Simon Barnes' column made Aldrich so absorbed in reading it that he didn't even notice that he maintained the same posture for nearly 10 minutes!
Who Quentin Crisp was, Aldrich was not interested in knowing, but what he said, that rule, and the sentence written by Barnes seemed to have possessed Aldrich.
“Never chase the person next to you, drag them down and bring them to your level.”
This sentence kept echoing in Aldrich's mind.
Along with looking back at Barnes' analysis, Aldrich's thinking was also going on at the same time.
He can also understand why Barnes said that the early construction of the national team was based on the role of "weak" and achieved success.
Because in order to close the gap between the two sides on the football field, the mainstream method is utilitarian and defensive!
In those games where there is a huge disparity between strengths and weaknesses, more than 90% of the time, the weak team relies on defensive counterattacks to defeat the strong team, and it cannot be that the full-court offensive suppresses the strong team. Such a "strong team" may be boasted.
Bigger, not worthy of its name.
England was utilitarian in the early stage and regarded itself as the underdog. The team could do this because they lost the European Cup, had a poor record in the World Cup qualifying matches, and were in danger of missing the World Cup. How could they still be proud? No matter how much confidence and arrogance they had, they had already been shattered.
Almost exhausted.
Use utilitarianism, pragmatism, and defensive counterattacks to hold back opponents who are stronger than them. The gap between the two will be narrowed, and then seize the opportunity to give the opponent a fatal blow. This is the survival philosophy of the weak. And it is widely used
use.
What makes Aldridge think deeply is that Barnes said that he is good at using this rule because of Millwall's success.
The strong will definitely not take the initiative to close the gap with the weak.
But there is a word that Barnes uses extremely commendably.
"England must go out and win the game leisurely"
laid back?
On the football field, leisurely is not a compliment!
In the traditional English concept, what exists on the football field is bloody battles and life-and-death battles.
Aldrich could understand that what Barnes wanted to express was not as leisurely as a player walking on the court.
But a kind of control over the game!
This is also a key factor in Millwall's success, dominating the heat of the game.
England did not have a technical and tactical style of "controlling the game" in the past. Even now, there are very few teams in English football that can use "controlling the game" to perfection. On the one hand, the competition is fierce and it is too difficult to achieve.
On the other hand, it is the influence of England’s traditional playing style.
Aldridge thinks more and makes richer associations. When the Premier League is catching up and taking the world by storm, how can the Premier League brand be successfully promoted overseas?
The initial reliance must be on the crazy rhythm of the game, and this rhythm is beyond the control of both teams, which is close to an "out of control state"!
Precisely because it is out of control, the dramatic progress of the game is even more fascinating. If everyone has the awareness of "controlling the game" and puts it into practice, then the overall rhythm of the game will be difficult to accelerate for a long time.
Many of the fans who don't like Barcelona and Spain in the future will do so because these two teams control the game so much that they don't speed up until the critical moment, so the game becomes a lullaby with the same rhythm for a long time.
Aldrich's eyes gradually brightened, and a masterpiece by Barnes made his thinking extremely clear. He could roughly understand the Greek style of play and technical and tactical system, but he did not fully understand the core philosophy.
It gave him inspiration, allowing him to put himself in his shoes and foresee the changing trends of the situation when the two armies were confronting each other on the field.
Didn't Rehagel's Greek team hold back all the strong teams, making them reach the same level in the abstract sense at a certain moment in the game, and then win by surprise?!
There is definitely an element of luck in this, but core strength is the foundation, because luck will not always appear on the same team, and it will appear continuously!
Stramaccioni stared at Aldrich with strange eyes. He had already finished his breakfast, but Aldrich had not moved for more than ten minutes. He seemed to be thinking about something. His expression only changed slightly. He frowned at first, and finally his eyebrows relaxed.
, then he made a move, took a sip of coffee, and showed a sad expression. It was obviously because the coffee was cold, which caught him by surprise.
Aldrich put down the newspaper, asked the waiter to change him a cup of coffee, and continued to eat breakfast with a relaxed expression.
Stramaccioni took the newspaper he had just put down and read it. He read Barnes's article once, but he had no special feelings.
To be honest, columns like those written by Barnes and David Miller are just for laymen to see, but for insiders to see the truth.
The person standing on the threshold was confused.
I can't understand what "must win leisurely" means, and I can't really understand what the quotation marks of "bullying" mean.
Stramaccioni did not understand what attracted Aldrich to the article.
He asked curiously: "This column report is very meaningful?"
Aldrich finished a cup of coffee, picked up a napkin to wipe his mouth, and said with a smile: "This article, uh, um, can help England increase the probability of defeating Greece, by about 20%, hahaha."
"ah?"
Stramaccioni exclaimed. He lowered his head and read the article again, as if he wanted to find out the mystery from it.
After breakfast, Aldridge immediately went to the training ground to wait for the players.
How to deal with Greece, he has practical countermeasures!
He will not give ideological education classes to the national team members and interpret Barnes' article for them. That is meaningless. He only needs to tell the players what to do in the game to win, and that is enough!
