The Three Lions under Aldrich have always had the reputation of a "passionate group of lions". Even if they were fighting counterattacks before the end of the World Cup, they also invested a lot of troops in the counterattack. Due to the large space in the frontcourt and the large number of people behind them,
The scene of running and sprinting is extremely shocking.
After the World Cup, the tactic of crazy siege in the frontcourt was changed, which seems to have disrupted the spirit of the Three Lions, hard work, tenacity, and bravery!
When Beckham dribbled the ball past half-time, the contrast between England and France's offense and defense began to become clearer.
England has 5 players.
Owen, Gerrard, Beckham, Lampard, Scholes.
The French team also has 5 players on defense.
Vieira, Makelele, Silvestre, Thuram, Gallas.
The England team has room to move forward, and from the perspective of offensive advancement, it is exactly where the opponent's defense is slightly weak.
Lizarazu is not in the left back position, and England's Beckham rushes forward along the wing.
This first requires the French team to smoothly move their defensive formation from the other side to England's main attacking side.
However, during the movement, the gap will become larger!
Because the movement between players will not be synchronized in an absolute sense!
If you add a single player to actively move defensively, the space will become even larger.
For example, at this time, Vieira did not dare to let Beckham pass smoothly. In that case, the French team's defense would have to withdraw. Beckham's cross would be a huge threat. At the same time, with the retreat of the defense, the front of the penalty area would be empty.
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So he moved laterally to intercept Beckham. Beckham passed the ball across without waiting for Vieira to get close. Scholes followed up and continued to move forward with the ball.
The England team is almost an engineering midfielder.
However, being an engineer midfielder does not mean that he really has no talent.
For example, midfielders like Scholes, Lampard and Gerrard pose a great threat when they come in from behind. Why?
Plugging in the back is not as simple as running up!
Being able to create a huge threat from behind means that the players themselves have a strong awareness of catching the space.
Maybe their ability to handle the ball in a small area is not exquisite, but when it comes to the ability to capture gaps and then attack, there are many such outstanding players in the England team.
Scholes is, Lampard is. Gerrard, too!
When Scholes dribbled the ball forward, Vieira immediately went back to defend Scholes, who quickly passed the ball back to the right, in front of Beckham!
Vieira knew that he could not stop the opponent's forward attack.
Beckham took the ball to a wing position parallel to the penalty area line and made a cross at an angle of 45 degrees.
He captured the timing of his kick very well. When Sylvester pushed outside to try to block him, the defensive distance between Sylvester and Thuram's central defender in the penalty area expanded.
Beckham's cross ball landed in this area!
Irving, who rushes at the front, runs to the back of the goal. He is a player with extremely good movement awareness. Otherwise, he would not be able to become a top pure shooter. And his running not only serves as a supporter at the far point, but also attracts players.
Thuram moves defensively to create space for his teammates.
Gerrard kills fiercely!
When Sylvester turned to look back, he suddenly saw Gerrard leaping high and heading the ball towards the goal with a standard head-shaking posture!
The ball flew towards the center of the goal and towards the lower right. Gerrard was well prepared and headed the ball down to reflect it clearly.
Although goalkeeper Barthez was in a good position, but the distance was short, the ball was pushed down very well, and his speed was not slow. He hurriedly lay down on his right side with both hands to block the ball, and he touched the ball!
But, he didn't catch the ball!
This goalkeeper with buttery hands who was abandoned by Manchester United seemed to have blocked the ball. The ball bounced out and was still in the small penalty area and in front of the center of the goal!
Owen, who initially ran towards the back post, judged that the ball would not land at the back point the moment it flew out. He stopped and was preparing for a follow-up shot when Gerrard headed the ball towards the goal. This is top-notch.
Shooter consciousness!
Thuram never expected that the ball would bounce in the small penalty area and be blocked by his own goalkeeper. He used his experience and awareness to block Irving behind him and prepare to make a clearance. However, Irving was faster than him. Irving barely managed to compete with this 32-year-old.
The still strong tough guy fights with his body, seizes the position, presses his body weight down, and shoots in a way that is similar to a sliding tackle!
He is half a step faster than Thuram!
The ball flew into the lower right corner of the goal!
Owen quickly got up and ran to celebrate. Gerrard chased after him with a face of joy. At the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, the Three Lions shockingly announced their participation in the European Cup!
"Owen opened the scoring for England! The French team's defense performed too poorly. Lizarazu assisted and couldn't come back. Goalkeeper Barthez let go. No wonder the French media thought Barthez should be on the bench! He was given up by Manchester United.
It's not without reason. This situation has happened many times. Now, this loss of the ball is very likely to cause him to lose the ball.
The French team's main goalkeeper status is also in doubt! The England team has improved its overall mobility and defensive hardness compared to two years ago, and the players appear confident and calm on the court. They are not anxious, they seem confident, and their offense and defense are very purposeful.
They are strong, sometimes it looks messy, but in fact they know how to play and everything is in order!”
