In the fifth round of Group I of the World Cup Qualifiers, England will travel to Albania as a guest. At the press conference before departure, Aldridge and team vice-president Beckham attended.
This is the first time since Aldridge took over the national team that he and Beckham have appeared outside of a game at the same time. In previous press conferences, he either attended alone or brought Southgate with him.
The two handsome guys appeared with smiles on their faces. The reporters on the scene took pictures first. Anyway, from the entertainment point of view, the most famous player and the most famous coach in today's football appeared together. Just published the photos and placed them on the news.
The front page can be exchanged for considerable sales.
Since Beckham became famous, he has been packaged not only by his agent, but also by a professional team. Therefore, when he faces the camera in public, he often speaks in diplomatic terms, which makes people feel comfortable, but does not
There are too many unexpected contents. Starting from the value of his personal image, he also has to suppress many personal thoughts, and what he expresses are universal values.
Just like reporters asked Beckham on the spot, what did Aldridge bring to the England team.
Beckham gave a long speech with a smile on his face, saying that Aldrich gave the national team a new look, injected fresh vitality, was good at communicating with players, trusted the team, and helped the team win.
Basically, you can't get anything exciting from Xiaobei.
When the focus shifted to Aldridge, reporters ignorantly asked about AC Milan's offer for Millwall players.
Aldrich raised his hand and made a zipper motion with a smile.
This occasion is not suitable for talking about club matters. If he is not the head coach of Millwall, it is okay to talk. As for the national team coach, it is not controversial to care about the situation of the Premier League team.
Anyway, it is impossible for Millwall and AC Milan to make a deal at least this summer. No matter how much money AC Milan gives, even if Millwall agrees, Pirlo and the others will not be willing to go back.
This was the news Andrew told him in the morning.
AC Milan hired Terim to take over the team. No one knows how Terim, who is so powerful in Turkey, will do well in Serie A. After all, the Turkish Super League is a second-tier league in Europe. AC Milan has a glorious history, and it is
In the prosperous city of Milan, Terim not only failed to make this brand shine, but also discouraged top stars.
AC Milan's news alarmed their neighbors.
Moratti called Aldridge last night: If Millwall sells players that AC Milan is interested in, let me know!
Moratti obviously wants to cut him off. How much AC Milan can offer, Inter Milan can offer two million more. Anyway, AC Milan cannot be easily rebuilt and revived, especially Millwall's star player. Who wouldn't rush for it?
"England has won two consecutive World Cup preliminaries. If it goes well and wins the next game, will England's probability of directly qualifying for the World Cup be greatly improved?"
Aldrich shook his head and replied: "It does not depend on our performance. We have lost to Germany before. Now Germany occupies the first position in the group. If they win three of the remaining four games, they can lock in the group."
Number one. Now we can’t think that far ahead, Finland
Germany has more points than England. Judging from the schedule, if we can win three of the four games, at least we can lock in the qualification for the play-offs. But this is obviously not the result that England wants, one game at a time.
Let's fight, the most taboo thing in the football world is to aim too high."
After leaving the press conference, Aldridge walked side by side with Beckham.
"Coach, haven't you ever thought about leading the team directly to the World Cup?"
Xiaobei asked.
Aldridge replied: "Like I said, you just need to focus on playing every game."
"Of course, we will play every game well, but now we are more eager to compete with the German team. We are very unwilling to lose to Germany at Wembley."
"So what if you are not willing to give in? If you want to win, you must correct your mentality, learn from failures, and improve yourself."
Xiao Bei suddenly shook his head and said, "What you said makes sense, but it's unconvincing when it comes to you."
Aldrich looked at Beckham inexplicably, and saw him smiling bitterly and saying: "Because you always win and fail very rarely, how can you sum up the experience of failure?"
Suddenly, Beckham's unintentional words caused Aldrich to fall into deep thought.
It sounds like what Xiaobei said makes sense.
Yes, he has failed less often, so how can he sum up his experience and achieve success?
As he walked and thought, Aldrich shook his head when he was almost possessed.
I feel like I've gone too far.
When Guardiola took over Barcelona, what failure experience did he have? He still soared to the sky and lasted for several years. His coaching career can be said to have reached the sky in one step!
Aldrich has good cards and works hard, so why can't he achieve results? Why does he have to listen to the teachings of his "successful" mother in front of his "failure" to become successful?
There has never been a fixed set of success models in the football world. Just do it step by step and achieve the goal naturally. In that case, football will be simple.
In this campaign in Albania, Aldrich fulfilled his previous promise to give the main players rest time, take them with him, they will definitely go, and put them on the substitute list as a back-up in case of emergencies.
The substitute players are excited about the opportunity and want to perform. According to the current situation of the England national team, the possibility of a substitute player usurping the position is extremely low, but striving for the top position is a competitive principle and there is no conflict.
Albania Mo said that the group they were assigned to, Germany and England, would not be able to qualify for the World Cup. Even if they were assigned to any other group, they would basically be studying with the prince. However, the level of national football is weak, and domestic fans worship the top European teams.
It is normal for the team to have stars. Albanian fans are very excited that England is a guest this time. They want to watch the stars perform.
