The England team's tactical arrangement for this game was understood and even foreseen, and Aldrich was not surprised at all.
For the England team, it is absolutely impossible to achieve shocking surprise effects in every game.
In particular, the basis for changes in their offensive routine is space. Only when they play against Argentina and their opponents actively give them space can the England team play smoothly and change predictably.
In fact, no one has any secrets. Even though England and Senegal shocked the outside world in the group stage, in the knockout rounds, there will be no major changes in themselves, and they will be deeply studied by their opponents and know each other's ins and outs.
Therefore, the tactical confrontation has changed from "odd" to "real" confrontation.
As the Chinese Art of War says: Use the right combination to win by surprise.
The current war is about both sides guarding their troops in the right way.
It is difficult for anyone to catch the opponent off guard.
With Senegal's strength, even if they deploy intensive defense, they can only focus on restricting their opponents from invading one area. Because this is the knockout round, they must attack. If they don't attack, can they expect a penalty shootout?
Therefore, they either deploy heavy troops on the back line or hoard defensive forces in the midfield line. If they want to use two forwards and play defensive balance in the backcourt, they are asking for a dead end. Mechu is still very clear about this, so he
Choose to concentrate your forces on the rear line, after all, that area has the highest threat.
England seemed to have foreseen this, taking advantage of long-range shots from the outside right from the start and never piling up troops at the forefront of the offense.
It is not difficult to foresee this. Just look at Senegal's formation, with 5 defenders.
And think about who he has in his family. Owen!
Does the back line dare to give Irving space to counter offside and space for speed impact?
Therefore, Aldridge's tactical choice is based on knowing himself and the enemy. It is not simply a matter of going his own way. And this is coaching experience and ability. Before the game starts, the battle between coaches has already quietly begun.
The Senegalese fans in the stands enthusiastically cheered for the team, even though their team gradually fell into a disadvantage from the start and could not pose any threat in counterattack!
The England team's defensive attack was very fierce and spot on!
Diouf and Kamara were separated and fought individually to counterattack. The England team blocked them at all levels and struggled to the end.
Mei Chu stood on the sidelines and had to sigh that the young coach next door was so talented!
It was more difficult than he thought.
Fighting France is not that difficult.
The French team, after all, has the arrogance of double champions, while the England team is more like a lifeless mess. Even Beckham does the dirty work. It is difficult to imagine how this popular superstar who is famous all over the world was...
The young marshal was impressed and willing to do this.
Senegal's counterattack was devoid of any threat. Except for the fact that Kamara and Diouf were defended by the English team in the frontcourt after halftime and the players in the backcourt defender cut off the contact with their teammates through their positions, there is also the most important point.
Senegal is hard to come by!
Why does this happen?
Mei Chu watched the game for 20 minutes before he figured this out.
McManaman!
Although this player, who is called a poodle by England fans, has not scored a goal so far, he is undoubtedly the best player in England. There is no one else, because he is the most flexible in Aldridge's tactical deployment.
and key points.
McManaman pulls left and right to control the ball on the wing. This not only attracts defensive forces, but also has another important purpose: to make the Senegalese midfielders and frontcourt players return to defense!
His control of the ball virtually changed the overall situation of the game. This rhythm control can be called a classic.
The counterattack emphasizes playing fast, but Senegal adopts a densely defensive 5-back formation. England's pursuit of playing fast is meaningless because there is no obvious space.
McManaman's task, in addition to attracting firepower to set up a fort in the midfield, is to reshape the overall situation of the game.
Let Senegal withdraw its entire formation!
If they don't do this, and England insists on playing fast, perhaps Senegal's back line will successfully defend before the midfield line retreats, and then the midfield line players will directly turn around to counterattack. Their offensive starting position will be very advantageous.
Pushing forward quickly makes it harder to mark.
Mechu discovered this. Because McManaman controlled and protected the ball on the wing and was not in a hurry to play the ball, Senegal's overall formation was retracted. Even if Senegal counterattacked, it would always start from the backcourt, and the experience of this group of players
After all, ability is not the best. When pursuing fast play, the first
As soon as the ball was passed to the first line, Diouf and Kamara were in an isolated and helpless situation. If they organized patiently and England retreated quickly, the defense in the midfield and backfield would become flawless. With Senegal's position
Combat ability, the more complex the attack, the easier it is to make mistakes!
At this time, Mei Chu felt the absolute pressure brought by the young commander!
This is an invisible rule of terror, and Senegal is so restricted that it cannot show its passion.
Diouf was intercepted again and again, fell down in the confrontation, got up, and tried to seek contact with Kamara. However, he repeatedly made passing mistakes in the frontcourt. The Telanga Lion of Senegal seemed to be struggling.
England barely survived the torrent of bombing.
Lampard's long shot, Scholes' long shot, Beckham's long shot, Ashley Cole's long shot, McManaman's long shot...
The game lasted 35 minutes, and the England team took 12 shots, but not a single shot in the penalty area!
