Chapter 999: Transformation

"England faced the French team, 1:0 is a fragile advantage to the limit, but now, they turned the score into 2:0, two goals ahead of the defending champion France! The French team may not be shown at Southgate The red card was a bit unbalanced, and the England team was stimulated after the meritorious captain retired due to injury. The French team’s free kick failed to break the England team’s gate, but instead gave the England team a start from the backcourt. The fatal counterattack of England, the counterattack of the England team has always been simple and direct. This has been eye-opening in the World Cup. Neville passed the ball to Beckham. Beckham made a long pass to find Owen. Owen took the ball to the depth and the offense quickly developed to The danger zone of the French team does not give their front players the opportunity to return to the defense line. They must praise Lampard’s rushing speed from the backcourt and the calmness of his pass to Gerrard. Gerrard and Club teammate Owen completed a match, Gerrard crossed the goal after a diagonal breakthrough, Owen outflanked the score, England's best shooter scored twice, and the Three Lions led by two goals!"
Although Irving and Gerrard ran back and forth to celebrate, Aldridge did not show much joy on the sidelines, and his expression beckoned to Scholes in the court.
The England team's counterattack has always been orderly and structured.
As soon as Lampard rushed up, Scholes did not rush again, otherwise in case of a counterattack, England's midfield and backcourt defense will be empty.
So Beckham, Lampard, they ran to celebrate, Scholes was far away, he was going to run over there, but when he fisted and snarled, he saw Aldridge beckoning at him, with a stunned expression, and then trot to Sidelines.
When the outside world kept praising Aldridge and praised him how great he was, Aldridge was very calm.
He can be said to have the advantage of "cheating" in arranging troops, knowing people well, and wisely understanding the beads.
However, there is a head coach's ability, Aldridge said humbly: because of the situation and the decision, no one can win me!
This ability was a self-breakthrough when Aldridge summed up a miserable defeat after the defeat of Munich in 1999.
Over time, people will still describe Millwall's 99-year defeat in Munich as a regret. However, Audridge repeatedly remembered the defeat at that time, and he felt more and more self-blame. Millwall fell before the penalty shootout. The biggest reason is that he Instead of taking the initiative to seize the fate, it became waiting for the fate trial, so since then, even if the initiative to change is ultimately a failure, wrong, he does not care, at least, death, he died clearly!
When the England team scored again, they led 2:0.
Aldrich didn't wait and see, he made adjustments decisively, and did not have the slightest influence on the change of score.
After Scholes came to Aldridge, Aldridge said to him: "Paul, Gareth's injury makes us have to adjust the midfield and backcourt. Can you trust me?"
Scholes nodded without hesitation.
Aldridge asked again: "Are you willing to make sacrifices for the team? We are open and honest, you are not willing, I can understand, because if you feel against it, even if you do it according to my requirements, it is not helpful to the team, but There may be hidden dangers."
Scholes was also nearly 30 years old. In the national team, he trusted Aldridge because Aldridge helped them succeed and because Aldridge would not be difficult for a strongman.
He had the same reaction with Gerrard in his new position, asking: "Coach, what do I need to do specifically? I believe your professional ability will not use me wrongly, sacrifice? As long as we can win, we can win, You say it, I listen to you."
Aldridge nodded, and his expression did not change. Next, Scholes made a tactical adjustment in a short period of time. Ginger head concentrated and nodded while listening.
Scholes understood Aldrich's request and returned to the field. He had a brief exchange with Lampard before the kick-off to ensure that the midfield and backcourt adjustments would not be confused.
After the French team kicked off again, Scholes' position withdrew, and his position was only a little bit ahead of Hargreaves, somewhat similar to a post-organization, and left to the front.
In the national team, Scholes has been Aldridge's midfielder and played a central midfielder role while defending.
Now, he is actually playing a midfielder, playing a role similar to Millwall's now Alonso.
This change, on the one hand, compresses the gap between the back line and the back line, on the other hand, it also fills the quality of defense on the side of Southgate's injury.
The root cause is actually that there were no left-side players with good offensive and defensive skills in England during this period.
Although Joe Cole is offensively talented and can play on the left, he does not have the help Beckham has on the right to the defense.
England now wants Scholes to organize licensing in the midfield and backcourt, sort out the midfield, the frontcourt play will become a wing attack, mainly Beckham on the right, Ashley on the left. In order to promote the main force, Cole has Owen's impact depth at the top. Gerrard attacks at two points behind Owen or inserts players to the back. The task of inserting the back row is handed to Lampard.
Because there is no player with good offense and defense on the left, Ashley Cole has a side-by-side take. There will be hidden dangers when attacking. Pire gradually finds the feeling and gradually plays a threat. The defense on this side must have someone. To fill in, Terry blocked Trezegue point-to-point, but the blockage plugged in the back row required Scholes to intercept it. Hargreaves alone is absolutely impossible!
Scholes has the ability to play this position. The only question is whether he is willing to be arranged by the coach. He himself will not know that after two years in the original history, his position at Manchester United will retreat. The task is now assigned to him by Aldrich.
