On the eve of the trip to Munich, the England squad regrouped in London, and after the big win over Finland, the team had a day off.

After two days of restorative training, the physical and mental state of the whole team was at their best on the third day.

Early in the morning, in the cafeteria of the training base, the players sit together for breakfast, and the coaches sit at another table, which is also Aldridge's request, the team must eat together, and the table rules are not specifically required, unlike some iron-fisted coaches who will ask the players to be quiet.

Aldridge always believes that communication is an important part of the formation of a team's unity, and if you are together in addition to work, in life, you can also try to maintain a harmonious relationship in order to shape unity.

The situation of the national team is much more complicated than that of the club, after all, they are opponents in the league, and the only good situation is that Millwall, the public enemy of England, only Southgate plays for England alone.

The players flipped through the morning newspapers, and many of them had a faint smile on their faces.

Anyone who gets complimented by the outside world as soon as they wake up will probably be very happy.

If England wins, they will naturally be praised to the sky.

Owen flipped through the newspapers and read a few articles praising England, especially the goal-scoring players, and was a little proud.

But it occurred to him that the coach had not praised any of the players.

When I thought about it like this, the pride in my heart immediately vanished.

England scored 15 goals and won four in four games, and Aldridge's post-match remarks were pretty much the same: England played a good game.

Albania, Greece, Finland.

Anyway, Aldridge didn't think England's victory over such an opponent deserved to be celebrated. Personally, he only showed his true feelings: England should have won such an opponent.

In this context. In particular, there is a captain who is not shocked. The spirit of the whole England team is also changing, they are not children, they get some praise and fluttering, but before Aldridge took office, the England team was controversial and criticized, from the red card of Xiaobei in the 98 World Cup, to the turmoil caused by Hoddle's autobiography, and then to the defeat at home to Germany after the defeat in the European Championship in 2ooo. Such a team, need encouragement, after receiving praise, there is probably a sense of pleasure in a long drought, and it is normal for players to be slightly proud in their hearts, but Aldridge still needs the team to quickly come to a temperament state of "victory is not arrogant and defeated", because there is not much time left for England, in fact, there is not much time, the World Cup, there are 9 months to come!

Fleet Street followed the entire coverage of the World Preliminary Tournament in England. When going to Germany, the outside world photographed the entire England team walking into the airport in suits and leather shoes under the leadership of Aldrich. Fly to Munich.

Although the stars on the court are players such as Becky and Irving, no one will ignore the changes Aldridge has brought to this team.

The current England team is less impetuous, more calm, fans always criticize the England team for not being like a team, fans are not interested in watching David Beckham's salon fashion show, or what type has changed, that only pure star-chasing fans are interested, the England team under Aldridge is more like a pure competitive team, less off-field right and wrong and attention, but during the national team game, the players are strict with themselves, there is no commercial activity, there is no indulgence in nightclubs, and there is no need for the coach to put out the fire. Even if this is not the iron-blooded England that old fans expect in the traditional impression, at least there are not many defensible reasons to blame them.

Aldridge's prestige in the team has made the players feel a sense of fear and crisis.

The sense of crisis is that if they break the rules set by Aldridge, they will be in danger of being kicked out of the national team, who in the team is indispensable?

Becky? Owen?

They may be extremely important at the club, but in front of Aldridge, they do not dare to have the slightest confidence that they can definitely stay in the England national team.

Millwall sold the absolute main force in a row, and Aldridge didn't find a replacement to succeed?

If the main team makes a mistake today, he will be kicked out of the national team tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, Aldridge will definitely be able to find a suitable replacement.

That's what the players of the national team really think in their hearts.

Although Aldridge doesn't actually have the magic to make a talent or a first-class star appear out of thin air on English soil, that's the impression he gives to players.

Xiaobei is atoning for his sins, McManaman is redeeming himself and the last rush of his career, Bart is trying to protect the main force from being usurped by Hargreaves, Ferdinand wants to sit firmly on the main force and suppress Campbell These players have one thing in common because of their own personal circumstances, that is, they are obedient, listen to Aldridge's words, and everyone has the same goal of working hard, and they have something to do in the national team!

Moreover, as the World Cup enters the one-year countdown stage, the national team needs absolute stability, Aldridge's work attitude is obvious to all, and the trust he gives to the players cannot be lived up to, otherwise, they themselves will feel guilty, if they really make a mistake and are kicked out of the national team by Aldridge, what right to complain?

In Munich, Aldridge once again led the team to this city that is no stranger to him, and set foot on German soil, and the England team seemed to have stepped on the battlefield.