...
While the entire England team was concentrating on preparing for the quarter-finals with Greece at Aldridge, the European Cup group stage came to an end.
The Dutch team defeated Latvia with 3 goals and scored 4 points.
The fate of the Dutch team is not in their hands, because before the start of the last round, the Dutch team only had 1 point. The Czech team in the same group qualified early with 6 points. The German team had a draw in both games. As long as they win the Czech team, the German team will
Will get second place in the group.
The situation of this group is 99% the same as the situation before the start of the final round of the Group B match where the England team is located, and the 1% difference is only in the data of goals scored and lost.
Unlike England's loss to Croatia in the last group match, although the Czech team also let loose, with absolute main players like Nedvěd and young rookie Rosicky not playing, the German team scored first.
It was actually reversed by the Czech team!
The Czech team advanced to the top 8 with a record of winning three games!
The Dutch team also reached the quarterfinals after finishing second in the group.
After the German team returned home from the group stage of the last European Cup, this European Cup was also eliminated after the group stage!
The reform of the German team is imperative. The local World Cup is still two years away. For the national team, time is urgent. The German Football Association immediately started a coaching change after the German team lost the European Cup. Klin, who is far away in the United States,
Smann was recalled to the country, and Beckenbauer supported his disciple to lead the German team into a period of renewal!
...
After the group stage, the European Cup battles continued continuously. There was no day off.
The quarter-finals between host Portugal and Croatia are about to begin at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon.
Aldridge spent two consecutive days in the England training camp focusing on preparing for the game against Greece. He will not overturn the England team's established tactical policy. On this basis, he will make adjustments to deal with the game against Greece in a targeted manner.
At the pre-game press conference, Aldrich expressed his fear for Greece.
"Being able to break out of a group with Portugal and Spain, the Greek team has proven its strength. At the end of the group stage of this European Cup, four traditional strong teams have left. This phenomenon deserves England's vigilance, Spain, France, Germany
, Italy, these teams all have very strong strength
, England and them are on a level with no obvious gap. They were eliminated. Why not England? We must pay attention to the Greek team. We cannot fantasize about the semi-finals and finals now. If we are slightly distracted, maybe 1
The /4 finals are the end of England’s European Cup.”
Speaking of Rehhagel, who once played against Aldridge in the World Cup preliminaries and England also defeated Greece, Aldridge shook his head.
"Historical results are meaningless, absolutely not! You are only half right, and you will lose? Yes, I led England to defeat Greece led by Rehagel, but that was only a game more than two years ago, 90 minutes
A game that has no reference significance for tomorrow’s game. English
Gran is about to face a brand new Greece. Rehagel will definitely cause trouble for England, just like they defeated Portugal and drew with Spain. He has this ability, and the Greek team also has this ability. England? Of course I do
I hope to advance to the semi-finals, but the football world is not a fairy tale world."
...
On this day, the host Portugal sent Croatia home 2:0 with the outstanding performance of Deco, Figo and Ronaldo, becoming the first team to advance to the semi-finals.
The next day, Aldrich led the team to leave the hotel and get on the bus to Alvadra Stadium.
In Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, there are two top Portuguese teams, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica.
Lisbon's Stadium of Light is the home stadium of Benfica.
Alvadra Stadium belongs to Sporting Lisbon.
On the way to the Alvadra Stadium, the players on the England bus looked serious. For three consecutive days, Aldridge used practical actions to remind them that they must pay great attention to Greece. It can be said that it reached the level of repeated orders.
Given Aldridge's authority within the team, if he does this, no one on the team will dare to take Greece lightly.
This is completely different from playing against France.
Just like the past battles against Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and now against France in the European Cup, Aldrich does not need to remind the players this way.
Everyone in the world knows that their opponent is very strong!
England has no guarantee of victory!
Of course I will be wary of my opponents and compete with a lower profile.
But Greece is different. Their image of an underdog will lower their opponents' vigilance. In terms of posture, the strong ones will of course stand in a position of contempt for their opponents.
If Aldridge does not deliberately aggravate this warning, it will be difficult to have a big impact on the competition by just training and preparing for the game seriously.
Two hours before the game, the England team arrived at the Alvadra Stadium. This stadium has a slightly smaller capacity than the Stadium of Light in Lisbon and is also a five-star stadium reviewed and rated by UEFA.
After the warm-up training, Aldridge once again reiterated the tactical requirements for today's game in the locker room.
The players didn't know how many times they heard it, but before the game, no one dared to express their impatience.
In the past seven years, Aldridge has never capsized. At critical moments, his role as coach will become very prominent and important. If the players dare to question or belittle Aldridge's words and deeds at this time, they think the coach is too nervous.
, then they are hopelessly stupid, because Aldrich has experienced many more big scenes than them. No one handed the championship trophy to Aldrich, it was all because of his cruelty and cruelty.
Loot what you got without mercy!
Especially this competition, the European Cup.
No one would question Aldridge's ambition.
If he wins the European Cup, Aldridge will become a legendary coach in the football world! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