If he feels conflicted in his heart, he will definitely not meet expectations.
Now Aldridge let him play like this, he can wait for the dispatch, Aldridge did not appreciate the sadness or insist on praising Scholes, this is itself a player's professional quality should have.
I am the coach, you are the emperor superstar, and you should listen to me!
But Aldridge has always been an enlightened coach, he is willing to communicate with the players, he does not want to embarrass the players, you are uncomfortable, you can not meet my requirements, I am uncomfortable, why bother?
Players who have played under Aldridge, no matter the national team or club, from a purely competitive perspective, no player will complain about Aldridge. He never gives players exceptional requirements. Now he has authority, even if he gives players Given some unusual instructions, the player accepted it with pleasure. Like Gerrard, he would not think that Aldridge did not understand how to use him. Instead, he would think: Is the coach using me like this to inspire me?
Everyone believes in Aldridge's unique vision.
After the change of England, the overall strategy and tactics system is very similar to the French team.
The French team does not have a left-back, nor does the England team.
The England team has a double midfielder, and the French team has a double midfielder.
There are two intuitive differences. The French team is a double center! The England team is a pure shooter with a pseudo forward!
Another point is that the French team's midfield organization relies on Zidane, behind the double waist to or cope.
The England team organized the midfield in front of the single midfielder, and then an extra Lampard was more offensively oppressed than Vieira or Makelele.
After adjustment, England needs a period of internal adaptation, so in the first half, England did not speed up the game rhythm, mainly to stabilize the midfielder to attack slowly, trying to find the French team's aggressive or impatient defense flaw.
The French team suffered a stronger midfield attack by the England team in the attack. When Lizarazu did not dare to take the risk and Galas came up with an average effect, the French team’s own frontcourt system was also unbalanced. Their The offensive game was a mess. Zidane had several highlights of personal ball control, but he could not drive the French team to play a beautiful and smooth offensive.
"At the end of the first half, the Shinco World Cup champion England unexpectedly led the European Cup defending champion France 2-0! Overall, the situation on the court, the English team is running more smoothly than the French team, the French team looks like it is Putting all the burden on Zidane, the number one striker Henry of Europe, as always, has been sluggish in the competition. In the first half, he did nothing and touched the ball very few times. Henry had reason to complain and was born in Arsenal. If Shuiqi Pire is on the left, he will certainly be able to give him more offensive support, but Santini arranged Pire on the right, and it seems that there are not many unexpected effects for the time being, and Pire’s performance is also better than that. Not as powerful as he played on the left at Arsenal. In contrast, the offensive of the England team is smooth. The players play their roles, especially on the offensive end. The distribution of offense points is reasonable and orderly. The pressure they bring to the French team is conceivable. I know. There is still 45 minutes left for the French team to catch up with the score. I hope that the French team will have the momentum of the defending champion in the second half!"
Aldridge returned to the locker room to emphasize the tactical play in the second half. It can be said that the departure of Southgate forced Aldridge to modify the tactical details in a short time, which will be very important for the future European Cup journey.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought.
Santini also made changes.
Henry pulls the edge and the left winger.
Although the overall structure of the French team is still asymmetric, at least the system looks quite satisfactory.
Aldridge is not worried about this. The French team is going downhill because of a lack of talent.
Changes in the back line have caused them to become two parts in front and back. Backcourt defense and frontcourt offense are no longer a large team mode with front and back.
The old Lizarazu has learned his lesson in the first half, and Gallas was not a strong offensive linebacker, which led to the lack of front-to-back and deep tears in the French team's attack, and more unexpected soldiers.
At the time, Thuram was on the right back, Lizarazu was on the left, and the French team had Zidane in the middle. In 1998, the French team, which claimed to have no forwards, was able to play very smoothly. The threat inserted in the back row made the opponent undefeated. Now, the advantages of the past are diminishing.
However, Henry pulled to the side, corresponding to Pires on the other side. First of all, he could tear the England team's defense horizontally. This threat cannot be underestimated.
In the 54th minute of the game, Henry got a pass from Zidane on the left and accelerated horizontally in front of Gary Neville. When he encountered Hargreaves in front of the big penalty area, the ball was returned to the inward Qi. Dane, who shot with a shot and hit the beam, made a cry out.
Aldridge's face was ugly, and he immediately got angry on the sidelines, and his head was pointing...Beckham!
He stared at his eyes with anger, as if he was devouring others. While staring at Beckham, he pointed his finger at the other side. When Beckham looked at him, he pointed to the direction of England's penalty zone!
The meaning can't be more obvious: you go back to guard!
If Lizarazu is attacked, the England team will let Lizarazu pass through the midfield. This is a consumption tactic. At the same time, it is also to create Lizarazu to greatly press and expand the space behind him.
Beckham, you don’t have to force it, just retreat and retreat.
But after Henry pulled the edge in the second half, Neville could not help Henry alone!
Once Henry took the ball inside and came to the Hargreaves and Campbell zone, Henry could do too much!
Such a forward cannot give him space!
Beckham didn't have the first time to mark Henry!