Fans who like Beckham must be deeply impressed by Beckham's incomparable free kick in 2001.
It was the last round of the World Cup preliminaries. England tied with Greece in the final seconds at home, thus defeating Germany to advance to the World Cup finals with the same points.
The head coach of Greece at that time was named Rehagel, the same coach who single-handedly created the Kaiserslautern myth and led Greece to write another myth in Portugal in 2004.
Beckham's stunning free-kick goal was astonishing, but the question that arises behind it is: Why did England, which could easily defeat Greece in the away game, return to home and be forced to the end when a draw meant that they would definitely qualify?
At the critical moment, Beckham can turn the tide?
Aldrich looks back on Greece during this period with the eyes of an experienced person. The answer is simple: Rehagel.
Now, Rehhagel is not the coach of the Greek national team, but the day when he takes office is not far away. The Greek national team has skyrocketed under his leadership and started a legendary journey. England defeated Greece in an away game and returned to home.
Unexpectedly, we encountered a Greek team that was completely new in terms of technology, tactics and military morale. We originally thought we could easily defeat the opponent, but in the end we were almost forced into a desperate situation.
Now Aldridge will no longer compare himself with other famous coaches. As the leader of a dynasty team, he should have the confidence to never question himself and the ambition to defeat all others.
Eriksen led England to score all 3 points in Greece, and Aldridge has no doubt whether he can do it.
But victory depends not only on confidence and fighting spirit, but also on down-to-earth work. It is the guarantee of victory.
Standing on the sidelines of the court directing the team, Aldrich carefully observed Greece's targeted technical and tactical deployment today.
Greece played very targeted at home. The offense and defense seemed balanced, but they were stable and took risks.
From the start, England was focused on forcing Lampard and Ashley Cole to defend this side. Greece took the initiative to attack this side with its offensive forces in the frontcourt. It seemed that they had done a deep study of England's past three games.
England's three defensive midfielders position makes it extremely difficult for the offense to advance from the center, because there is also Scholes who retreats half way during defense.
Take the side road. Choose between left and right.
On one side is Vegan Neville Jr., and on the other side is Lampard and Ashley Cole.
Greece believes that Beckham's side is far stronger than Lampard's side in terms of cooperation, strength and experience. Therefore, their offense wants to open a gap from the right.
Lampard and Ashley Cole went to Charlton on loan in January. Now they have become immovable main players at the Valley Stadium, helping Charlton not only stabilize their mid-table ranking, but also move forward step by step.
Climbing up, the two have made significant improvements in their stable playing time in the Premier League.
However, today they were targeted and suppressed in a premeditated manner by Greece, and the defense areas they were responsible for were frequently in emergency situations.
Ashley Cole was frustrated because his opponents were bullying him because of his youth. When attacking this side, he was not as guaranteed as Lampard in making long passes, and the full-backs had to be cautious when passing crosses from the backcourt, which resulted in him making several passes.
Even if he successfully steals the ball and is forced to the sideline, he can only make a big clearance and return the ball to the opponent.
He knew that this was not a situation Aldrich wanted to see.
Successful defense. This is just the basic requirement for defenders. Then, stable ball delivery is the first criterion in offense. In addition, England needs to play fast, and his big feet to clear the ball will be a kind of damage to the team's offensive system.
Southgate saw Ashley Cole's dilemma, so he took the initiative to retreat during a defense to ensure that he had sufficient space to receive the ball and adjust, and then cut off the opponent's wing when Ashley Cole
After cutting inside and passing the ball, Ashley Cole waved. Seeing that Southgate was in a safe position, he passed the ball to the captain who was almost close to the baseline.
Southgate stopped the ball, passed the ball cleanly to the right and handed it to Neville, and England moved forward to organize the attack.
Aldridge frowned on the sidelines. The opponent pressed hard on the right, which led to another problem: Lampard and Ashley Cole seemed to be afraid of the opponent's heavy attack on this side, and did not dare to press rashly during the counterattack.
In a short period of time, the England team only had three players in the frontcourt, and only Beckham or Neville supported forward in the backcourt. There were fewer contact points, offensive players were more likely to be marked in their movements, and the width of the field was not used enough.
Aldrich lowered his head to think and sighed softly.
I thought that this group of players could fully understand the essence of his tactics by drawing inferences from one example. It seems that in actual combat, they still lack the ability to be flexible and adaptable. This has always been a stubborn problem of the England national team. The players themselves lack creativity and the team's technical and tactical system
Lack of flexibility.
As the game on the field was fierce, Aldrich walked to the coach's bench, held the ceiling with one hand, and said to Jenson: "Bart's position is too bad, draw me a simple tactical diagram, pass it to the field, and let him understand.
What to do? If he can't flexibly adapt to this tactic, I'd better help Hargreaves to take over as soon as possible. At any rate, Hargreaves has started to get a lot of opportunities at Bayern this season."
As an assistant coach, Jensen has followed Aldridge for many years. He basically knows Aldridge's tactical settings and can find problems by observing the game.
Now that Aldrich pointed it out personally, he immediately got to work, raised his head and asked: "Is it just based on the current situation?"
"No, let him understand the highest requirements directly."
After Aldrich finished speaking, he looked back at the court and put his other hand on his waist.
As a defensive midfielder in the middle of the field, Bart has helpers on both sides, but this does not mean that Lampard and Beckham are purely helping him defend. Instead, they compress his space. After all, this is what he is.