Bang, bang, bang!
Three shots that hit the goalpost or crossbar made Senegal's defense crumbling. The African fans in the stands began to be frightened because they saw signs that the team was approaching collapse. The third shot that hit the goalpost was actually Ashe's shot.
Leigh Cole's non-threatening long shot clearly deviated from the goal, but defender Tiata met the ball and made a clearance, causing the ball to change direction and bounce towards the goal. Goalkeeper Selva had no reaction, but fortunately it hit the goal.
Pop up on the pillar.
"Only a little bit, just a little bit, England is still a little bit close to destroying Senegal. England today has a high success rate in short passes in the frontcourt. When opportunities are created, long-range shots are taken. Scholes and Beckham
The difference was just a hair’s breadth away from scoring. But the absolute advantage of the England team has been reflected, and we successfully limited Senegal’s counterattack!”
While Martin Taylor was explaining passionately, Senegal launched the most threatening counterattack since the start.
Carrying the banner of African football, Diouf single-handedly rushed past the double-team of Beckham and Phil Neville. At this moment, because it was a defensive counterattack, Phil Neville and Beckham had a problem in coordination.
The mistake was because it was Neville who assisted and recovered it, and Beckham was in a similar position to him. Both of them wanted to wait for the other to grab the ball first, and then intercepted the second one. It was this mistake in one thought that allowed Diouf to score a goal.
Bloody road!
After Diouf broke through the defensive line, he dribbled forward non-stop. Butt followed Kamara who quickly inserted in the middle. Ferdinand stepped forward to defend Diouf. The latter broke out in a stunning performance and made an emergency stop to smash the ball.
, protecting the ball and turning 180 degrees to wipe out Ferdinand!
Just after he passed by, a long leg crossed in front of him. The ball at Diouf's feet flew away and was scooped out of the sideline.
Southgate stood up from the ground expressionlessly. Without looking at Diouf, who looked regretful, he said sternly to Ferdinand: "Even if you have been passed, don't chase him anymore, it's useless! First
Time to make up for my position! It was very dangerous just now. If he passes the ball, the center will be empty!"
Ferdinand faced the current captain of the national team and the former big brother of Millwall. He did not dare to be dissatisfied at all and nodded immediately.
Just now, Southgate took the risk of leaving the penalty area empty to help defend. Of course, this is also because it is Diouf and not other top players. If it were other players with stronger ball awareness, Southgate would not
If you dare to rush to fill the position, you will only move to this side and take into account the defense of the other side.
When Mei Chu saw that this attack failed to even produce a shot, he immediately let out a long sigh of endless regret.
But he also knows that with a defensive system like England's, if the opponent really gets an unmarked kicking opportunity in the penalty area, it will definitely be a golden opportunity, and a goal will not be far away.
The fleeting opportunity was not seized after all.
Senegal's full-back Dave came up to serve the side ball. As soon as he threw the ball to Diouf, he saw Diouf trying to pass Ferdinand and then Phil Neville, but Phil Neville stretched his foot.
Push the ball two meters away from him
Both Dave and Diouf came to grab the ball. However, Beckham was faster. He was guarding Diouf. Beckham used his back heel to kick the ball towards the middle behind him. Bart did not hesitate to kick it.
Pass the ball directly to Scholes not far ahead.
The England team's defense this time, coupled with Beckham's back-heel pass, made the English fans at the scene applaud.
Senegal's frontline ball failed to launch an attack and turned around, and England's counterattack suddenly broke out.
When Senegal came up to the midfield line, Scholes did not rush forward and passed the ball diagonally back to Lampard. He ran forward and passed Siaf. Lampard then passed the ball from Siaf.
Passing the ball through the middle with b-Diop, it was a simple 2-over-1, but Scholes crossed the Senegal midfield line!
After passing midfield, Scholes immediately passed the ball to McManaman, who had already moved wide.
McManaman's movement awareness reflects his ability to read the game. Senegal sent a side ball from the left side of the front court, and the formation was obviously tilted there. If there is space on the wing at this time, it must be corresponding.
The left wing has the most space, but if Senegal returns to defense, the already left-leaning formation will inevitably focus on the left wing, which will be very unfavorable for England's next offensive development.
As for McManaman, he pulled away the left side of England's frontcourt, which is the other side of the Senegal formation's tilt.
The advantage of this is that when the Senegalese defense adjusts and moves from left to right, the formation cannot remain absolutely tight, giving the England team more space to insert their teammates in the back.
McManaman controlled the ball and did not move forward. Senegalese players began to rush toward him to defend like wolves.
Mei Chu watched with horror on the sidelines.
Without warning, he felt something was wrong.
McManaman didn't get close to the baseline. He should have continued to move forward, but he didn't.
Suddenly, Mei Chu realized one of the most sensitive judgments about the coach's reading of the game: This is a sign of a change in the offensive rhythm! (To be continued...)
