As a football fan, Melanie had naturally heard of Puskas' name. She never thought that the old man with dementia lying in the hospital bed was the most outstanding star that ever shined on this planet.
Aldrich nodded lonely and began to tell the story between him and the old man.
When Aldrich began to study across Europe, he was pious and humble. However, after he had read thousands of sails, he inevitably made the same mistake that many people make: pride and complacency!
In 1993, Aldrich's mind was full of tactics. He not only studied the tactics of various football countries, but also grasped the subsequent trends in football tactics. He thought he had mastered his skills, so he started to have a problem with bullfighting.
I can't wait to try my hand at it.
Hungarian football was once world-famous, and the football tactics and culture here were also talked about by people in the industry. Almost fifty years ago, Hungary, which joined the socialist camp after World War II, also began to engage in football with a "national system". At that time, it created a
An extremely powerful golden team.
There are many golden generations in history, but there are not many teams that can truly be called golden teams. Hungary is one of the representative teams. Whenever the best team in history is selected, the Hungarian national team in the early 1950s is
Will be on the list again and again.
At that time, the football tactics here were the most advanced. It was a group of educated scholars studying tactics, kicking skills, formations and movements, strategies and tactics while drinking coffee.
They modified it based on Arsenal's tactician Chapman's WM formation, and may even have created a tactical system in which inside forwards and wingers frequently switch positions with four backs, and this tactic was perfected after being brought to Brazil by the Hungarian coach.
The later classic 424 was produced.
As the tactical research matures, the team of kings built with the whole country's efforts is gradually taking shape. Puskas is the most dazzling figure among them, known as the "Flying Major". He really has an official position. Almost all the players in the Hungarian national team
The players all have official backgrounds and were pulled from the military.
During the Cold War period when the world was divided into two, England, which regarded itself as the originator and leader of modern football, proudly invited Hungary to play a friendly match. At that time, Hungary was already somewhat famous and had performed well in the Olympics, so this friendly match was chosen by England.
Before the game, it was called: the battle of the century.
In such a game that was exaggerated as the pinnacle game, England lost 3:6 at home. England was unwilling to give in. After training hard for half a year, they returned to Budapest and were beaten 7:1 by Hungary.
This is how English football is. After a little bit of success, it starts to rest on its laurels, and only when it gets a bloody slap in the face does it learn the hard way.
Hungary, on the other hand, began to conquer all the invincible players in the world and stood proud among the others.
Before the start of the 1954 World Cup, the Hungarian national team maintained a proud record of being undefeated for four years.
Not only is Hungary the highest hope in the country, but also internationally it is considered that Hungary is the favorite to win the championship.
In the group stage, they slaughtered South Korea 9:0 and bloodbathed West Germany 8:3, but Puskas was injured by a tackle in the game against West Germany.
In the knockout round, they faced Brazil and defending champion Uruguay, winning both games 4:2. Hungary lived up to expectations and advanced to the final.
But no one expected that the opponent in the final would be West Germany, whom they had met in the group stage.
West Germany and Hungary, two teams that fit the background of the times, two countries and nations, both needed a victory.
But God played a joke on Hungary. They had not lost a single game in four years, but on the day of the final they were determined to kill the thief, but they were unable to save themselves!
Puskas, who was tackled by the Germans, came into the battle injured. The two-goal lead went as predicted. However, it rained heavily and the Germans came up with magical cleats. The Hungarians could only play on the muddy grass.
After falling down and missing a must-goal, the Germans made a miraculous comeback. Puskas' equalizing goal before the end was disallowed by the English referee. The World Cup just passed by.
This is the miracle of Bern that is well known to the world, and even Germans agree that it is a miracle. This miracle has inspired German football and even the entire nation, and its influence continues to this day.
On the other hand, Hungary, which lost the final, became a national sinner. When the domestic political situation was turbulent and Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest, the Hungarian national team was put on trial. The goalkeeper may have been exiled to the border because he conceded three goals in a row in the final.
How familiar does this sound?
Later, countless people used such plots to ridicule North Korea, but all of this actually happened in Hungary in history.
The Golden Team collapsed, and Major Fei began to wander. He was labeled as a treason, but at the age of 31, he joined Real Madrid and became a legend.
