On the first day of the national team training camp, Aldridge had a one-on-one conversation with each player, and the coaching staff also observed the players up close through training to learn more about the characteristics of the players.

This information and data will help Aldridge develop a more detailed tactical framework, 4321 is just a number, and how to play on the field is another matter.

Just like Aldridge put Beckham in the right midfield position, can't Beckham play on the right side when attacking?

The formation is dead, the initial position is more important to have a defensive responsibility and zone setting, imprinted in the player's mind, play a role in the game, return to the position when defending, connect with other positions, be aware of the situation in other areas when attacking, and make immediate decisions to handle the ball in the blink of an eye.

After the first day of training, the second day began to run in the lineup and conduct tactical drills.

The convenience of coaching the national team is that the player's ability value is above a level, there are basically no major defects, and there is no language communication problem for the player.

At first, the players were asked to practice their own tactics, but Aldridge was watching and watched, and the effect was poor, because the players did not seem to understand the essence of the tactics yet.

Aldridge brought the players together, and with their professional qualities, with a little bit of allocation, they could understand that the rest was the effect of the actual combat run-in.

"You may think that 442 is more balanced and more attacking than 4321, and it seems that way, when 442 attacks, there are at least five players who can be put into the attack, and 4321, it seems that there are only three players up front. Come. Let's look at the tactical board. ”

Aldridge drew a 442 parallel midfield diagram on the tactical board.

“442。 When attacking. Combining the side and the middle, multi-point forward, it seems that there are many attackers and many options for attacking directions. But what is the problem? In this formation, it is easy for players to be marked, and after the players in front are marked, the players behind rush forward, which can easily lead to overlapping positions. Increase the defensive pressure at the back. ”

These, these international players who play 442 every day should have a deep understanding, and there is nothing to discuss in detail, they are more interested in how 4321 plays offense!

The players looked at Aldridge curiously.

"Here, look at 4321."

Aldrich drew a 4321 positional formation and then drew a five-point attack arrow.

Double striker, single striker, left wing-back, right midfielder, five-man attack.

Aldridge asked: "We can attack like this. The number of attacking players involved was five, while making the most of the width of the field. At the same time, in the process of moving from back to front, triangular transmission is carried out to achieve the effect of tearing apart the opponent's defense line layer by layer. ”

The players looked at each other and looked at it flatly, indeed, 4321, the five-player offense, and the four22's five-player offense, from the position and area, has change and unpredictability, making more use of the width of the field, and because the players from the defender to the forward, as long as they can play speed, the continuous impact is more difficult to mark.

Aldridge brushed off the arrows at left-back and right-back and drew arrows on the right-back and left-back characters.

"We can still attack like that, and we have five attacking players as well."

When Aldridge redrew the arrows of the attacking players, a number of England internationals let out exclamations.

They already understood what Aldrich was trying to say.

Simply speaking, the 442 fixed offensive routine, the midfielder looks for a full-back, the full-back looks for a striker, or the full-back initiates, passes to the midfielder, and passes in the midfield, etc., this routine has been rigidly studied by everyone thoroughly, and on the basis of this formation, and combined with the individual ability of the England international, it is difficult to derive a more powerful offensive routine.

McManaman wondered, "Actually, we have seven players who have offensive ability!" ”

Aldridge nodded and said: "That's right, it's 7 players, three in the front, two fullbacks in the backfield, plus two fullbacks, but the point is that in the attack, only two players can be put forward in the backfield, and in order to achieve defensive balance, only one player can step forward on the left and right sides, and if the back player is on, the fullbacks cannot step forward, at most according to the situation." ”

Such a tactical arrangement is based on defense.

If Beckham comes forward to participate in the attack, then Frank Lampard on the other side, and right wing-back Neville cannot press too much, in the same way, Lampard goes up to participate in the attack, and Ashley Cole cannot play in order to ensure that this side of the defense does not show big gaps.

442 is very balanced, Aldridge's 4321, in essence, is also balanced in the transition of attack and defense, but in the distribution of offensive points, it can be flexibly changed, and there is no position conflict in the change, and there will be no fullbacks rushing up to squeeze the space for the fullbacks to move, simply supporting, and unable to increase the threat in front of the goal.

Aldridge patiently explained: "Part of this tactical focus is the change of attack and defense in the middle of the midfield, among the three midfielders, the middle is mainly defensive, and the other two have to take on the task of instigating the ball when switching from defense to attack, for example, Lampard takes the ball on the left side of the midfield, and there are defenders in front of him to suppress him, so that he can't take the ball forward or even if he cuts forward, there is no comfortable space to take the ball, so at this time, all he has to do is to divide the ball out, to whom? Ashley Cole on the left has to pull forward and Beckham on the other side to attack forward as a receiving point to maintain a consistent success rate of passes, and after Lampard has instigated the attack, he cannot continue to move forward and remain behind to prevent the left wing from being counter-attacked and exposing a large amount of space. The second part is the midfield's response in the attack, the core is Scholes, after the midfield teammates attack, Scholes has to form a receiving point in the middle, quickly transfer the ball to a more threatening area, and when the attack advances to the front line, Scholes, McManaman, Owen, including the players who assist from the back, will form a double or three row of offensive threat points. ”

The internationals began to discuss with each other, and a varied tactical system was the foundation of the team's game. England's own players have limited creativity. What does it feel like to be on the field of play with this limited manifestation?

