics, to create a new one, which is risky in itself, but I am determined to do this, even if someone interprets this as crazy, I still will not change my mind, the question is simple, how many people Would you like to go crazy with me?

Aldridge walked back to the front of the team and stood still, facing the whole team.

This time, the English generals smiled again, a modest smile.

Crazy with the young commander?

I can't wish for it!

Needless to say, Aldridge understood the team's attitude and waved his hand to let them warm up first.

After they warmed up and came back, it was like when Aldridge coached the national team for the first time, the players had a tactical board in front of them, with a set of seemingly complicated but extremely detailed tactical annotations on it.

Aldrich clapped the tactical board and said with a serious expression: Okay, now we can talk about the topic. This tactic is called Lions. It requires 11 players in the team. That's right, 11 players are in the game. The spirit is highly concentrated and cooperated together, listen clearly, it is not a group cooperation, but a team of 11 people.

As we were talking, it was raining.

Aldrich closed his mouth, his expression became depressed.

Here. The players came to their senses and probably understood what was going on when they saw Aldridge looking up at the sky before training.

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Four days later, the England team set off for Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

Since Slovakia parted ways with the Czech Republic, it has become a second-tier team in Europe. It has not produced a famous star in a few years. It is not like the Czech Republic. Not to mention reaching the final of the European Cup in 1996. Now Nedved is supporting the scene , and a rising star like Rosicky is expected. Czechoslovakia has become a thing of the past, and it is difficult for Slovakia to be alone. Even against England at home, the chances of winning are slim. If you can draw with England, it will be considered an upset.

After the World Cup, the first official game of the England team attracted the attention of the outside world. People wanted to see if the England team would change.

Such expectations have been discovered by the outside world since the England team stepped onto the field.

England seem to have really given up on the 4321 formation that was so successful at the World Cup. Sir Hall used a 442 formation in the last friendly and today it's a 4411, or 442. Let's see. Take a look at England's starting XI.

Goalkeeper: Robinson.

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

Midfield: Hargreaves, Beckham, Lampard, Scholes.

Forwards: Alan Smith, Irving.

James, who made a low-level mistake in the last friendly match, was put on the bench and Leeds United goalkeeper Robinson replaced him. McManaman was cleared for violating team rules, allowing Alan Smith to get the starting position. Let's go together Let's see how England fare in the new formation.

From the beginning of the game, Aldridge stood on the sidelines, supervising the battle with a serious expression.

After the opening of the England team, the whole army pressed forward, and a momentum of soldiers approaching the city suddenly appeared!

In fact, what the commentator said is not quite right, or it is the formation distribution in a broad sense.

Just like Cruyff would say that the formation is 312211, England's formation at this time, if you look at it carefully, should actually be 32221.

The one at the top is naturally Irving.

The back row is Alan Smith and Scholes.

Then there are Lampard and Beckham.

Hargreaves is the starting midfielder alone, but in fact, when the high position is pressed, a defender will come up, either the central defender Ferdinand, or one of the full-backs.

11 players will definitely not be able to occupy all areas of the entire stadium. The ball can fly and the players can run. The key is to move, and this echelon formation has an orderly distribution. When defending, it has a sense of hierarchy. When attacking, it is also convenient. Players on top hide attack points.

What Aldridge is pursuing is to maximize the high-position pressing tactics through the interlocking triangle system. The big triangle is surrounded by small triangles, and the dislocation and crossing can also form a system. When the team's tacit understanding is sufficient, no matter how the opponent attacks , Wherever you attack from the left, center and right, when defending, you can press in all directions, of course, except for the old-fashioned long pass.

Another key point to dare to use such a rich defensive system is to make good use of the sidelines!

The touchline, yes, the touchline, because in football, the touchline itself is a layer of defense.

To play this tactic and tear apart the opponent’s midfield, you must first have more players than the opponent, then there can only be one striker, so Alan Smith is actually a fake striker, and the defender has to remove one to press the midfielder, this is free Adjustment, but Southgate's delay is fixed, and filling at critical moments is still very important.

Slovakia has limited strength and was suddenly overwhelmed by England. They wanted to organize an attack, but found that the ground ball could not pass through the midfield. England seems to have a lot of people in the midfield. There are at least three people defending from three directions, and the three-person defense seems to be well organized. The people in the front do not rush up, and the people on the side mainly block the route. People, if the first move fails, the people on the side immediately follow up with the second move.

Under the premise of not passing the ball, the individual must avoid at least three consecutive defensive blockades locally. This may require Maradona to be possessed to do so, or the Rockets will be unreasonably fast and have to be frontal. The defensive player turns around and makes a mistake.

Obviously, Slovakia has no talent in this area, so from the start of the game, after 10 minutes, basically the attack is to play long balls, not like an attack, but more like a clearance.

Aldridge led England to the first game of the European Cup qualifiers. At least on the scene, England fans saw the strength of the world champion! (to be continued..) ()