June 26, 2002, Saitama World Cup Stadium.

Aldrich's eyes were slightly closed, as if to escape.

Fear?

In the field of competition, for the first time in eight years, there will be such a taboo feeling.

He had always been giving his opponent such a sense of oppression, but at this time, he felt the suffocation of the smell of death.

The fantastic Brazil, the pinnacle of contemporary offensive football, England has no power to fight back, only trembling under the opponent's powerful offensive firepower, the defense line is crumbling, and the Three Lions are constantly intimidated, humiliated, and destroyed by the world-moving 3R combination.

The lead in the first half seemed to be short-lived, and when the Brazilian team came to its best, the young coach with a heart higher than the sky was reduced to the point of helplessness, and the England team had some players on the field who looked forward and backward made him feel a little frustrated.

It seems that no matter how hard people work, they really can't go against the sky!

No matter how Aldrich hides it, he is arrogant now, there is no way, he is already famous all over the world, he is already famous all over the world, why can't he be arrogant? Why can't you be ambitious?

When he came to the World Cup, he only had the Hercules Cup in his eyes, was he wrong? Is the eye above the top?

If it weren't for the Hercules Cup, he might as well take his family on a trip to world famous places and have a good time!

But God seems to have played a joke on him, a year and a half of hard work is about to go down the drain, if it is planted here, the utilitarian calculations of a year and a half ago, all kinds of profit and loss considerations that must be compared, seem to have become insignificant, leaving only amazement and loss.

It's really hopeless!

The theoretical confrontation of technique and tactics no longer makes any sense, and the overall strength of the Brazilian team is stronger. Again in the best condition. From falling behind to equalising, we built a lot of confidence.

The more they attack. The advantage will be bigger and bigger, the rhythm is not disrupted firstly, and secondly, they also have an advantage in terms of physical fitness, don't look at England did not play much counterattack, the players seem to stay in the second half, but the Brazilian team attacks in front. The running position of a player affects the vigilance and running of at least 2 players in England!

Added up, England's physical exertion is higher than Brazil's!

In the final stage, no matter how reluctant Aldridge is, he must let the players foul, and the fitness has begun to show signs that it cannot keep up.

Wolf bèi? Shameless?

He doesn't have this kind of idea, Argentina as the defending champion can put a bus to block the goal in the final, if the heyday Germany does not rely on a fake fall, it is really difficult to say who will die, as for whether it is necessary to win if you have the advantage on the field. This is dismissive bullshit in the eyes of the coach.

But this is not the way to go on after all, and the Brazilian team has more offense. There are many offensive means, and the bow is open left and right from far and near, which is really desperately strong.

A thousand thoughts flashed through Aldrich's mind, and the dazzling flame in his heart was gradually extinguishing.

However, when his eyes were closed, everyone in the audience, and the spectators who were following the game all over the world, saw a wonderful rainbow streak across the stadium.

The rainbow begins at Ronaldo's feet and grabs over the heads of Brazil and England, creating a romantic parabola with a light soccer ball that ends in England's goal, grazing the lower edge of the crossbar.

However, when the ball fell and was about to be parallel to the beam, a big hand rose from the bottom, seemingly soft and weak, but it seemed to support a thousand jun, ending the rainbow, all the beauty was gone, the ball, bounced off the palm of the hand to change direction, refracted forward, and flew out of the bottom line above the beam.

The audience sighed.

All the English breathed a sigh of relief.

The coach of the England national team, who was not an Englishman, opened his eyes, his eyes were calm, and he saw Xiao Luo running to take the corner kick without changing his face, and saw Seaman clapping his hands in front of the goal line and directing the team's corner kick defense marking.

The flame that was about to be extinguished in Aldrich's heart suddenly exploded!

His expression changed slightly, as if he was a little cruel and stubborn!

Destiny?

If a qiē is all destined, then work hard for a fart!

Seaman lifted the ball over the crossbar on the goalline and looked like a mundane spot for everyone, Ronaldo tried to lob the goal, got the angle well and Seaman made a not-so-world-class but brilliant save.

However, Seaman's hand allowed Aldrich, who had lost any hope, to see the light of hope again, even if it was very faint.

At the beginning of the first national team training camp as the national team coach, Aldridge gave two players very strange training tasks.

Xiao Bei Jia practiced medium and long-distance free kicks, mainly hanging doors, Xiao Bei was very confused at the time, but he didn't ask, He-Man thought he was a sparring partner, keep in shape.

In the past year and a half, how many games have England played, the national team has trained at least three times the number of days, Seaman has been hanging by Xiaobei, hanging a lot, his defensive long-distance free kick standing in front of the problem has improved, one is Xiaobei's foot is accurate, change other players to practice, there is no accuracy in itself, how can Seaman be vigilant?

This makes Seaman subconsciously afraid of the opponent's hanging door when facing the free kick master, and it is rare to see him in the Premier League who has been successfully hung by the door, and today in the face of Xiao Luo, he did not dare to be careless, and when he was at the last moment, he really turned Xiao Luo's hanging door away.

Xiaobei and Seaman of the parties will definitely not think about their training and training in the national team at this time, Xiaobei himself is only to hone his skills, and Seaman is also in a state to sparring.

I didn't score this goal, so I don't think much about it.

But if this goal is scored, I'm afraid that Seaman and Xiaobei will have to respect Aldridge like gods, and of course, they will inevitably regret it.