Not to mention the opponent. Even the spectators can basically guess how they pass the ball, who passes to whom, and there is nothing unexpected about the movement, but what about the opponent? It's easy to limit their offense.

Aldridge can't change the player's own ability, so he can only work on tactical design and use strategy to provide change.

Scholes raised his hand and asked, "Coach, what you just said seems to be only when you fight back." The effect is the best, right? ”

Aldridge smiled, ginger was a little stuffy, but football thinking turned fast.

"That's right, when counterattacking, this offensive routine is the most powerful, as I said yesterday, positional warfare, in the absence of enough space, that's not our specialty, so. Frontal attack, positional wartime. Let's play simpler, and this simple means of attacking is a strategy. The most important thing is that we have removed a striker, we have more midfielders, and when the opposition is over-converting, we can put a lot of pressure on the opponent, counter-attack quickly in midfield and then launch a counter-attack on the spot, which is one of the things I ask of you. ”

Scholes thought about it for a while, and then nodded in a good way, Aldrich looked at it and thought it was funny, I don't know how much this ginger head understood.

After instilling the tactical concept into the players, the next offensive and defensive drill training is the stage of experimentation and running-in.

The main team, the substitute team, the attacking tempo slowed down, Aldridge supervised the game on the sidelines, constantly reminding the players to run, but also reminding them of the essentials of defensive tactics in actual combat, in this regard, Southgate played a better role than the coaches on the sidelines, he sat at the back, by observing the situation to remind his teammates to fill in.

When it came to the drill session and the theory of practice, these international players really felt the freshness of Aldridge's new tactics.

In particular, the offensive link is flexible and changeable.

The one who felt it the most was Xiaobei.

On the other side, Frank Lampard is accustomed to this kind of changeable tactical routine, and he has become accustomed to the change of attacking points when Millwall's conventional means cannot open up the situation, and as a result, he has worked well with Ashley Cole on this side.

The two of them attack and defend, and they respond to the pass and run, and they have a very tacit understanding.

And Xiaobei is full of enthusiasm in the transition from defense to offense.

Launching an offensive is not a dead routine, the key lies in the instigation link.

When Beckham is pressed, he plays the ball to Neville on the wing, or he can find Frank Lampard or a long ball to run up front to run a player.

His pace is not his strong suit, and although he has moved from wing-back to the back, his long balls can make a big difference, especially on counter-attacks.

Basically, when the offensive is too stable, the offensive that presses through the half court will immediately burst out, and Scholes's key central arrangement, and the forward impact brought by the players who are inserted in the back, can often break through a defensive line and let the offensive continue to move forward.

It's just that in the last link, the cooperation is still a little inadequate, which takes time for them to get familiar with it and establish a new tacit understanding.

The substitute team is playing more and more feeling that they can't parry, because they can't prevent the opponent from inserting the point behind it, theoretically, there are four points that may be inserted, which two rush up, it is impossible to predict, especially in the link of instigating the offensive, the player who has selected the largest space in front of him to attack forward, flexible and threatening, rushing up in a few seconds in a short time, it is really impossible to prevent.

Aldridge's tactical formation to create this is also flawed, the biggest weakness is that when the opponent does not take the initiative to grab, the defense is mainly to compress the backfield space, and play a conservative defensive counterattack, then, even if England's back insertion can cause accidents, but it can not tear apart the defensive line, in that case, it can only rely on the attack three axes, dribbling breakthroughs, set-pieces, and long-range shots.

Dribbling breakaways are negligible, set-pieces and long-range shots, and it has to be said that England have a slight advantage.

Becky's direct free kicks or assists to teammates, Frank Lampard, Scholes, and long-range shots have the ability to break the ice.

The second day of training was better than the first day because the players were full of energy and were in high spirits as children with new toys in the new tactical system.

Towards the end of training, Aldridge saw Gary Neville running to the edge of the woods on the outskirts of the training ground, looking around and taking out the birds to release the water.

Trees will be planted on the edge of the training ground to prevent wind and prevent it from affecting training.

Gary Neville was selfless, helping to water the trees at Leo's training base.

Aldridge rolled his eyes, called Scholes in front of him, and said seriously: "Paul, how accurate are your footwork?" ”

The one-meter-seventy-four ginger head looked up at Aldrich, who was a little more than ten centimeters taller than him, and did not speak.

"Try it."

Aldridge stretched out his hand to Neville, who was far away from the training ground, and the other man held his head high and released the water, as if he was still whistling.

Scholes took two steps to pick up a soccer ball on the training pitch.

Very standard chopping ball.

The ball fluttered through the air in a parabolic trajectory.

Aldridge watched intently as the ball landed.

boom

The ball hit Neville's back!

Scholes turned around and pretended to be talking to Aldrich.

Gary Neville, who had turned around with his pants on his sleeves at the edge of the tree, erupted in rage.

"Paul! I know it's you! (To be continued......)