The Young Lion

"The Greek team will be strong in the future!"

After Aldridge said this seriously in the locker room, the English players looked puzzled.

future?

What is the future about today?

Aldridge continued to say in a deep voice: "Half a year ago, the Greek team changed coaches, and the current coach you must have heard his name, Rehagel."

Beckham and others nodded.

This is a well-known coach in the European football field, far away with the European champion cup seal, the recent achievements to create Kaiser mythology.

However, the strength of the Greek team itself is limited. What's the use of the coach alone?

If you want to quantify the strength of the Greek team, you can roughly locate the grade of this team from the historical record.

The number of advancements to international competitions is very pitiful. In the European Cup and World Cup finals, the Greek team has never won a victory!

In front of the top teams, the Greek team cannot even play the role of studying with the prince. At best, they play soy sauce.

For this reason, the outside world is not optimistic that the Greek team can cause trouble for England. The game has not been played. The top group of the English team has no suspense. The gaming company directly closed the game and rejected the bet of the top group of England in this group.

"We can no longer treat the game today with the vision of Greece six months ago. As I said earlier, the same opponents have different variables today. The Greek team is in the construction of the new phase, Rehagel First, led Greece to draw Germany. At this time, their military strength was greatly boosted. Although the technical and tactical system has not yet been fully formed, the new national team lineup also needs more time to run in, but if we take it lightly, we will definitely suffer a big loss! I don’t want to see anything else today, and I don’t require you to win. The only thing I want to see is your tactical discipline, how to play the game. I already said at the pre-match preparation meeting yesterday. If any of you are dissatisfied with me on the court, I will replace them regardless of how many minutes the game has started."

The players looked solemn and nodded in unison.

In fact, the more powerful the players, the more they like to stick to an "I dominate" game mentality, naively believe that as long as they play beyond the normal level of strength, the performance will reach the goal or even score higher, while giving the ball The team contributes.

Aldrich’s previous remarks gave them a psychological foundation.

The head coach is not a neuropathy, it is necessary to make some adjustments in each game to appear to have a sense of existence. Since targeted adjustments are made, there must be a reason. As to whether players can understand, it varies from person to person.

For the arrangement of Aldridge at the pre-match preparation meeting yesterday, many players have doubts in their hearts. They have similar attitudes to the media and think that Aldridge is too cautious.

In other words, after the England team's five-game winning streak, the players' mentality was inevitably affected. In the final game of the World Preliminaries, a bit of the idea of ​​playing the British Empire's prestige.

But in the warning sound of Aldridge, the players suppressed the cluttered thoughts in their hearts and cleared their heads. Everything was executed according to the arrangement of the head coach before the game.

When Aldridge appeared in the Old Trafford stadium, the game was about to start in 3 minutes, he went to shake hands with Rehagel and say hello, somehow, see Rehagel, Aldridge There is a magic barrier in my heart.

Obviously, the number of championships he has laid has established him as a world-class coach, but in front of Ray Hagel, he always feels that he can't compare with the other party.

Such thoughts have happened in the past. For example, when the first confrontation with the famous coaches of Ferguson, Wenger and Lippi, Aldridge will have such thoughts, which is normal and true at the time, but with Millwall’s The champion got a soft hand, he saw the handsome again, from the inside out, the whole person was very calm.

Even when the coach Mourinho appeared in front of him, Aldridge's mood did not fluctuate.

But in the face of Ray Hagel, this mood swing appeared again.

He knew that Rehagel was an insurmountable mountain in his memory.

It was not how many championships he won at Millwall that gave him the confidence to surpass each other.

Because of his ability, he surpassed the champion.

Rehagel can create myths with offensive football in Kaiserslautern, which is actually not enough to be jaw-dropping. Although Kaiserslautern was promoted, his lineup was not weak.

And if Rehagel can lead Greece to create the Aegean myth, how can a simple European Cup champion be used to measure its merits and skills?

Ferguson, Wenger, Ancelotti, Lippi, Mourinho, Guardiola, etc., contemporary or future celebrities, which, like Rehagel, can be king with two very different football styles? Not to mention the creation of myths with the team of Greece, which is the second best in Europe!

Aldrich never thinks he is different. 99% of his achievements are based on his hard work, and 1% are inherent advantages.

He will inevitably follow the crowd, just like many fans in the future ridicule Mourinho needs huge support to win the championship, Guardiola only dares to coach the top strong teams, etc., Audric is also inevitable.

In this England national team, if there is no Beckham, Scholes, Irving, Lampard, Ashley Cole and so on, he has the bottom of the player team, or the time is pushed back about six years , Aldridge did not dare to take over the England national team.

To put it bluntly, let the world's top coaches come to the position of the Greek national team coach to make a choice. It is estimated that more than 70% of them shake their heads and turn away. Those who dare to take over may not be able to achieve the miracle created by Rehagel. .

Aldridge didn't dare in the first place, he could admit this in his heart, he didn't feel ashamed, or he didn't practice home.

