"McManaman calmly pushed the ball into the far corner to score! England scored a goal that seemed to be lucky, but it came from the tenacious fighting spirit of the Three Lions! Looking back at the process of this goal, it originated from Spain
Midfielder Xavi turned around under pressure from Scholes and was intercepted by Lampard. After stealing the ball, Lampard launched a counterattack on the spot and passed directly to Heskey at the forefront. Heskey then passed the ball between the center backs.
In the open space, McManaman countered offside and got a single chance, good shot!"
Aldridge nodded slightly after understanding the entire process of the goal.
It's not that England doesn't have organizational players, Scholes can do this job, but his position on the field is slightly inconsistent with the original intention of the tactical design.
In order to better organize the offense, Scholes must move back. In the area of the attacking midfielder, he will face huge defensive pressure. Moving Scholes' position back will weaken his opponent.
The threat of the goal. Therefore, in the requirements of positional warfare, Aldrich does not expect England to be able to play three passes and two downs with exquisite coordination in a small area. That is unrealistic. Positional warfare and frontal attack are simple and clear. If you can win, you can win.
No, it doesn't matter, but what's more important is the rhythm of offense and defense transitions.
When switching from offense to defense, the forward retreats to the area between the opponent's defender and the midfielder, harassing the midfielder while waiting for an opportunity to move forward again.
The most important thing is to conduct a siege in the midfield and destroy the opponent's counterattack organizational links. This is not a strict requirement. Once the opponent passes the ball, the players must immediately return to defense, changing from counterattacking on the spot to retreating and static defense.
formation, and then face the attack again.
Six years later, Xavi may be hard-pressed to get rid of the ball, especially in the midfield area, but now, he is still a bit immature and inexperienced.
After a successful counterattack, the first priority is to play fast and decisively without hesitation. This goal just reflected this, especially since McManaman did not have any space to receive the ball after Lampard stole the ball. But he had no space to receive the ball.
Rushing forward without hesitation, Heskey's assist was just right, and the Spanish defense was almost caught off guard within 3 seconds.
This is Aldrich's tactical arrangement to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses. England is not good at playing patient positional warfare. The most critical part of this tactic is counterattack. Launch a counterattack from the backcourt, intercept the opponent's offensive from the midfield and quickly counterattack.
The English fans in the Mestalla cheered loudly, while the Spanish fans were frustrated.
England is so lucky!
Camacho looked solemn on the sidelines.
England played very concisely on the court today, and they obviously showed speed. The changes in attack points are the basis for ensuring speed. Otherwise, according to the 442 as in the past, the matchup defense will be easily restricted.
The half-time whistle sounded, and players from both teams walked into the tunnel.
Aldridge and Klinsmann walked and chatted, preparing to mention some players during the halftime break.
"Did you see a problem?"
"Um?"
Aldrich looked at Klinsmann, who said thoughtfully: "The players were very resolute in executing tactics on the court today, but they were a little rigid."
Aldridge nodded and said: "Yes. It is true that we pursue ground passing too much. Some good opportunities are not grasped at the first time. We can use long passes to instigate the offensive. However, the players seem to only have eyes on the routine of short ground passes to advance quickly.
Let’s talk to them later.”
"At least this aspect of the national team makes people feel relaxed. Their tactical discipline is stronger than that of the club players."
"It should be related to the fact that there are few games and the importance of the games is high. There are always some games in club games that make players pay less attention to them."
After returning to the locker room, Aldridge found that almost no one in the England international team was idle. Each group expressed their opinions and discussed the game.
Southgate was discussing defensive issues in the first half with the defenders. It was a fact that no goals were scored, but it did not mean that there were no problems in the defense. Occasionally, players were out of position and exposed gaps. But Spain did not catch it.
Just an opportunity.
Scholes and McManaman are also communicating. Although they are both attacking midfielders, they have different roles. Most of the time, McManaman moves to the side to find space, and his range of activities is wider.
Coles needs to link up the frontcourt offense.
The most ideal situation is that these two people can switch roles at any time. In a wave of attacks, there are tandem assisters and some become shadow forwards. This requires more communication between the two.
Aldridge originally wanted to give them some time to communicate internally. This is a good phenomenon. A successful team must discuss the game internally, point out the mistakes and shortcomings of teammates, and then solve the problems and create a good atmosphere.
The atmosphere within the team.
However, he found that the players seemed to have no momentum to stop.
Beckham also gestured with his hands to indicate the route for Neville to follow after setting up the attack, how to cooperate, how to create threats, etc.
"Cough cough cough."
After 5 minutes, Aldrich had to remind them aloud.
The players in the locker room seemed to have come to their senses now and realized that the game was only half-time long. At this time, it was time to listen to the coach.
Everyone immediately sat upright, looking at Aldrich, waiting for his tactical adjustments.
In fact, Aldridge has nothing to adjust. First of all, it is a friendly match. Secondly, there will definitely be changes in Spain in the second half. Camacho will not sit back and watch such a useless performance at home. The performance of the king of qualifiers today is really unsatisfactory.
Spain will change, and any targeted deployment Aldrich makes at this time may fail.
"How do you feel about the 45-minute game?"
"not bad!"
Many players immediately answered Aldridge's question.
