Chapter 96: The purest football

"Puskas?! The Puscas of Real Madrid?!"
As a fan, Melanie naturally heard of Puskas’ name. She never imagined that the demented old man lying on the hospital bed was the best star ever shining on the planet.
Aldridge nodded lonely and began to tell his story with the old man.
When Aldridge began to study in various parts of Europe, he was pious and humble, but after he had gone through thousands of sails, he inevitably made a mistake that many people would also have: pride and complacency!
In 1993, Aldridge was full of tactics. He not only studied the tactics of various football countries, but also mastered the trend of football tactics in the future. He thought he had learned a lot, so he began to have a rush I can't wait for the desire to try the knife.
Hungarian football was once famous in the world, and the football tactical culture here was also talked about by the industry. Almost fifty years ago, Hungary, who joined the socialist camp after World War II, also began to engage in football in the "national system". At that time, it created a An extremely powerful team of gold.
There are many golden generations in history, but there are not many teams that are truly called the golden team. Hungary is the representative team. Whenever the best team in history is selected, the Hungarian national team in the early 1950s, Will repeatedly make the list.
At the time, football tactics here were the most advanced. A group of educated scholars drank coffee while studying tactics, studying football skills, formation positions, and strategic tactics.
They are based on the WM formation of Arsenal tactical master Chapman. They may even have created a tactical system of frequent transpositions of the forwards and wingers with four backs, and this tactic was improved after being brought to Brazil by the Hungarian coach. Out of the later classic 424.
At the same time that tactical research is maturing, the king’s teacher built with national strength is gradually taking shape. Puskas is one of the most dazzling figures, known as "Major Major". He is really an official, and almost all of the Hungarian national team The players all have official backgrounds and are drawn from the army.
In the cold war period that day divided into two, England, with its origins in modern football and boss, proudly invited Hungary to play a friendly game. At that time, Hungary was already a little famous, and the Olympics performed well, so this friendly game was Before the game, the noise was: the battle of the century.
This was rendered as a pinnacle game, but England lost a 3:6 at home. England was not reconciled. After six months of hard work, he returned to Budapest and was bloodied by Hungary 7:1.
This is the case for English football, with a few achievements, it starts to stand still and waits until the slap fan is in the face.
And Hungary began to fight the world invincible opponents arrogant.
Before the start of the 54 World Cup, the Hungarian national team maintained an undefeated record for four years.
Not only is there the greatest hope at home, but even internationally, Hungary is considered a hot topic to win the championship.
In the group stage, South Korea was slaughtered at 9:0 and West Germany was blood-washed at 8:3, but Puskas was shoveled in a game against West Germany.
Play-offs against Brazil, defending champion Uruguay, both games are 4:2 wins, Hungary lived up to the finals.
But no one expected that the opponent in the final turned out to be the West Germany who had encountered in the group stage.
West Germany, Hungary, two teams that fit the background of the time, two countries and nations, all need a victory.
And God gave a joke to Hungary, they had no defeat in four years, but they were determined to kill the thieves on the day of the final, unable to return to heaven!
Puskas, who was shoveled by the Germans, was wounded in battle. The two-ball lead was staged like a predicted script. However, it was raining heavily. The Germans brought out magic anti-slip spikes. The Hungarians can only stay on the muddy grass. The Germans reversed magically after falling and missing the goal. Puskas' equalized goal before the end was blown away by the English referee. The World Cup passed by so far.
This is a miracle known to everyone in Bern, and even the Germans agree that this is a miracle. This miracle has brought excitement to German football and even the entire nation, and it still affects it.
On the other side, Hungary, who lost in the final, became a national criminal. When the domestic political situation was turbulent and the Soviet tanks entered Budapest, the Hungarian national team was pushed to the trial seat. The goalkeeper may have been exiled because he lost three goals in the final.
How familiar does this sound?
Later, countless people ridiculed North Korea with such a bridge, but all of this was actually staged in Hungary in history.