Aldrich looked up slightly at the sky that had completely turned into night, if everything was doomed, wouldn't his heavy work be a joke?

No, his efforts paid off.

History, in his hands!

Millwall is proof of that.

The uncountable trophies are proof of this.

Seaman can refuse Xiao Luo's shocking blow is still proof!

If you lose in the end, you either lose to fate or you lose. Don't give yourself reasons!

Aldrich gritted his teeth. The smile was fleeting.

Fear. It will make people lost, and it will make people escape.

Only by having the courage to overcome fear can we face reality, no matter how cruel it may be.

No matter how weak the hope is, the choice is always in your own hands!

He closed his eyes again, his mind racing.

England now has no chance of disturbing Brazil, not even the ability to intimidate Brazil into restraining it a little!

It couldn't interrupt the momentum of Brazil's attack.

So. There's only one chance to change the rhythm of the world!

90 minutes over!

At the end of the 90 minutes of the game, a short break before entering extra time, no matter how short, can make the Brazilian team temporarily calm down and briefly drop their form, while the England team can also get a breather and regain their composure.

Aldridge can't give any offensive instructions at the moment because the team is fully defensive. Any forward adjustment could give Brazil room to strike a fatal blow.

How do you wade through the mountains of Brazil? Aldridge still hasn't figured out a solution, but the wisest choice at the moment is to change the pace of the game across the board.

He opened his eyes and yelled at his players to strengthen their defence, McManaman and Scholes simply returned to the back line, and Owen also retreated behind the center circle, symbolically harassing the Brazilian midfield's tandem.

The cheers of the Brazilian fans at the scene were more and more magnificent, while the cheers of the English fans became more and more tragic.

The world saw the samba army that performed the peak offensive in the second half, saw their strength in anger, and also saw that the Three Lions, who also advanced to the semi-finals with 5 wins, had no power to fight back.

When the referee showed a yellow card to Owen, who was pulling Kleberson's shirt, in the 84th minute, Mo said that the English players on the field were sad, and even Aldridge could not bear to look at him as the manager.

In order to block the crushing of the Samba Army, England retreated again and again, blocked again and again, used intensive defense, used foul tactics, the road became narrower and narrower, and the ethereal final ticket seemed to be flying into the arms of the Brazilians.

McManaman, Owen, Lampard, Bart, Xiaobei, Scholes, England fouled again and again, so that the referee frequently took out the cards in a short period of time, and the Brazilian team was protesting, but the England team at least did not have malicious fouls, and there was no obvious absolute red card tactical foul, but, getting a yellow card is equivalent to a knife hanging around the neck, and the next time you foul again, you may step into the ghost gate.

In the 87th minute, Ferdinand blocked Xiao Luo from dribbling into the penalty area outside the penalty area, and he was also yellow and missed the next game!

Seven England players received yellow cards!

In front of the TV, in the stands, some people have already scolded England for being shameless, and can only use this means of tarnishing football, and some England feel miserable, England is struggling under the strong offensive firepower of the Brazilian team, can it be blocked, as for winning the game? Brazil's half, with the English? The England defence then began to rush to clear the ball and received the tacit approval of Aldridge.

He couldn't disagree, the player's physical fitness couldn't keep up at all, the impact from back to front, he couldn't run at speed, how to talk about counterattacking?

You have to take it easy, you have to give them some time to adjust, you have to give them some hope that you can win!

If there's anything else that's giving them confidence, it's Aldridge who is tirelessly directing players to run and defend on the sidelines, even calling out the players' names and asking them to foul!

Yes, Aldrich doesn't have the demeanor of a grandmaster now, what is the difference between him and a ruffian?

He pulled his throat and told Scholes to foul, what the is this handsome style?

It was his beast-like roar that made the England team fight to defend with a sigh of relief, and did not lose their minds.

In the 89th minute, Southgate decisively rushed out of the penalty area and kicked away the ball at the feet of the alien with a flying shovel to send Ronaldo to run out of the space, and at the same time brought down Ronaldo, but was still judged a foul by the referee and gave Southgate a yellow card.

One minute later, Seaman also received a yellow card for delaying time.

England started 11 and 9 were yellowed!

He-Man waited for the time to pass the ball to Ashley Cole, who drove the ball straight forward when Rivaldo came to harass him, and the ball was kicked aimlessly off the opposite sideline near the baseline.

Then, England made a substitution!

This substitution is basically stalling for time.

Previously, Jenson had come up to build whether Aldridge was considering substitutions and bringing players with better fitness on the field to replenish fresh blood.

Aldrich refused without hesitation.

To be honest, the players on the bench must be in good physical condition, but there is really some hope at the critical moment, England has no surprise players at all!

This substitution also has the lowest impact on the overall situation.

"England replaced Phil Neville with Mills, I can't understand Hall's substitution, I really don't understand, even if he replaces a defensive player with a yellow card, it can be understood, but replace the innocent Phil Neville, replace Mills with an offensive role that is almost negligible, or strengthen the defense? But what's the use of that? Are England really going to play a penalty shootout with Brazil in roulette? ”

In fact, Aldrich's substitution has only one purpose: to delay time.

Let the players on the pitch take a breather, let the Brazilian formation retract, spend some time on both ends of the pitch, and then wait for the regular time to end! (To be continued......)