The Young Lion

The sunny city of Europe, the evergreen season of Valencia, who can not love it?

Even in the cold autumn night, in the stadium where tens of thousands of people gather, Aldridge can still feel the refreshing breeze, making the whole person full of energy, commanding a stress-free game on the sidelines, the tension is Lack some, but can enjoy the fun brought by this job.

The field-tested star plays on the field, Aldridge only observes on the sidelines, without shouting and directing them how to play. This kind of work is often when he leads young and inexperienced players. do.

His tepidness made Mestalla's Spanish fans unpredictable. It seems that the young coach is unpredictable, and the skill of planning is difficult to estimate.

England, the previous five games, three European Cup 1 wins and 2 losses group out, the World Cup European zone qualifiers 1 draw and 1 loss, especially the last game also lost at home, against this background, today, Audridge England led by the away, two goals ahead of Spain, and prevailed in the scene!

Whether it is a European fan or a media with a questioning mentality, in the first 60 minutes of a friendly match, Aldridge himself did not have an idea of ​​who to fight back, but he has already managed to shut up the questioners.

In the 60th minute, Aldridge stood on the sidelines, the assistant referee held a substitution card, and England made substitutions, three at a time.

Alan Smith, Joe Cole, Gerald, three players came on to replace Husky, McManaman, Scholes.

When the replaced player walked out of the field, Aldridge stretched out his right hand on the sidelines, and the replaced three walked past him and patted his palm.

After this substitution, England almost became an engineering regiment.

Scholes and McManaman are all players who can control the ball. Smith and Gerald are on the field. Aldridge is out of trying ideas. Look at the role of Smith on the front line and give Jay Ladd has more freedom in the frontcourt, and Joe Cole is experienced. He comes to play the role of Scholes. In the frontcourt, there must be at least one player who can get rid of the ball.

60 minutes seemed like a watershed. Spain eased the pressure and began to take the initiative on the active field. It frequently put pressure on the English back line. The other side of England's attack was not as smooth as before.

Routines can be played out. Unfortunately, Joe Cole and Gerrard are not as capable of taking the ball in the frontcourt as Scholes and McManaman, so the offense often falls prey to the frontier of the penalty area.

Spain has regained its oppressive offensive football style. The number of shots has increased significantly. The delicate and smooth coordination has rejuvenated. However, it has not obtained an excellent scoring opportunity. The shots in the area of ​​the big penalty area are stable and saved by Seaman. Make sure that the city gate is not lost.

In any case, Seaman was the most powerful goalkeeper in England during this period. The 37-year-old goalkeeper did not stand a stronger test today. Just like Millwall’s Bout, the success rate of the god-level saves is not obvious, but the The saved ball, no one missed.

Smith and Gerrard have invested more in defense, and the characteristics of the two desperately Saburo are hardly an advantage in Aldrich's eyes.

This should be done on the pitch, but skillful spelling is preferable.

However, when defensive pressure is high, offensive players can actively participate in defense, which is better than no defense.

Perhaps the English fans at the scene became nervous because England began to be beaten by Spain, but Aldridge was actually happy.

A wave of frontal offense was played, and the defense was successful. This is nothing to be fussed about. Two or three times in a row, and the continuous oppression of the attack is like a wave, which is the focus of a team's defense.

Today, Spanish striker Raul and Tristan seem to lack a tacit understanding. When the continuous offensive continued to tear the English defense line, Spain won two good opportunities, but Tristan and Raul did not form a pass and run. The ball knocked back for Raul who wanted to complete 2 over 1 and forced a shot. Tristan headed a ferry to Raul, but the other party did not realize that the start was slow and missed the excellent scoring opportunity in front of the goal.

Aldridge looked at the team's defense on the sidelines. It can be said that England's midfield and backcourt defense system is a combination of Millwall and Manchester United.

Neville, Beckham, Bart.

Southgate, Ashley Cole, Lampard.

Plus a former Millwall player Ferdinand.

In the formation, Manchester Contact is responsible for the right + center, and the Millwall Department is responsible for the left.

This ensures that players in the local defense are more tacit, and it is easier to communicate defense cooperation.

In the process of being torn by the opponent's continuous large-scale transfer of the ball, Southgate directed the movement of the rear defense. He was the lubricant that Mann contacted with the Millwall department and was the leader of the defense.

For the time being, the effect is not bad. In the successful cooperation of the Spanish penetration, it is basically a defensive injury of the English team, such as Bart’s defensive ability, and the obvious strength of Lampard and Ashley Cole. Too weak, Beckham occasionally made defensive errors in his new position.

Among these factors, in addition to Bart's personal ability can not be improved in the future, there is a lot of room for improvement. As long as the improvement can be improved, the quality of the team's defense will also be improved a lot.

Time passed by one minute and one second, Spain was unable to score goals, and their formation at home was getting higher and higher.