"The final round of the European Group I World Championships is about to start. The England team holding 16 points sits at Old Trafford against the Greek team that has been out of hope in this group. As long as the England team does not lose in this game, they will He will definitely advance to the World Cup finals next year as the top of the group! The Football Association invited Hall as the coach of the England team at the end of last year. This wise decision has had an unexpected effect. The England team has missed the World Cup. Out of the year, in the penultimate way from the group to kill the group first, last month the 6-0 bloodbath of the German team in Munich was recorded in history, and became a classic battle of the England team. Today, from the relaxed atmosphere created by the fans in the stands, it can be seen that they are not worried about the challenge of the Greek team. In Athens, the England team overwhelmed Greece. Today, it may be just a routine game."

At the start of the game, Aldridge stood on the sidelines to oversee the battle.

The scene confused and disturbed the audience.

The Greek team shrunk in the second half, and the England team did not press it. They played long shots on the perimeter. If they had two offenses, they would fight. If not, then go back to defend.

The fans in the stands originally thought that England could make persistent efforts today, taking advantage of the 6-0 slaughter of Germany to easily clean up Greece. But seeing this scene, England is really a little kid, and is determined to keep the line out?

Rehagel saw the posture of England and felt awkward.

In this wave of England’s five-game winning streak, he has carefully studied that Aldridge treats different opponents and uses different tactics. There is no doubt that the other party is a tactical master!

But England's strength is stronger than that of Greece. How much courage and will it takes to draw a face-to-face draw?

With courage, you can play conservatively under the witness of more than 60,000 local fans, and if you have the will, you can stick to your ideas and not waver!

Strong and weak, if conservative, even if you win, outside criticism will follow the tide, this is the practice of football circles.

Under the pressure of public opinion, Aldridge ordered the three armed forces to firmly implement conservative tactics, which on the other hand also reflected his control of the England team.

The Greek team can only play defensive counterattack due to their strength.

But defensive counterattacks are by no means as simple as it sounds. To fight defensive counterattacks well and achieve results, the coach needs a very strong tactical skill.

Defensive is the basis, counterattack, how to play, within 90 minutes, when to force, focus on the attack area, etc., this requires the coach to study the opponent before the game to develop, based on the on-site observation to make changes.

The Greek team frequently adopted foul strategies in the midfield and frontcourt, restricting England's positional attacks that are not powerful.

The scene becomes more boring.

Originally, the two teams did not play well, and the game was frequently interrupted by fouls. How can fans like it?

However, considering that today is related to whether the England team can qualify as a group, the local fans in the stands are still very restrained, only to boo after the Greek team fouls.

For the Greek team to take foul tactics, Odrić is not surprised.

In terms of defense alone, the strength of the Greek players has no one-on-one advantage and can only rely on foul play.

The Greek team relied on the 532 formation of the four guards plus the scavenger to limit the offensive space of the England team. Coupled with foul tactics, the England team was not good at positional battles.

In the first 40 minutes of the first half, the rhythm of the game was tepid and the players on the field felt tortured in this game, especially the England players, the opponent did not attack, and the head coach did not allow them to make a big pressure , This game is a grind.

After 40 minutes, entering the final stage of the first half, the Greek team successfully defended Scholes' infiltration ball. Scavenger delas quickly controlled the ball and launched a counterattack. The Greek team's midfield formation began to press forward.

Aldridge narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that Greece's counterattack is to catch the last moment, which is usually the period of time when the player's attention may decline.

At the beginning of the kickoff, near the end of the end, the former is suitable for blitz, the latter is suitable for sudden changes in rhythm to play an unexpected effect.

Aldridge couldn't help but clenched his fists, and secretly said: It is a dragon and a worm. Just these 5 minutes, show it to the world!

When the Greek team's counter-attack rhythm suddenly increased, and the offensive players began to move flexibly, the England team's players were shocked first, and then their blood was boiling!

Oh shit!

Sure enough, the coach is right!

The Greek team is ambitious here!

Sargerakis, Nicorandis, Giana Corpolos, after a quick and smooth pass from the three, a fatal pass came from the foot of Giana Corpolos, looking for Neville Charles Steas running diagonally to the middle with Ferdinand!

The sleepy fans in the stands were awakened by this sharp wave of counterattacks in Greece!

What are the Greeks doing?

Everyone couldn't help worrying.

At a critical moment, Southgate broke the ball in front of Charles Steas!

The referee didn't raise the flag, if Charlie Steas got the ball, it was a single shot!

Ray Hagar's hot eyes dimmed instantly.

But Aldridge didn't show a happy look at the moment. On the contrary, his turn became extremely sharp.

Southgate immediately passed the ball in front of the right and handed it to Beckham.

Two seconds ago, the ball was in the penalty area of ​​England.

After two seconds, the ball is in the center line.

Irving, McManaman, Scholes started running, Beckham took the ball forward, and Ashley Cole on the other side also ran forward.

Seeing Rehagel, his mouth widened with horror.

Aldridge raised his chin and smiled coldly.

Greece wants to fight back in England?

Today, England is going to fight back against Greece!