The England national team came to Liverpool's territory, and while training at the Melwood training base, Aldridge clearly found that the atmosphere of the national team had changed slightly from last season.
This change made him feel happy and a little proud.
Beckham, Scholes, Irving, and Neville, these stars who play for the Premier League giants, are more in awe than before in front of Aldridge. They obey Aldridge and there will be almost no problems in training. Aldridge said
What, they just go ahead and execute it.
The relationship between Aldridge and this group of players is very complicated. The national team needs to be united as a general, and when he returns to the club, he has to face each other with swords. As the national team's record improves, the future is worth looking forward to. In the club arena, Aldridge will achieve greater glory again.
, whether these players envy outsiders is unknown. Aldridge has taken off his magical cloak. Success once is magical, twice is magical again, and when he succeeds three times, it is magical.
When you succeed three times, four times, it's not magic, it's absolute strength. Beckham and the others are in awe. Aldrich in their eyes is just like what Fleet Street touts, like a god, with the ability to turn decay into magic.
To play for him, I have to work hard. As long as I focus on playing well, I don’t dare to hope for trophies. At least I can break through myself and achieve certain achievements.
Aldridge has changed from a young coach to a mature coach. He never relies on hysterical roars to convince players. Whether in the club or the current national team, the players have a strong consensus: Aldridge is the boss and must listen to the boss!
Since the beginning of the season, Aldrich has focused on studying Finland's technical and tactical play, and combined with the current situation of the World Cup preliminaries, the technical and tactical system of the England national team has already taken shape. The rest is to rely on time to mature the technical and tactical skills.
Exhibit greater power. On this basis, Aldrich's room for performance will be much larger. He can make fine-tuning in preparation for the opponent's situation, and the foundation of the overall technical and tactical framework will not be shaken by fine-tuning.
Attending a press conference at Anfield, and playing the role of a protagonist. Aldridge himself felt weird, and I am afraid Liverpool fans couldn't accept it. Less than a month after the start of the new season, Millwall led by Aldridge was sent to
Gave Liverpool two runners-up spots.
However, who makes Liverpool want to make money? Otherwise, why bother applying to the FA to host the national team’s home games?
When attending the press conference, Aldridge looked extremely serious, which was in sharp contrast to the smiles on the faces of the reporters at the scene.
Fleet Street is relatively optimistic. They believe that by winning the game today, England will get rid of the huge negative shadow of last year's European Cup disastrous defeat and the home loss to Germany. The public can fully look forward to England's performance in next year's World Cup.
"The first person said England will win, the second person started talking about the next game we go to Germany. The third person is already looking ahead to the World Cup. I would say England are in a much worse situation than Finland, let's say, today
We can't win against Finland, so Finland has 2 points more than us. As long as they win the last game, they will have 5 points more than us. And England has two games left after this game. Even if we win one and draw one, we will still win.
He was eliminated and didn't even have a chance to participate in the play-offs!
Yes, we have won three of the past three World Cup preliminaries, but if three wins make us lose our minds, England will probably miss the World Cup. I am not pouring cold water on it, I am stating the reality clearly, players and coaches,
Even the fans who cheer us on must stay calm. England will fight for victory. The basis for victory is to face the opponent squarely. Finland is not as strong as us, but if they defeat England tomorrow, their probability of entering the World Cup will be more than 90%.
%!"
Aldridge is warning the team, the media, and the fans.
Don't be overly optimistic!
In football matches, if you are overjoyed before the game, you will be extremely sad after the game!
Since England is facing three decisive battles, it must have a decisive battle consciousness and attitude!
The next day, the voices in Fleet Street still mainly echoed Aldridge. In terms of momentum building, if England cannot enter next year's World Cup, Fleet Street will suffer huge losses. After all, the British will not pay too much attention to media information that does not involve England.
Enthusiasm, newspaper sales, and program ratings are bound to plummet.
At this point, Fleet Street still has a bottom line, or it is driven by interests. They want the England team to be the focus of attention more than anyone else at all times, especially in major competitions.
In the locker room before the game, Aldridge observed that the players looked more serious. Their minds were clear and they knew that this game was a life and death battle. In the previous match, Finland drew with England at home and failed to win the last time.
Let's go to Finland. Today we switch to the home court. The players themselves will not have excessive confidence that they can win the opponent. It is correct to have a serious attitude and attach great importance to the opponent.
In view of this, Aldridge didn't remind the players anything, he just encouraged the team to play.
The Finnish national team also attaches great importance to this game, which is their penultimate game in the World Cup qualifying rounds.
If they can win against England in an away game, they will at least have the hope of playing in the play-offs, and the hope is high. After all, England will visit Germany in the next round, and not many people are optimistic that England can make a difference in Munich.
Even if there is a tie, Finland will still have the advantage as long as they defeat Greece in the last round.