He pulled over the tactical board, drew the basic formation, and briefly described the team's road map for counterattacking from the backcourt in the first half. Basically, it was based on ground passing and penetration, but the contact point was always different in every attack.
different.
"This kind of offense played well in the first half. However, I hope that the midfield and backfield players, especially the players with a guaranteed success rate of long passes, will pay attention. I did not ask you to play short passes from point to point. After observing the situation in the frontcourt,
If we find that there is a better connection point in the frontcourt, we should decisively use long passes to launch a threatening attack. In this way, our assisting players can sprint at full speed without having to slow down to connect and start again. In this way, we can further improve the offense.
The speed of advancement.”
The players nodded. To put it bluntly, Aldridge was telling Beckham and Lampard, Ashley Cole and Gary Neville, that the success rate of long passes is not within a guaranteed accuracy range.
Inside.
But he still said it in front of the whole team. At the same time, he also reminded the frontcourt players not to think that every attack is a point-to-point pass forward from the backcourt. They must have the awareness to run without the ball at the first opportunity.
Aldrich once again emphasized the key points of counterattacking in the midfield, and then asked the players to clean their jerseys and shoes to prepare for the second half of the game.
Spain, as expected, made substitutions in the midfield.
Camacho replaced three offensive players in the midfield and frontcourt in one go.
Xavi was replaced by Belleron, Joaquin was replaced by Mendieta. Vicente was replaced by Enrique.
Belleron, the so-called Spanish Zidane, Mendieta and Enrique, the stars of Valencia and Barcelona, looking at it now, they are a bit powerful as the king of the qualifiers.
Aldrich looked at Camacho with slightly resentful eyes.
Before the game starts, you should be like this.
Now, at half time, Spain is lagging behind, and the whole England team is in high spirits. Even if we don’t count the first half, the half-time dividing line, but the people who have been replaced have entered the game state, and their physical excitement can be on the same starting line.
?
Falling behind in the first half, the midfield encountered huge resistance. Camacho made the Spanish frontcourt retreat, and now the midfield confrontation became even more intense.
Belleron is highly expected to improve Spain's midfield attack organization, but his weakness is his weak confrontation. When faced with double-teaming by Scholes and Bart, Scholes took the initiative to press, and Bart
He followed Aldrich's edict from the front and waited for Belleron to get rid of Scholes before making any moves.
Belleron dribbled the ball and pulled horizontally, but he couldn't get rid of Scholes. Instead, Scholes came to him again, forming two gates with Bart.
Let's play the ball. From both wings, Beckham and Lampard are on the ball path. Belleron throws an overhead ball to the right wing. The pass is really accurate. Unfortunately, Mendieta didn't stop the ball well. I think
To pass Lampard with a stop, the man turned around and the ball went out of the sideline.
Lampard immediately retreated and opened the distance between him and Mendieta. Ashley Cole came up to serve the sideline ball and threw it directly to Lampard.
Mendieta and Belleron immediately came to attack him. Lampard passed the ball diagonally back to the wing. Ashley Cole stepped forward and launched a counterattack. At the same time, Lampard retreated to ensure the defensive area on this side.
The safety can also provide Ashley Cole with a return point when his advancement is blocked.
Ashley Cole took only two steps and passed the ball to the midfielder. Beckham, who strode forward quickly, received the ball, observed the situation in the frontcourt, and then passed the ball over the top.
Heskey and McManaman seemed to have overlapping movements. Both of them attacked to the left side of the penalty area. This is also Aldrich's request on the offensive end. The forward and midfielder can press a little at the same time and attack hard. If the opponent hits another ball,
If the defender does not come to help defend, then 2 on 1 or 2 on 2 will have an advantage going forward. If another central defender of the opponent comes to help defend, then there will be space on the other side.
This pass went very deep over the top and Heskey couldn't catch up. McManaman got rid of the opponent's center back and caught the ball just after entering the penalty area. However, he had slowed down because he stopped the ball.
After obviously being unable to start, a single goal was formed. At the same time, another central defender was already rushing towards him, and McManaman passed the ball to the other side.
Scholes hit the ball and took a step forward while receiving the ball, but this time he adjusted well and shot with his right foot, and the ball flew cleanly into the goal.
Casillas pounced on the ball, but the force was too great. Even after his fingers touched it, it did not change the flight path of the ball much. The ball went in.
"Eight minutes into the second half, England led Spain 2:0 in the away game! Beckham launched a quick counterattack in midfield and found McManaman with a long pass. The latter assisted Scholes to score. England played simply today.
And efficient, both goals reflected the speed of the counterattack. Hall's national team debut so far is satisfactory. At least from the scene, England did not lose to the opponent. The number of shots
, the number of dangerous attacks is higher than that of Spain at home, which gives us reason to expect that the England team led by Hall will do something in the future!"
The players of the England team ran to the corner flag and hugged Scholes. They laughed unbridledly. Today's game made them feel at ease and extremely happy.
Aldridge still applauded and put his hands behind his back. It was just a friendly match, there was nothing to be excited about. Moreover, his opponent Spain was very disrespectful and was in disarray.
However, the team's performance is worthy of praise, but there is still a long way to go before it can be fully integrated and truly comfortable in both offense and defense.