The Golden Team fell apart and Major Fei started wandering. He was labeled as a treason, but he joined Real Madrid at the age of 31 and achieved a legend.
After Puskas retired, he coached many European teams, including leading the Greek team to the Champions League final. This achievement is very remarkable. In 1993, he took the national team’s coach in Hungary and tried to revive Hungarian football. At that time, Aldridge came here.
At that time, the country had just stabilized. It was only four years since the Marxism-Leninism was abandoned. Football was no longer glorious. Aldridge came up with forged documents that showed his age of twenty and applied for an assistant coach of the national team.
When I first saw the coach of the national team, his head boss Puskas, Aldridge's idea was simple: let the old man see my skills!
In a teaching game, Aldridge directed a group of backup players against the main players, posing a very defensive counterattack formation of utilitarianism, using the popular chain defense in Italy plus British side counterattack tactics, easily With a 3-1 win the game.
When Aldridge was complacent, Puskas was expressionless.
"He’s angry, I can feel it, but I stubbornly think I’m right. I think he is old and not in line with the trend. He is the former king, but he does not belong to him in the future. However, he did not scold me, and It took me out of the national team training base and went to a small stadium in the city. There was a group of middle school students playing football. They were very excited to see Puskas because he was a hero. Puskas made me Going to play a game with middle school students, I asked him why, he didn’t explain, just let me do it. I was thinking: this group of kids don’t understand anything, playing with them? It’s equivalent to playing the piano with cattle. However, when the sun goes down , I took off my soaked shirt and walked back to the grandstand seat. The old man who disregarded me and smiled and asked me a sentence, which made me completely convince him."
"What did he ask?"
"happy?"
"what?"
"He just asked me: Are you happy?"
"What does it mean?"
"The meaning is very simple, I am very happy, yes, I played with a group of children all afternoon, didn't care about winning or losing, we scored and we laughed, we hugged together to celebrate, we were frustrated when we scored, and then we started fighting again The ball, I suddenly discovered that day, I seem to have been playing football for a long time, I haven’t felt the fun of football in a long time, and this is the essence of football. The football tactics in my mind are just boring Numbers and lines have no meaning. Utilitarian football always has a simple purpose. Winning? If the person who plays is unhappy, what is the meaning of winning? But this will be the mainstream of football in the future, because football It is a tool for many people to make a living. Only victory can avoid unemployment. My view of Puskas is right. He is outdated, he can’t keep up with the times, but he taught me thinking football, he let me Understand that failure is not terrible. The terrible thing is that when you cannot find happiness in football, and I am the head coach, I have an obligation to make my players feel happy."
Speaking of which, Aldridge was sighing.
He also planned a professional life a long time ago. He thought about his initial stage. It should be to build a fence and let the team play that kind of utilitarian football. In this way, he can quickly win the championship, but he was baptized by ideas in Hungary. , He does not want to suppress the talents of the players, nor do they want to let them feel dull in the game, let them lose the motivation to create, he must allow the players to feel the essence of the sport in the process of creating goals and creating victory .
Puskas could not teach Aldridge anything tactically, but he was regarded as a mentor by Aldridge. He always needed an opportunity for qualitative change in the process of accumulating in his life. Epiphany, this is precious.
Puskas used to be infinitely magnificent, the pride of the whole country, and was taken to the altar, but it also fell the worst!
Perhaps it is this experience that will make him forget everything on the wandering road, pick up football, and enjoy the simplest and most beautiful fun.
Aldridge feels that he is favored by God. He has a freshman and can meet the professional mentor who woke him up. In the six months of Hungary, he began to sort out the football knowledge he had learned in the past, and then sublimated. Create his personal football philosophy.
Maybe he can't do an open school, but he can at least take advantage of the strengths of hundreds of schools and make up for each other's weaknesses.
He couldn't forget Puskas's teachings in his mind, saying that the teachings could not be talked about.
But now, his mentor has already begun to be attacked by diseases, and his life will enter a dark page.
Aldridge and Melanie sat in a chair outside the ward and were sleepless all night.