Even Aldridge didn't expect that when he walked into the stadium, there were actually many Albanian fans in the stands holding banners to welcome him.
The young commander is famous far and wide, and he also has fans here.
Aldrich walked to the coaching bench and sat down. He calmly watched the players on both sides.
Albania has not changed much. After all, it is a weak football country. The strongest lineup is also limited. In the Premier League, it cannot even squeeze into the ranks of mid-table teams.
There have been a lot of changes in England.
Goalkeeper: James.
Defenders: Phil Neville, Campbell, Brown, Ashley Cole.
Midfielder: Gerrard, Butt, Lampard. Joe Cole, McManaman.
Forward: Heskey.
Compared with the previous start, only Ashley Cole, Lampard and McManaman continued to start.
The three of them are either full of energy, or they are not the absolute main force in the club. The physical fitness they have accumulated for most of the season is fully sufficient to cope with consecutive national team matches.
The other big-name players were all on the bench. The captain's armband was on McManaman's arm. In terms of qualifications, he was definitely qualified.
Today is the first game where both Germany and Germany start at the same time. Aldrich hopes to see the effect. After all, he is a bully. As long as there are no major problems, this group of players is strong enough to crush his opponents.
Albania played at home, but at the beginning of the game they shrank back and formed a steel barrel formation.
If you don't have enough strength, you can only do this. The scene is ugly. At least it can reduce the probability of conceding the ball.
England fought a tough battle, and the team's shortcomings were clearly visible.
There is a lack of players who can control the ball. Only McManaman and Joe Cole can hold the ball in the dense area of the frontcourt and achieve success in breakthrough attempts, and other players pale in comparison.
Aldrich watched for fifteen minutes, shook his head and sighed.
"I used to wonder why you didn't consider using Lampard and Gerrard at the same time. Today I saw that these two are in the midfield at the same time and cannot produce very good results."
Klinsmann clearly understood the meaning from Aldridge's sigh.
Aldrich didn't answer and had nothing to say.
The characteristics of Lampard and Gerrard are too similar. Although Aldridge has clarified their responsibilities in the offensive routine, there are rarely regional conflicts between the two, and they can achieve a reasonable division of labor between offense and defense. However, the two
The technical characteristics are similar, but there are not many changes provided in the offense.
Beckham can pull wide when attacking, depending on the situation whether he is close to the center, and his crosses from the wing are a huge threat. Gerrard and Lampard can also pull wide when attacking, but the threat they can create is lackluster.
At 20 minutes into the game, Aldridge stood up. England had few offensive methods. Joe Cole was still young and his performance in the front midfielder was suppressed in an area where he would be double-teamed from all directions. He also did not have the skills of Paul Scholes.
No, it's not that he doesn't have the goal-scoring awareness to nimbly penetrate the penalty area and score. In Millwall, he had the awareness to cut inside when playing on the wing, but when he advanced forward from the attacking midfielder position, he couldn't grasp the timing properly.
Aldridge took advantage of a corner kick in the frontcourt and shouted loudly on the sidelines, calling Gerrard in front of him, so that Gerrard did not have to participate in this corner kick attack and assigned him a new task on the sidelines.
First, let Gerrard tell Joe Cole to play on the wing, with McManaman playing on the other wing. Lampard and Gerrard are responsible for the center of the midfield, with Bart behind them to protect them.
Secondly, Gerrard's position premise is that the starting position is changed to midfield. Once Lampard comes up from behind, Gerrard has to move forward. Where is the limit area of movement? In front of the opponent's goal!
After listening carefully to Aldridge's adjustments, Gerrard nodded, ran to the frontcourt to communicate with Joe Cole, and then continued the game according to Aldridge's changes.
Aldrich walked back to his seat and sat down.
"Is this the most difficult situation our tactical system faces?"
Klinsmann asked thoughtfully.
Aldrich nodded and sighed: "So I think, looking at the top international teams, perhaps the one that has the most restraint against England's style of play is Italy."
Once they encounter a team that has no desire to actively attack or is completely focused on defense and counterattack, England's tactical system will be completely ineffective. They have to launch a counterattack to pose the highest threat, but if the opponent's offense does not advance, how can there be a counterattack?
What about the chances?
The last time Albania suffered a disastrous defeat at Wembley, they were defeated by England's method of luring a snake out of its hole. The 6:0 bloodbath was still fresh in their minds. They learned a lesson today and stayed tight, never rashly moving forward, and their formation naturally did not spread out.
Unlike Albania, which is limited by its strength and does not attack. When Italy's chain defense is impeccable from zone to man-to-man defense, it is also difficult for England to counterattack. Maybe it is not impossible, but it is definitely
Compared with playing against a team that plays aggressively and aggressively, the opportunities obtained are greatly reduced, and excellent opportunities are even rarer to come by.
The reason for letting the main players rest this round is not only because of their physical strength at the end of the season, but also because they studied the game with the coaching staff and felt that this game with Albania has little training value. They are not afraid of competing against strong teams. If they lose, they can accumulate experience.
Improve the deficiencies, win, and build confidence, but when playing against such a weak defensive team, tough battles sometimes rely on luck, and tactical training is of little value.
