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The dust of the Spain vs. South Korea match has settled. The first thing the reporters did after the post-match interviews was to go to Japan. Everyone wanted to interview Aldrich, regardless of whether England could defeat Türkiye.
In addition to cursing England for falling at the feet of Türkiye, South Korea began to stir up rumors and uncover Rooney's misdeeds of enjoying life in Tokyo in an attempt to smear England's image.
This incident made the European media extremely contemptuous. Not to mention that prostitution is legal in many places in Europe. The England team never admitted that Rooney was a client. The two Japanese girls in Japan knew that it was illegal.
How could they admit it to themselves? When they sold the story to reporters, they claimed that they had fallen in love with the tall, powerful, and suave Lu Xiaopang, and they just had sex.
The players in the England team admired Aldridge beyond measure.
According to normal thinking, the bigger the star, the more philanthropic he is. He will not make enemies or damage his image. But Aldrich is so clear about love and hate, and dares to make it public. He is famous in England.
Say whatever you want, he hates Leeds United, he just says it, he thinks the Mad Gang are too rough and merciless, but when it comes to the World Cup, even though it has nothing to do with England, he still dares to express his opinion and will not follow the crowd.
This courage makes Aldridge look like a pure man to the players, very domineering.
In particular, he insulted Chung Mong-joon by name and told Korean companies to go away. Maybe Italian and Spanish fans felt very happy. But the English fans and players only had one word to express their emotion: awesome.
Aldrich himself was not complacent because of the verbal spat with South Korea. On the contrary, before facing the life-and-death battle with the Star and Moon Legion today, he was calm and helpless.
The players may not be able to see it, but Jensen, who has worked with him for many years, noticed it immediately.
When the players were warming up in Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Aldridge sat in the locker room, and Jenson stayed and asked curiously: "You have something on your mind? Is it related to the game?"
Jenson worries it's something other than football that's bothering Aldridge.
In fact, Aldrich was not confused, but simply helpless.
He smiled bitterly and said: "I have some worries. I feel that all my past work has been in vain."
"Um?"
"Turkey, every game is different."
Janson suddenly realized what he said, and Aldrich sighed again.
He did a lot of homework before the World Cup and worked day and night. If it can be put to use, it will be worth the hard work, such as studying Sweden, Argentina and Nigeria.
If you study the opponents you cannot meet in advance, you won’t be too disappointed. Just be prepared.
But when an opponent who has made preparations and research in advance appears in front of him, only to find that his preparations are of no use, this is a bit shocking.
The situation in Türkiye is a bit strange, which is both reasonable and unexpected.
The current Turkey coach Gunes has been controversial since he took office two years ago. There has been constant criticism of him in Turkey. Some people think that Gunes, who is a goalkeeper, cannot be the coach of the Stars and Crescent Army. Some people say that he is not good enough.
Turkish Emperor Trim is bold and confident, but he is not as gentle as Denisli. He obviously lacks charisma. Some people even accused him of "going through the back door" to become the national team coach.
You can imagine the pressure on such a coach.
Therefore, when Turkey was robbed of the top spot in the group by Sweden in the World Cup preliminaries and was going to the qualifying play-offs, there was overwhelming criticism against him in Turkey.
Then, Gunes made a bold change when facing Austria. He swept Austria with six goals and finally led Türkiye to the World Cup after 48 years!
When it came to the World Cup, Turkey first lost to Brazil in the group stage, and then drew with Costa Rica. Qualifying from the group was in doubt, so Gunes' crisis of confidence came again!
When playing against Costa Rica, he had already changed his formation. In the end, he tortured the Chinese team and relied on Brazil to defeat Costa Rica without any obvious letdown, thus qualifying for the top 16.
Why did Aldrich feel that his previous work was in vain?
When a team faces adversity, it is normal and reasonable to change tactics and formation.
But where is the unexpected?
This guy Gunes has a different starting lineup in almost every game in the World Cup. Although the meaning of the formation itself is not particularly conspicuous, it is obvious that Turkey's playing style has changed. Even the details are worthy of attention.
In the group stage, Türkiye used 442 and 4231. When it came to playing Japan, Türkiye used 4321 again.
Basically, world-class teams will not change their formations so frequently on the World Cup stage, because a change in details may lead to a complete collapse.
Very few teams come to the World Cup to make adjustments, unless their opponents are extremely strong and make targeted changes.
And like Brazil, even if they adjust all the way, they will only adjust the personnel at specific positions, using the most appropriate parts, and not changing the big frame. 343 will crush them all the way. The same is basically true for other strong teams.
Because of adjustments, the core part of the tactical system should be adjusted and stabilized before the World Cup starts.
Gunesh's changes come and go, which is quite unexpected.
Most of Aldridge's previous work can be thrown into the trash can. Looking at Türkiye's technical and tactical characteristics in the qualifiers, it has changed a lot from now.
Besides, Aldridge couldn't tell whether Gunes would change his formation when playing England today.
If he really dares to change his formation, that would be crazy!
Do you really regard the World Cup as a display of the coach's personal formation?
But to be honest, he has changed over and over again, but the effect cannot be concluded. He lost to Brazil in the group stage and drew with Costa Rica. We can use failure as a conclusion. How convincing is it to win against China? In the knockout round, the host Japan was kicked out.