There is a feud between England and Germany, the goal-line case of England's home championship that year, and then as long as 3o years without a win, England defeated Germany in the group stage of last year's European Championship, and Germany returned England to a defeat at Wembley, excluding these grievances on the football field, England and Germany were originally feuds.

The Nazi bombers bombed London into ruins, and on the ruins, will the English have less resentment towards the Germans?

Aldrich understands this kind of love very well, a bit like the love between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, although it is not so deep, after all, Britain is not like France and was directly beaten by Germany to surrender and the country fell.

The day before the game, Aldridge attended a press conference and declared before the game that Germany is strong and England will stubbornly resist the German team away from home!

"In the last 5o years, Germany has won the World Cup three times. 3-time World Cup runner-up. Never missed a World Cup. The worst result is the quarterfinals, German football has always been a strong representative of international football, in terms of football level, there is still a gap between England and Germany, we have indeed achieved good results in the last year, but we have not met strong opponents, Albania, Finland. Greece, these opponents we won, in fact, many strong teams in the world also have the strength to win them, so England is not special, tomorrow's game is a serious test, we will try our best to resist Germany's attack, limit the German team's swing, the result of the game? As long as we don't lose, I think it's an acceptable result, on German soil. England's last win over Germany should have been. Well, a friendly match at Nuremberg 36 years ago, in which England never took away a victory on this soil in an official match. ”

Aldrich's words are mostly true.

In fact, the record of the battle between England and Germany is not one-sided, dating back more than half a century, and the two teams have met so far, and England still has a slight advantage.

Germany won 9, drew 5 and lost 1o.

But there are a lot of friendly matches in it, and England did not count the winners and losers of friendly matches in the 3o years that they were winless, otherwise, they would have beaten Germany in 85 friendly matches.

In the past 3o years, the two teams have only met 6 times, the German team is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss in regular time, and the one that lost was the group stage of last year's European Championship, and after two draws, the penalty shootout defeated the England team, these two defeats brought great pain to England, the 9o World Cup was blocked out of the final, the 96 home European Championship was blocked out of the final, and Germany won the European Cup at Wembley that year.

In the official match between England and Germany, England has never defeated the German team in Germany, and only when German football is still lagging behind the world, England was the pioneer and leader of the tactical change in world football, and the friendly match was beaten away by a big score.

Time flies, the vicissitudes of life, Germany has come from behind, and now England has been left far behind, empty words, just look at the honor, football is to judge heroes by success or failure, there are more trophies than you, I am better than you, everything else is nonsense.

The reporters at the scene did not expect Aldrich to come to Munich to make such remarks.

The German media felt that the young marshal who was in full swing was crossing the river, and he would definitely make a lot of nonsense today to boost the morale of the army, but unexpectedly, this crossing the river dragon first put on a posture of coming to worship the mountain.

Well, it's interesting.

Then, we don't have to make things difficult for him.

Fleet Street was not happy.

England and Germany are going to fight a decisive battle, as the coach of the national team, how can you increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?

"Mr. Hall, you said that there is a gap between English and German football, Germany is stronger, but over the years, German football clubs have been suppressed by English clubs in European competitions. Don't you think your words are contradictory? Millwall, Manchester United, don't they all represent England? ”

Aldridge shook his head with a stern expression, he would not have talked about the club on this occasion, but this topic did not have much to do with the club itself, so he said solemnly: "First of all, Millwall is a club in England, but it cannot represent the level of football in England, Manchester United Arsenal, the same, they are only representing England, hear clearly, they are representing England in European competitions." After all, the national team and the club are two concepts, you look at the proportion of local players in the German team, and then look at the proportion of local players in English clubs, this is the gap, I insist on my point of view, the German national team is a representative of international football powerhouses, I can also express another point of view, German football clubs are not strong in Europe at this stage of overall competitiveness. ”

Fleet Street doesn't feel good right now.

Aldridge's elbow turned outward, and his face was a little unbearable.

"Then why don't England focus on developing homegrown players?"

"Because in order to make the team stronger, to let the fans watch higher quality games, rich clubs naturally have to bring in high-level stars, if German clubs are very wealthy, and the German Football Association also allows teams to bring in foreign aid, then the competitiveness of German clubs will also increase rapidly."

"As national team manager, don't you have a responsibility to build England's future of competition?"

"Yes, but I can't, I don't have the power to decide whether the number of foreign players in the UK is limited, and I can't stand up to the opposition of the club, only a stronger team can improve the probability of getting glory and benefits."

The German press was amused.

It's hilarious that the coach of the national team and his own media have gone to German turf to fight with each other.

It was an absurd press conference, and the next day it was ridiculed by the German press as a "farce of the English". (To be continued......)

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