Aldridge's authority in the England national team can be described as "prestige without anger". He does not need to show off his face to establish authority. Rooney was directly kicked back to England due to the scandal in the World Cup, and later McManaman violated the rules of heaven and said goodbye.
The national team.
The England team is quite flamboyant and flamboyant under the media's exaggeration. The ladies' team is famous all over the world. On the passionate stage of football, the ladies' team adds a more gorgeous element to the England team that already has entertainment elements.
However, within the team, the players are very cautious and restrained. They have gained experience two years ago and have kept the iron rules in mind on what to do when it comes to the competition.
The England team stayed at a hotel in Lisbon and prepared for the match in a closed environment without any influence from the outside world.
There are still three days left before the opening game, and the team's basic work is back on track. Aldridge will start to focus all his energy on England's debut against France four days later.
He is already a hands-off manager, both for the club and the national team.
The England team's coaching staff was reorganized two years ago. The only Millwall coaches who followed Aldridge to Portugal in the summer were Jensen and Stramaccioni.
Jenson's work contract with Millwall has ended. He will officially part ways with Aldridge as soon as all England games in this European Cup are over. Now he holds 8 club invitations, 5 of which are from the Premier League.
, clubs from La Liga and the Bundesliga, but they are all middle and lower-tier teams. The other three are invitations from teams in second-tier European leagues, such as the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League. He has already made the decision to return to the Netherlands in the summer and join an established team.
Feyenoord takes on a new role.
Aldrich will let Villas-Boas take over the club position after Jenson leaves.
Jenson has been working as an assistant coach for ten years. He is very familiar with it and makes no mistakes. He has already reported to Aldridge on the training arrangements within the England team, player status assessment, and these major tasks before the competition.
In the hotel's business conference room, Aldrich sat at the head of the table. He nodded to Stramaccioni, indicating that he could start his work.
After almost two seasons with Aldridge, Stramaccioni is no longer the handsome young Italian boy he was two years ago. He looks like he has gone through a lot of changes now.
He studies and works at the same time, and naturally becomes a workaholic. However, he enjoys it and feels that he will be inspired every once in a while. He is constantly making progress, and there are areas where Aldrich needs to point out in his work.
Less and less.
He stood next to the large projection screen in the conference room, turned on the projector, put in the slide, and the French team's formation appeared on the big screen.
Two years ago, he would have given Aldrich a decent formation when inspecting the opponent's report. However, two years later, the opponent's formation he compiled had become less regular and he tried to depict the opponent's skills and tactics as three-dimensionally as possible.
The basic formation of the system.
On the big screen is an irregular 442 formation.
There is no need to say anything about the back four, they are relatively well behaved.
The double back waist begins to become non-parallel.
The French team's double midfielder, Makelele is slightly behind and to the right, while Vieira is slightly forward and to the left.
In the core of the midfield, Zidane's position is also to the left.
The French team has no left midfielder or left winger.
Theoretically, the French team has a person who is very suitable for this position, Pires, but he is in the right midfielder position.
On the forward line, Trezeguet moved forward and to the right, while Henry stayed slightly behind and to the left.
As a result, in the offensive part of the French team's formation, the center-right position in the frontcourt is relatively empty. Although there is no left winger, there is a certain sense of density on the left.
Stramaccioni said confidently: "First of all, the results achieved by the French team in the European Cup qualifiers are not enough to serve as a reference. It is not convincing. Just like England, France's European Cup qualifier opponents are different.
Yes, Israel, Slovenia, Malta
, Cyprus is almost all a third-rate team in Europe, so they were able to achieve a crazy record of winning 8 games, scoring 29 goals, and conceding only 2 goals. I think if it were any world-class team in this group,
It will not be too difficult to achieve a complete victory record. Last summer the French team achieved
The French team won the Confederations Cup, and it was a very gorgeous French team. However, I still insist that it is not a reference, because there is a big change in factors that affects this French team. If we use the normal
formation to line up the France formation I have shown
, it is obvious that the French team plays a unilateral offensive formation, which weakens the left wing and focuses on the right wing as the offensive point. But in fact, on the contrary, the French team's right wing attack is far inferior to the left wing attack, at least
, I believe this is what France coach Santini envisioned."
Just by looking at the formation and the player positions marked by Stramaccioni, I had a rough idea of the French team's situation.
He really became the boss, so he only started to think about it now. Stramaccioni was doing the research on the opponent. After summarizing, he reported it to Aldrich. Aldrich combined some of the experiences he still remembered.
to make a comprehensive judgment.
After Desailly faded out of the main force, the French team placed Thuram at the center back position. So the question arose, who to use as right back?
It seems that this tournament will use Gallas, a player who although he can play as a full-back, is not necessarily a top-level player.