After retiring, Puskas coached many European teams, including leading the Greek team to the Champions League final. This achievement was very remarkable. In 1993, he took up the coach of the national team in Hungary and tried to revive Hungarian football.
, and at that time, Aldrich came here.
At that time, the country had just stabilized, it had only been four years since Marxism-Leninism was abandoned, and football had long lost its glory. Aldrich took out a forged document showing that he was twenty years old and applied for the position of assistant coach of the national team.
When he met the national team coach and his immediate boss Puskas for the first time, Aldridge's idea was simple: let this old man see what I am capable of!
In a teaching game, Aldridge commanded a group of substitute players to play against the main players, setting up a highly utilitarian defensive counterattack formation, using the popular chain defense in Italy and the British side counterattack tactics to easily defeat the main players.
Won the game with a 3:1 victory.
While Aldrich was triumphant, Puskas was expressionless.
"He was angry, I could feel it, but I stubbornly believed that I was right. I thought he was old and out of step with the trend. He was a former king, but the future did not belong to him. However, he did not scold me, but
He took me out of the national team training base and went to a small stadium in the city. There, a group of middle school students were playing football. They were very excited to see Puskas because he was a hero. Puskas asked me
I went to play a game of football with middle school students. I asked him why, but he didn't explain, and just asked me to do it. I was thinking: These children don't know anything, playing football with them? It's like playing harp to a cow. But when the sun goes down,
, I took off my soaked shirt and walked back to my seat in the stands. The old man who I despised in my heart smiled and asked me something, which made me completely convinced by him."
"What did he ask?"
"happy?"
"What?"
"He just asked me: Are you happy?"
"What does it mean?"
"The meaning is very simple. I am very happy. Yes, I played with a bunch of kids all afternoon. I don't care about winning or losing. When we score a goal, we laugh, we hug each other and celebrate. When a goal is scored, we are depressed, and then we muster up the fighting spirit to start again.
Football, I suddenly discovered that day that it seemed that I hadn’t played football for a long, long time, and I hadn’t experienced the fun that football brought me, and this is the essence of football. The football tactics in my mind are just boring.
Numbers and lines have no meaning. Utilitarian football always has a more than simple purpose, victory? If the players are not happy, what is the meaning of victory? But this will be the mainstream of football in the future, because football
It is a tool for many people to make a living. Only victory can avoid unemployment. My opinion about Puskas is right. He is behind the times and cannot keep up with the times, but he taught me thoughtful football and he made me
Understand that failure is not terrible, what is terrible is when you can no longer find happiness in the sport of football, and as the head coach, I have an obligation to let my players experience happiness."
Speaking of these, Aldrich was very sad.
He also planned his professional life a long time ago. He thought that in his initial stage, he should build a fence and let the team play utilitarian football. In this way, he could win the championship quickly, but he got the baptism of thought in Hungary.
, he does not want to suppress the talents of the players, nor does he want them to feel bored with the game and lose their motivation to create. He must allow the players to feel the essential charm of this sport in the process of creating goals and winning.
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Puskas could not teach Aldrich anything in terms of tactics, but he was regarded as a mentor by Aldrich. Life always needs an opportunity for qualitative change in the process of continuous accumulation. Puskas gave Aldrich a
Enlightenment, this is extremely precious.
Puskas once had great glory and was the pride of the entire country. It was promoted to the altar, but it also suffered the worst fall!
Perhaps it was this kind of experience that made him forget everything while wandering, pick up football, and enjoy the simplest and most beautiful fun.
Aldrich felt that he was simply blessed by God. He had a new life and met a professional mentor who awakened him. During the six months in Hungary, he began to sort out and sublimate the football knowledge he had learned in the past.
Create his own personal football philosophy.
Maybe he can't establish a sect, but he can at least learn from the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought and integrate them comprehensively.
Puskás's teachings could never be forgotten in his mind. Teachings were nothing to talk about. The two seemed to have known each other for years.
But now, his mentor has begun to suffer from the disease, and his life will enter a dark page.
Aldrich and Melanie sat on chairs outside the ward, sleepless all night.
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