Relying on a corner kick is a static set piece. It has little connection with the offensive and defensive system of sports warfare.
Jensen patted him on the shoulder to express comfort.
Why not comfort yourself?
He also has a hand in collecting intelligence, analyzing opponent information, and listing key points.
In this situation, the two of them could only look at each other and smile.
After the players came back from warm-up, Aldridge got up and left without saying anything. He stayed in the locker room, just to ensure that no player would feel uncomfortable or injured during the warm-up before the start of the game. If an accident occurred, he would make changes on the spot.
The starting lineup, after all, walks from the locker room to the field, such a short distance, the probability of an accident is extremely slim.
After arriving at the stadium, Aldrich was attracted by the deafening cheers in the stadium. He looked around the stadium stands. Although there were many Turkish fans, they were obviously not as good as the English fans.
Gunes shook hands with Aldrich. Because Gunes had changed his formation continuously before, and Turkey reached the top 8. Gunes suddenly became a master tactician, at least that's what the outside world said.
This game once again became a contest between Aldrich and another "tactical master".
The outside world expects England and Türkiye to break the content of the game predicted by the outside world and come up with something new.
This is a bit overwhelming.
Even Brazil has become cautious in reaching the top 8. How can other teams have the confidence to play new tricks? If it's not fun, then they have to say goodbye to the World Cup!
After all, after winning the top eight, there will be two games left, either to compete for the championship or to compete for third place.
Players from both sides enter the court.
"The last game of the World Cup quarter-finals will be played at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. England vs. Turkey. The winner of this game will meet Brazil in the semi-finals at Saitama World Cup Stadium. Brazil has the advantage of one more day of rest, and the Brazilian team
It is very powerful. No matter what, if the England team can win Turkey today, Hall's Three Lions will
It makes all England proud. The best result of the England team in the history of the World Cup is naturally the local championship in 1966, followed by the fourth place in the World Cup 12 years ago. Therefore, if the England team wins the game today, Hall
The Three Lions under his command will at least tie England's second-best result in the World Cup and become the top three teams in England's history."
"Turkey will create history with every step they take. They will not surrender today. What makes me curious is the coach Gunes. His formations are different in every game, making it difficult for opponents to predict their tactics in advance.
Formation play, will this be a strange move? Will it cause trouble for England?"
"It's hard to say, but I think the current England team will not be afraid of the other side, nor will they panic when the other side puts up a novel formation. In the past four games, the England team has performed better and better and become more and more stable, boys.
Confident and understanding on the court, they looked unbeatable. In four games, we only conceded one goal, but what about Turkey? They conceded five, especially four by Brazil."
"After the game starts, let's take a closer look at Türkiye's game today, and now we will introduce the starting lineups of both sides.
England 4321.
Goalkeeper: Seaman.
Defenders: Phil Neville, Ferdinand, Southgate, Ashley Cole.
Midfielder: Beckham, Butt, Lampard.
Attacking midfielder: McManaman, Scholes.
Forward: Owen.
Türkiye, 352? Well, yes, they started with 352 today.
Goalkeeper: Rustu.
Defenders: Fatih, Alpe, Brent.
Midfielder: Davala, Basturk, Tuguet, Emre, Ergon.
Forwards: Hakan Suker, Sass.
Whether it is really 352 or 532, we can only observe during the game. I hope that Turkey will use a 3-back defensive system. As mentioned before, Hall’s record against a three-back team is a complete victory!”
After Aldrich watched Türkiye's starting lineup one by one and combined it with the approximate position of the opponent's players before kick-off, he couldn't help but reach out and touch his forehead.
Fortunately, he did not predict Türkiye's starting players and formation.
He knows the characteristics of the Turkish roster players and roughly the best positions on the field.
Based on the basic information, he had already guessed that Türkiye was determined to fight 352.
The reason for using a double forward is because when it comes to the knockout rounds, you can't do it without attacking. As for a single forward, you need at least a world-class player. For example, the England team has world-class striker Owen. Even if he is a pure striker, he only cares about speed, movement, and shooting skills. Owen is world-class in these three items, but Türkiye is not.
So when they formed their troops behind them, they fell into the same situation as Senegal.
After Senegal's defeat, the outside world severely criticized Mechu's formation, believing that his deployment of five defenders was a failure and gave England a strong midfield advantage.
Gunes learned the lesson from the Senegal game and turned to hoarding heavy troops in the midfield.
Although Argentina also has three defenders, Gunes thought that the midfield system of the three defenders he deployed was completely different, with two more players than Argentina's midfielder!
He believes that the three defenders can target Owen, while the five midfielders can compete with England's midfield control.
Aldrich will not jump to conclusions about how the game will develop. Everything will have to be observed after kickoff.
The most important thing is Türkiye's attitude.
If they are incompetent, the England team may encounter the biggest difficulty since the World Cup.
But if they have the determination and will to fight, Aldrich is not worried and doesn't care how the opponent's formation is arranged.
At the beginning of the game, the pace of both sides was relatively slow. There was only one ticket left for the semi-finals. Both sides were cautious! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