At this time, the biggest stars in the Finnish national team are Hyypia and Litmanen. The team's strength is not first-rate, at best second-rate, but it can still achieve something with its overall performance. If it were not for England's top two
After a draw with Finland and then a loss to Germany, it is not the turn to have a decisive battle with Finland now.
"In Group I of the World Cup European Qualifiers, England's sixth round match is about to start at Anfield. The national team coach Hall showed a cautious attitude towards this game. Today many football media also made worried voices because the Finnish team
They may give up their bold attack for a draw. As long as they get a draw, they will maintain a 2-point advantage over England. I
I think this is a test for the England national team. In the past few games, England's biggest feature is counterattack. Today they are facing a positional battle. The advantages they have honed may be limited to the maximum. I hope the young men of the national team
We can work hard to achieve results that satisfy the fans. Of course, I am talking about a victory, and nothing is more important than victory."
Aldridge stood on the sidelines before the game started, staring calmly at the field with his hands in his pockets.
We're going to have a positional battle today!
Even though it was a positional battle, Aldrich still did not change the formation framework of 4321.
The atmosphere at Anfield is relatively average today.
Only when Irving touches the ball does he get extraordinary cheers. Other times, it feels like the volume is reduced by half.
Aldridge can understand. Of the 11 people on the field, only Irving was a Liverpool player. McManaman was very unhappy with the Liverpool fans when he left. The remaining four Manchester United players and three Millwall players were in the stands.
Nearly half of the English fans are Liverpool fans, so it may be difficult for them to show their greatest enthusiasm.
After watching the game for ten minutes, Aldrich felt a little more at ease.
Although Finland mainly focuses on defense, it has not yet adopted the ultimate anti-counterattack posture. Coming to the away game, Finland has ideas for victory.
Even if Finland draws with England in an away game, Finland has an advantage, but it cannot be said that its fate is completely in its own hands. If England wins the next two games, they will still be eliminated.
Therefore, they actually challenged England away from home with an arrangement of 6 people absolutely defending, 3 people switching offense and defense, and 1 person absolutely attacking.
"Did England play a little conservatively today? The offense seems to be back to the old way. Beckham is very active in cooperation with Neville on the right, and McManaman and Owen are close to each other on the left to cooperate, but in the penalty area
There is no one inside. Scholes' frequent forwards are not a big threat. Hyypia appears to be very calm in directing the defense in the penalty area. Ashley Cole and Lampard should attack more boldly and provide the frontcourt with more
It’s just support.”
The fans in the stands also felt that England played more conservatively than Finland today, and according to today's style of play, Beckham's advantage cannot be used. Who should he pass the ball to? Owen or Scholes?
Can the two of them gain points in front of Hyypia?
The players on the field also knew that today's positional battle was not very effective. There was only one shot in the first 15 minutes, and it was Irving's helpless choice to barely kick it.
However, the players are very determined to implement the tactics Aldrich formulated before the game, and everyone knows that this approach is only temporary.
Beckham and Neville have a tacit understanding of each other. Crossing from the right is quite a threat, especially today when he was assigned to cross, and the point he was looking for in the cross was his club teammate, Paul Scholes!
The Finnish team had many opportunities to counterattack, but apart from Neville's bold assists, England's backcourt maintained a five-man group of Bart + Lampard and three other defenders in the backcourt during defense. It was difficult for Finland's counterattack to be effective.
Attacking the goal, the defense commanded by Southgate steadily eliminated it.
Until the 27th minute of the game, Beckham suddenly stopped passing the high-altitude ball and changed it to a direct pass from the ground. This time, he passed the ball into the penalty area. Scholes made a diagonal pass from the penalty area and took a step forward when he got the ball.
, the angle was pulled out and formed an excellent opportunity. Unfortunately, the ginger head's shot was a little on target and was directly blocked by the goalkeeper with one hand.
"Scholes missed a good opportunity. This was a collaboration between Manchester United players. Is this what Hall wants to see? Or is Beckham's change in the way he passes the ball a trump card?
The game has been going on for half an hour, and the England team's offense makes people look anxious. This is not like Hall's coaching style. In the past few games, even if England cannot score in 30 minutes, their shooting opportunities and offensive methods will make it difficult.
We saw hope, but today, we don't see that."
After 2 minutes, England, whose attacks were frequently concentrated on the right, suddenly shifted their attack. Scholes moved the ball from the center to the left. McManaman got the ball from the wing and then dribbled it laterally in front of the penalty area.
When the ball was free, he fired a quality long-range shot from the penalty area.
The Finnish goalkeeper kept the goal in check and pushed the ball over the crossbar.
Finland felt the pressure and was afraid of being attacked by its opponents, so it divided more troops to mark McManaman, Beckham and Scholes. These three people are very active outside the penalty area.
When Aldrich saw the adjustment of the Finnish team's defensive strategy, he raised his chin slightly and his eyes were sharp.