Lizarazu is already in charge of the left back, and Thuram's partner is Manchester United player Sylvester.
Stramaccioni made a cross in front of Gallas's right back on the big screen, and drew an arrow in front of Lizarazu, saying: "The French team's right backcourt attack can almost
It is said that there is not much threat. Galas will not suddenly have a sudden threat like Thuram. At most, he will only make progress on the basis of completing his job.
The support work of the midfield and frontcourt must be carried out. The attack on the left side of the backcourt is different. Santini’s intention shown in the warm-up matches in the past six months is obviously to hope that Lizarazu can also complete the full-back and full-midfield role.
Winger? That's not his turn! The French team seems to have given up attacking on the left. In fact, I think Pires was placed on the right, and it was Sango who
A compromise for Tiny. He must create space for Zidane, Henry, and Lizarazu. Zidane is used to dropping deep into the backcourt to organize the ball, and then inserting it, while he moves to the left
The frequency is much higher than that of other areas. At the same time, Lizarazu has a strong awareness of assisting. We are familiar with Henry. He has a wide range of activities in Millwall's frontcourt and is on the left.
The activity is also very high, because Millwall's Ronaldinho is not a pure left winger. There will be no obvious conflict with Henry, but in the French team, when there are three players who are accustomed to being active on the left, Pires
If he was still placed on the left, then it would be absolutely crowded and conflicting, so Pires was a victim of Santini's tactical design and went to the right."
Stramaccioni's research and analysis made Aldrich couldn't help but nod.
Henry has been at the top of his game since a few years ago. However, even though Henry's scoring rate in the French team is not low, he still feels inconspicuous. Especially when paired with Zidane, it does not achieve the invincible combination that people expected.
super powerful effect.
It would be nonsense to say that they are completely incompatible together.
It can only be said that forward Henry and midfielder Zidane did not achieve the chemical reaction effect of 1+1 greater than 2.
This may have a slightly offsetting effect, stemming from regional conflicts of footballing habits.
Henry will also play wide at Millwall, and two seasons ago, when Larsson was still the absolute main force, Larson was a stable scoring point on the right side of the forward line. Henry's first choice when playing wide is on the left, which is beneficial to him
When running and cutting or dribbling inside, shoot with your right foot.
There is no such conflict at Millwall. There are two points of support.
First of all, although Ronaldinho's starting position is on the left, Ronaldinho will cut inside. He will lean towards the center and be able to switch positions with Nedvěd.
The second point is Nedved's playing habits and game experience. If Henry goes to the left and Ronaldinho cuts inside, Nedved will go directly to the penalty area!
The tacit understanding between club players must far exceed that of the national team. This is not directly related to the player's reputation. It is not a famous player, but a combination of players with strong experience and awareness will be perfect and smooth. Real Madrid is an example.
Millwall's players have played together for a long time, and the tacit understanding they have established is a potential advantage that other teams cannot compare with.
It can be said that the subtle conflict between Zidane and Henry is similar to the mutual cancellation of England's midfielders in the original history, except that Zidane is a midfielder and Henry is a forward. This impact will not be like that of two midfielders.
It is so obvious and strong in a local area.
Stramaccioni put a question mark in front of Pires.
"Pires is a right-footed player who is famous in football for playing on the left. He played for Millwall and Arsenal for a total of ten years and has been playing on the left. Suddenly he was switched to the right. I think his performance may be
It will be greatly reduced. He will be very accustomed to cutting in on the left wing. On the right wing, his power will decrease, and he himself should be very awkward. At the same time, in theory, right-footed crosses can be powerful on this side, but, he
exist
Arsenal has not been playing this way for a long time. Therefore, I think Pires' threat on this side can be put as a question mark. He also lacks strong wing backcourt support, so the French team's right-side attack is not ours.
What should be the first thing to worry about. The first focus of our defense is our right wing. At the same time, we must be wary of Vieira's back penetration and create unexpected threats in the empty area of the midfield!
"
Stramaccioni drew a circle around the relatively obvious blank space behind Trezeguet.
Aldrich nodded again.
Stramaccioni's analysis was very reasonable. In a few simple words, England's main defensive focus in the first game was planned, as well as the main areas to cut off the opponent's offensive threats.
Strong teams all defend in zones, and man-to-man defense is a matter of detail, and that is not Stramaccioni's main research work.
Aldrich was quite pleased to see Stramaccioni talking calmly. Compared with two seasons ago, when studying opponents was just a rigid statistical analysis, Stramachioni is now obviously more mature.
He has learned a lot, and the growth rate is faster than Aldrich expected. The advantage is naturally that it makes Aldrich more relaxed. (To be continued)