Enrique was blocked by Beckham in the side pass. Neville stepped forward to grab the ball falling from the air and Enrique knocked Neville back from the foul.

Before Neville got up, Beckham had already put the ball on the spot and directly sent the ball to the court with a long pass.

Yi Mapingchuan's frontcourt, a very weird scene.

England striker Smith is not at the forefront, instead Joe Cole caught the ball in front of two central defenders.

He knocked the ball back to Smith, who was in the back position, and then moved laterally to pull out the free and then catch the ball. At the same time, he completed the turn, followed by a straight over the top.

When Beckham launched a long pass, Gerrard, who ran all the way forward, succeeded in countering offside and another single-handed ball!

With the dribble combined with the ball, Gerald's speed is definitely not good, but Joe Cole is behind the top, Gerald started in advance, and the speed has been mentioned as the highest in the anti-offside. The opponent's defender turned and chased, obviously slower .

Aldridge wanted to see if Gerrard's ability to handle this kind of single-handed ball was calm enough, and whether he had another way to complete the goal.

However, Spain did not make Aldridge do what he wanted.

Casillas attacked, and just after entering the penalty area, Gerrard forwarded the ball and felt like a big trip, but he was knocked down by Casillas.

The referee decisively punished Casillas for a foul and fingered the penalty.

Mestalla sounded a boo, and Spanish fans thought Gerrard had lost the ball and lost control of the ball. It must have been a fake!

Aldridge crossed his hips and appeared to be sullen.

This ball is a penalty. There is no doubt that even if Gerrard made a big trip, Casillas did not touch the ball. If Gerrard was not knocked down, catching the ball is kicking the empty goal.

It doesn’t make much sense to score one more goal in a friendly match. Gerrard scores a penalty. The result looks good, but he can change the angle. If he is calmer and more capable of handling this kind of ball, the ball has now flown into the gate.

Aldrich arranged for the national team in the training content, a penalty is a must-have project.

This is also to make up for tactical shortcomings. If you encounter a top strong team with a defensive focus, it is normal to drag penalties into international competitions. You need to practice more penalties. The content of training will be cost-effective.

Beckham, the team's deputy, stood in front of the penalty spot, with 4 minutes left in the regular game time. This penalty was at best a sprinkle of salt on the Spanish wound.

Beckham took a penalty.

"3:0! Who could have thought of such a score before the game? The pessimistic argument before Fleet Street was obviously wrong, and England led Spain 3-0 away!"

Camacho lost his expression and occasionally glanced at Aldridge. This is the first time the two have met. I am afraid there will not be many chances to meet again in the future. Camacho paid a price for his underdog or wishful training and debugging tactics. Friendly match It doesn't matter, but it will inevitably lead to a storm of public opinion. His honeymoon with the Spanish media seems to be coming to an end.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the match, Aldridge took the initiative to find Camacho and shook his hand, then turned around and walked towards the player channel. As a result, he was blocked by a group of reporters.

"Mr. Hall, this is your first official game of coaching the England national team. England won the Spanish 3-0 away without being optimistic. Are you satisfied with the team's performance? This score is in England's next World Cup What impact did the qualifiers have?"

Aldrich looked away and looked casually: "As I answered in an interview with the media before the expedition, this is just a friendly match. The victory or defeat is not important. I regret that the Spanish national team does not seem to take this seriously. In the game against England, we sent the strongest players, but they did not. My players and I attach great importance to the quality of this friendly match. Therefore, in the game, my players invest more and work harder. That’s why we won, but when it comes to the World Cup qualifiers, that’s another situation. Today’s victory will allow us to regain confidence. Others, it’s too early to draw conclusions.”

"We see that England has adopted a new technical and tactical approach today. Is this a change you brought to the England national team?"

"This is of course. Every head coach has his own style. If I can’t inject new elements into the England national team, especially the changes in technique and tactics, then I won’t be the national team coach. I am very happy that the players accepted my tactical philosophy and implemented it firmly on the court. We have a good foundation for cooperation and the start looks very beautiful, but this is just the beginning, the road ahead is still long."

Aldridge simply answered a few questions and stopped interviewing, and left.

The whole England team was more excited after the game. They thought it was a hearty victory. Teammates gave each other high-five hugs and celebrations. The position was more backward but there were still a lot of limelight. Beckham also took off the jersey and the other side. Exchange, show off the muscles.

A friendly match with Spain restored the England national team's confidence from the previous defeat in the European Cup and the poor performance of the World Cup qualifiers. Every player's eyes looked bright and full of expectations for the future, and that After the game they invariably looked for the figure with their eyes: Aldridge was a source of confidence.

Regardless of black cats and white cats, being able to catch mice is a good cat.

The England national team's new tactics were indeed suppressed miserably at certain times in the game, but the power of the counterattack also made them feel fascinated.

Next, the World Cup qualifiers are on!