Santini almost yelled, the development of this ball was indeed very dangerous, but after all, Gerrard is not a forward, there is a threat of header, the angle is not absolutely tricky, this ball, at least 30% of the responsibility lies with him
For Barthez, if he had hugged the ball or handled it better, instead of blocking the ball in the penalty area, which is taboo for goalkeepers, and in the middle! Then the ball should not have been lost!
Perhaps because the goalkeeper's performance was particularly conspicuous, Santini did not think about the pertinence of England's attack.
Aldridge didn't care so much. He nodded on the sidelines. He saw Gerrard's efforts, especially in terms of tactical execution. Gerrard performed perfectly.
With his ability, he can retreat deeper to defend and play with his subjective consciousness. He might have missed the header on the ball just now. Instead, he waited for the pass from his teammate outside the penalty area. But Aldridge let him
Playing as a shadow forward, when he needs to advance into the penalty area, he must do this, and he did it!
The main idea of utilizing Gerrard's offensive ability is also his ability to capture the space and penetrate forward.
The England team took the lead to score. Aldrich did not ask the team to stay back. Instead, he waved his hand to ask the team to speed up the pace. The counterattack in the midfield and frontcourt was even more intense!
The Three Lions are more powerful, and the French team will counterattack when they fall behind, and they will also take the initiative to speed up the tempo of the game. However, they still have not figured out how to operate the midfield and frontcourt offense smoothly.
Especially the England team's crazy counterattack, which doesn't give them much time to observe, think, and make judgments!
The fast-paced game, the tacit understanding of the team, and the operation of a team's system are more challenging.
Theoretically, the French team can achieve a balance. If the players are placed in each matching role like a textbook, wouldn't it be balanced?
It's a pity that Santini is not Aldrich.
He has no highest authority in the French team!
Aldridge asked Gerrard to play shadow forward. Gerrard didn't complain and only said one sentence.
"Coach, what exactly should I do?"
If Santini said to Zidane: "Don't retreat, leave the midfield and backcourt organization to Vieira, you stay in the front midfielder area to organize the frontcourt."
Will Zidane listen to him?
Or maybe Santini asked Henry to play winger instead of center, and Henry would listen to him?
Santini created an asymmetrical 442 formation. Maybe he thought the idea was perfect, but when faced with England's fierce counterattack and tight defensive system today, their midfield and frontcourt were completely fragmented.
The unbalanced frontcourt formation was completely dismembered!
Or you can compare it like this. The French team two years later, although Zidane still has the phenomenon of left-leaning offense, at least the frontcourt system is balanced, with Malouda, Ribery, Henry, both sides, and the center position.
, this is at least a roughly fixed routine.
And what about today?
If the French team wants to launch an invincible attack on the left, it must rely on conscious cooperation.
Lizarazu, Zidane, and Henry, any two of them working together on the left may be able to launch a threatening offensive. However, this kind of cooperation relies on the player's awareness, especially if the two of them cooperate well, the three of them may be very good.
There will be an absolute conflict!
It's all a matter of luck!
Moreover, Lizarazu's defensive problem has also been exposed now. In other words, if Henry does not pull up and act as a winger, if the French team wants to make a difference on the left, it can only rely on Zidane to do it alone!
The problem Henry faces is that he can pull wide, but the team does not make enough use of the space in the middle of the frontcourt. If the midfielder area is not contained, England's defensive focus will shift to the side at the same time, which will completely eliminate the French team from the side.
The offense is cornered, and the sideline itself is a defensive line.
Therefore, although the French team also has a history of many conflicts in the locker room, what happened to them today is that the players have more and more conflicts in the tactical system, not to mention that Pires, who was left out on the right, could not stand alone.
After losing the ball, the French team counterattacked. At this time, Santini carefully observed the team's offense today, and his face became more solemn.
Zidane is actually similar to Pirlo, Xavi, and other organizational cores. Behind him, he must be protected by a strong defensive midfielder. At the same time, he can have someone to rescue him when he is in a crisis, revitalize the offense, and liberate Zidane who is restricted by key points.
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The French team has the same idea, but this system has been used for a long time. It was already this double midfielder protection strategy to win the World Cup 6 years ago. Six years later, it is still the same. The opponent must have some targeted restrictions in the arrangement.
prepared.
This is the case in England. To restrict Zidane, the main thing is to restrict his space, not to steal his ball. It is known to the whole world that the purpose of restricting space is to block the connection between Zidane and his teammates.
In this predicament, Vieira or Makelele's response would have continued to drive the development of the offense, and then wait for Zidane to move, and the offense would be revitalized.
However, the England team restricted the opponent's midfield to obviously have too many people today!
Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard, and Beckham, just these four people, not counting Hargreaves, who is in front of him with his cutting position. If Zidane wants to connect with him at a short distance in the midfield, It is too difficult for Vieira or Makelele to make offensive advances. If the ball goes to the wing, Gallas's assist ability is average. Before and after Lizarazu comes forward, the situation completely changes. England is 35 yards in front of the goal. Instead of intercepting Lizarazu before the line, he blocked the connection between Lizarazu and his teammates in the middle.
The more Santini watched on the sidelines, the more uncertain he became. He vaguely felt that the French team seemed to have fallen into England's trap!
The England team always forces the French team to reveal its destiny step by step! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