The key point of releasing Lampard and Beckham is that without him as the foundation, the hidden offensive points from back to front may lack support and become impossible to talk about.
Jenson drew the tactical diagram and showed it to Aldrich. Aldrich looked at it and nodded, then said to Jenson: "To prevent me from being caught on camera and causing trouble, just find an opportunity for the players to drink water and put this
A piece of paper was handed over to the court and given to Bart by name."
Jensen nodded and tore the page out of the notepad. He folded it several times until it was only the size of a fingernail. He stood up and walked to Joe Cole and said to him: "Go to the sidelines to warm up. Get the
With this in mind, find an opportunity to give it to Gary and let him pass it to Nicky."
Joe Cole's expression turned from disbelief to realization.
Let's just say, the game only lasted 20 minutes, England and Greece were evenly matched, and no players were injured. How could I be asked to warm up?
It turns out that I was asked to deliver the letter!
These days, when you are a courier, you have to cover yourself.
Joe Cole felt funny in his heart. He put on his training shirt and held the folded piece of paper given by Jenson in his hand. He slowly ran to the sidelines and was quite eye-catching at first.
"Eh? Less than halfway through the first half, there are players from England warming up on the sidelines! England has not scored a goal. In this life-and-death battle, Hall seems to be unable to sit still!"
Joe Cole warmed up for three minutes, and he was very depressed. Neville was very active on the court, either shrinking the defense in the middle or bravely assisting. It was not until 3 minutes later that Greece suddenly shifted its attack in an attempt to catch England off guard. Unfortunately,
Weir didn't let them succeed, freezing the opponent on the wing and causing the opponent to dribble out of bounds.
Joe Cole enthusiastically picked up the ball. Neville came to the sidelines and reached out to Joe Cole to ask for the ball. But Joe Cole did not throw the ball to him immediately. Neville became furious and scolded: "Quickly.
Give me the ball and waste our fast break opportunity, you are causing trouble!"
Joe Kerr said to himself: Brother, if I really give you the ball and you run away after serving it, then you are causing trouble!
He ran to Neville with the ball in his arms, and before giving it to the opponent, he shouted loudly: "The boss asked me to give it to you. You return to the court and give it to Nicky. This is the boss's order. I didn't make any trouble!"
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Neville took the ball from Joe Cole, and at the same time glanced at the folded piece of paper that the other party put into his hand, then turned to look towards the coaching bench, and saw Aldrich nodded slightly towards him.
Neville understood, and without saying anything else, he took the ball from the sideline.
The fast break was not completed, but all Greek players were allowed to retreat to set up the defense line. Neville quickly ran to Bart, handed the note to the opponent, and then ran back to his position, shouting loudly as he ran: "
The coach asked me to give it to you."
Bart first looked up at the situation in front of him. Scholes passed the ball to McManaman, who made a beautiful breakthrough on the left wing. However, Irving was the only one in the middle to receive the ball, so McManaman let go first.
Slowly, waiting for players to come in from behind.
Bart took this opportunity to open the piece of paper, which was only the size of a palm. On it was a simple formation map with dotted and solid lines to indicate offense and defense. At the England tactical meeting, everyone understood that this was Aldrich's usual practice.
There is nothing wrong with the formation position, 4321. However, the area where Bart, the defensive midfielder, is drawn in the middle is very large. A rectangle almost covers the entire area from the back line to the center line. What is even stranger is that Beckham, Lampard, and
The position arrows of Weir and Cole are all solid lines with their shoulders forward, which represents offense.
Crazy?
The two full-backs and the midfielders all assist?
wrong!
Bart looked carefully again. The arrow at his position had three directions, left, right, center, and all were dotted lines, representing defense.
Combining the situation on the field and the marked area on the note, Bart finally understood what the note was reminding him.
At first he misunderstood Aldrich's request.
Big mistake.
He thought that he would sit in the middle and defend the midfielder, and the protection of key areas would be vertical, that is, retreating into the penalty area, and if Lampard and Beckham's defense area was tight, then he should assist.
assist?
No, this note has completely made him understand that he should not be a facilitator, and the defense there belongs to him!
England's 4321 is just an illusion to confuse the opponent. In attack, it can be said to be 41212 or 4231.
The key point is that Bart's position is the single midfielder!
During the attack, between Lampard and Beckham, one will rush forward to the midfielder area, and the other will move slightly forward to become a midfielder. This will maintain the layering of the offense and provide a connection point.
But Bart guards the entire midfielder area. He provides protection for the other two false midfielders!
Don't really think of Lampard and Beckham as defensive midfielders!
Butt had made such a mistake before, which led to Lampard's side not daring to step forward rashly because of the defensive zone when being pressed.
This is understandable. Spain and Brazil are both strong teams. The strong teams have relatively even distribution of attack points and open up the offense. However, Albania is weak and cannot create much pressure. It is a second-rate European team like Greece.
, the offense cannot be too dispersed like that of a strong team, otherwise the players will not be able to communicate with each other, and they can only concentrate their forces to attack local areas.
Bart thought that the defense was fine before, so he didn't think much about it. Now that he thinks about it, he thought that his defensive job was done well. It was just one aspect of restricting the opponent's offense. He was completely unqualified in terms of providing offensive protection for the team.
